{"id":3457,"date":"2019-02-05T21:47:08","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T21:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.healthinnovationnenc.org.uk\/?p=3457"},"modified":"2022-12-15T16:09:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T16:09:14","slug":"call-launched-to-find-solutions-to-nhs-unmet-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthinnovationnenc.org.uk\/call-launched-to-find-solutions-to-nhs-unmet-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"Call launched to find solutions to NHS unmet needs"},"content":{"rendered":"
A search has been launched to find innovative technologies to address challenges faced by frontline clinicians within the NHS.<\/strong><\/p>\n As part of its Innovation Exchange initiative that focuses upon unmet needs, the Academic Health Science Network for the North East and North Cumbria (AHSN NENC) is calling on innovators to come up with solutions for two specific challenges highlighted by NHS staff.<\/p>\n Funding is available to support the development of these solutions.<\/p>\n The first unmet need is in relation to the measurement of renal function, specifically of serum potassium and creatinine, using a hand-held device capable of use by patients themselves, or their carers, at home.<\/p>\n Development of a device to enable patients to safely and accurately self-test their own kidney function at home would have huge benefits for both patients and the NHS. It would also align with the recently published NHS Long Term Plan, which sets out how the NHS will move towards a new service model in which patients get more options, better support, and properly joined-up care at the right time, and in optimal care settings.<\/p>\n The second unmet need call is for a device that has the ability to remotely monitor neonatal temperature. The solution must be safe, transportable, effective and efficient.<\/p>\n Maintaining normal body temperature in a newborn is an essential basic need in the first 24 hours of life. A solution which can monitor temperature remotely could transform care for newborn babies and could help prevent\/detect hypothermia, which is a significant contributor to neonatal morbidity and mortality.<\/p>\n Innovators from all areas – whether businesses, individuals, universities, NHS teams or charities – who are interested in forming collaborations to develop these solutions are being encouraged to apply.<\/p>\n The unmet needs calls seek to facilitate swift progress on cross-sector collaborative projects that benefit patients by improving health outcomes and efficiencies, as well as accelerating the adoption of evidence-based innovation.<\/p>\n