Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria

24/11/2025

Founded by surgeons Justin Green and Professor Mike Reed, OPCI is transforming elective surgery by bringing real-time, data-driven intelligence into clinical workflows.
Their platform, OpenPredictor, is already helping teams to predict risk earlier, prioritise effectively, and improve overall surgical performance.

Find out more on the HI NENC Website; https://bit.ly/3JAIqm4

24/11/2025

From the Citizens’ Jury on persistent pain to Hannah Graham’s powerful storybook on premature birth, discover the projects putting people's experiences at the centre of innovation for HI NENC in our Chief Executive’s latest blog 💡
https://bit.ly/4riQuJm

21/11/2025

This month’s reflections from our Chief Executive highlight how lived experience is shaping support for people with persistent pain, helping families of premature babies, and driving community heart-health initiatives.
Read more in her latest blog 👇
https://bit.ly/4riQuJm

20/11/2025

Within just two years, OPCI has moved from concept to deployment across NHS sites, with its flagship platform. The system is delivering real-world evidence and actionable insights that help NHS teams manage waiting lists more effectively, optimise resources, and improve patient outcomes.

Find out more on the HI NENC website; https://bit.ly/3JAIqm4

20/11/2025

Join our series of Bitesize online Overprescribing Masterclasses as part of the HI NENC Overprescribing Programme.

Designed for GPs, Pharmacists, and Advanced Nurse Practitioners, these one-hour lunchtime sessions will help you carry out structured medication reviews and reduce inappropriate prescribing.

The series includes 3 sessions, which can be attended individually or as a set (recommended).

🔗 Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/overprescribing-masterclass-bite-sized-event-series-tickets-1679756299309?aff=oddtdtcreator

These sessions aim to help clinicians carry out structured medication review and stop inappropriate medicines.

19/11/2025

💊 Join us for the next Overprescribing Community of Practice.

Hear from India Cannon, Primary Care Clinical Pharmacist, Cumbria Health, and colleagues across the ICB as they share success stories, best practice tips, and lessons learned in tackling anticholinergic burden.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, connect, and discuss practical strategies to improve patient care.

🔗 Register here: https://bit.ly/43yp87D

18/11/2025

Help patients understand CKD with confidence.

Healthinote is a free, NHS-backed digital tool designed to help patients understand and manage their chronic kidney disease (CKD). It’s now available across the North East and North Cumbria.

Healthinote offers:
• Trusted information co-developed by clinicians and patients
• Practical tips for living well with CKD
• Easy access on phone, tablet, or computer
• Multilingual support to reach diverse communities

Help your patients take control of their kidney health by introducing them to Healthinote: https://bit.ly/43hDhGa

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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.

17/11/2025

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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

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/

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