Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria

Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria We focus on three main areas:

- Supporting Economic Growth
- Transforming Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
- Improving Population Health.

Across all of these activities, we act as the trusted broker of cross-organisational work.

17/11/2025

For former nurse turned Writer and Illustrator, Hannah Graham, talks about her new book, Looking Through the Plastic, which aims to support children whose siblings may have been born prematurely, and why awareness of prematurity is important.

Today is We are delighted to share our recently published Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement Impact Report, whi...
17/11/2025

Today is

We are delighted to share our recently published Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement Impact Report, which showcases the work that in our region to improve the outcomes for preterm births over the last five years. Download the report here: https://bit.ly/4nQV26P

17/11/2025

Supported by HI NENC, OPCI has grown from a local idea into a national success story — transforming how the NHS delivers safer, faster, and smarter surgical care.

Discover how surgeons Justin Green and Professor Mike Reed are helping the NHS Predict, Prioritise, Perform.

Read the full story ➡️ https://bit.ly/3LdiXzz

Thank you to the incredible jurors, speakers, and exhibitors who joined the Citizens’ Jury Pain Management Event! 🙌❓ Ear...
14/11/2025

Thank you to the incredible jurors, speakers, and exhibitors who joined the Citizens’ Jury Pain Management Event! 🙌

❓ Earlier this year, we asked a jury of 14 members of the public: “How can we shift away from medical intervention to better support people living with persistent pain?”

Yesterday, we shared their recommendations for further feedback and discussion.

Speakers highlighted the challenges of current pain management, the need to treat pain as a long-term condition, and the importance of system-level reform rather than blaming individuals. Juror Lynn Laidler reminded us that “choice is a privilege.”

We hope these recommendations are taken forward by the regional healthcare system, helping to ensure that people living with persistent pain have a say in their care and that services are truly co-produced to improve outcomes and quality of life.

📖 Read the jurors’ recommendations here:
https://healthinnovationnenc.org.uk/citizens-jury-report-on-persistent-pain-in-the-north-east-and-north-cumbria/

Earlier today at our Citizens’ Jury on Pain Management event, Dr Deepak Ravindran challenged the room to think different...
13/11/2025

Earlier today at our Citizens’ Jury on Pain Management event, Dr Deepak Ravindran challenged the room to think differently about how we approach persistent pain - asking why we don’t yet have services that address obesity and musculoskeletal health together, despite their close links.

He highlighted the need for greater investment in primary care to prevent patients “pinballing” between services, and called for community-wide, wraparound support to sustain progress after hospital care.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/4nb9aYx

Temperature: Preterm babies are at particular risk of hypothermia with associated adverse effects.These include an incre...
13/11/2025

Temperature: Preterm babies are at particular risk of hypothermia with associated adverse effects.

These include an increased risk of hypoglycaemia, hypoxia and metabolic acidosis, respiratory distress and chronic lung disease, necrotising enterocolitis, intraventricular haemorrhage, late-onset sepsis and death.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/3VVNzI2

Support your patients with Healthinote!Healthinote is a free, NHS-backed patient education tool designed to help people ...
12/11/2025

Support your patients with Healthinote!

Healthinote is a free, NHS-backed patient education tool designed to help people better understand chronic kidney disease (CKD). It is now available across the North East and North Cumbria.

The platform features interactive online guides that help patients:
• Understand CKD and its symptoms
• Manage their condition with practical tips
• Access trusted advice in multiple languages

Help your patients take control of their kidney health with reliable, accessible information: https://bit.ly/43hDhGa

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👩‍⚕️ Speaker Spotlight: Professor Julia Newton, Medical Director, Health Innovation NENC and Professor Ewan Maule, Clini...
11/11/2025

👩‍⚕️ Speaker Spotlight: Professor Julia Newton, Medical Director, Health Innovation NENC and Professor Ewan Maule, Clinical Director, North East and North Cumbria ICB

Professor Julia Newton and Professor Ewan Maule will open the Citizens’ Jury with a warm welcome and an exploration of how innovation and collaboration can drive better pain management across our region.

🗓️ 13 November 2025 | Hilton Hotel Newcastle Gateshead


Register here: https://bit.ly/46LQRnu

10/11/2025

OpenPredictor Clinical Intelligence (OPCI) is redefining surgical pathways with AI that helps NHS teams predict risk, prioritise care & perform efficiently.

Innovation born in the North, scaling nationwide.

Read more 👇
https://bit.ly/3JAIqm4

Antibiotics: Antibiotic treatment can both delay preterm birth and significantly lower the risk of death and disease lin...
07/11/2025

Antibiotics: Antibiotic treatment can both delay preterm birth and significantly lower the risk of death and disease linked to congenital infection, such as those caused by Group B Streptococcus (GBS), such as sepsis, pneumonia, and meningitis.

Without effective antibiotic treatment, preterm infants are especially vulnerable – the risk of death from GBS in preterm infants is 25% and 10 times that of term infants.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/4mMZRxh

At HI NENC, we’re proud to have donated 28 coats to this year’s Wrap Up Stockton campaign.Our team contributed nine prel...
05/11/2025

At HI NENC, we’re proud to have donated 28 coats to this year’s Wrap Up Stockton campaign.

Our team contributed nine preloved coats, and HI NENC added 19 brand new ones – including 26 children’s coats.

Thanks to this effort, 26 local children will stay warm this winter.

Pat from the Rotary Club said: “Thank you and your organisation for this amazing donation. I have always said when fundraising that alone we can do a little, together we can do a lot.”

Find your local Wrap Up group and donate your coats here: https://wrapupuk.org/

04/11/2025

To explore the issues of Persistent Pain in-depth, we brought together a Citizens’ Jury of 14 members of the public from across the North East and North Cumbria.

Over 35 hours, they heard evidence from expert witnesses and worked together to produce a set of informed and practical recommendations. Their focus was on reducing opioid dependency and improving local pain management services and policies.

Find out more at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS2F6SDj7vA

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