The Centre for Primary Care at the University of Manchester are running their second Patient Hack event on September 30th. The themes for the pitches are mental health, patient safety and health technology. For more information please see the flyer.
NWHCS – 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE – Save the date!
The North West Healthcare Science Network have set the date for their 10th Anniversary Conference. The conference will take place on 22nd October 2015 at Gorton Monastery, Manchester. More information to follow.
Play a part in The Big Bang Fair 2016!
Inspire thousands of future scientists and engineers: play your part in The Big Bang Fair 2016!
We have launched a nationwide call for activity providers, science communicators, companies, education institutions and show organisers to play a part in next year’s Big Bang Fair that takes place at the NEC in Birmingham from 16-19 March 2016.
Celebrating its eighth year in 2016, The Big Bang UK Young Scientists and Engineers Fair brings together the STEM community in a collective effort to inspire over 55,000 young people and 12,000 of their teachers and parents across four days each March.
The Big Bang Fair is a unique opportunity to inspire thousands of young people to pursue a career in science or engineering. We want The Fair to offer those young people the biggest and best range of hands-on STEM activities, interactive stands, workshops, theatre shows, busking and competition showcases. We’d love to hear from organisations that have worked with us before or are new to the Big Bang Fair and would like to play their part.
For more information and to express an interest in playing a part in The Big Bang Fair 2016, go to: www.thebigbangfair.co.uk/activities.
Help us strengthen healthcare science communications – short survey
The AHCS is asking professional bodies, organisations and networks to complete a short survey about their communications channels to help determine how well existing communications reach the 50,000 individuals working across healthcare science.
We’d be really grateful if you could help us by getting the appropriate person from your organisation to complete a short online survey at http://www.ahcs.ac.uk/CommsSrv15
This should only take a couple of minutes to complete and we are looking to get as many responses as possible by the end of July 2015.
We hope the results will help inform what should be done to strengthen the existing communications and the connections between organisations. Please do share this survey within your own networks so we can get as robust an evidence base as possible.
Likewise, please do pass this email on to the best person in your area if you’re not currently involved in running a local healthcare science network.
Many thanks for your help.
Academy for Healthcare Science
@AHCSuk
http://www.facebook.com/AHCSuk
New Qualifications in Healthcare Science – Level 2 and 4 Pearsons Certificates
As part of the Assistant and Associate Training Programme for Healthcare Science there are now 2 qualifications available – Level 2 and Level 4 Pearsons Certificates.
Currently there are a number of NHS Foundation Trusts that are approved by Pearsons to deliver health qualifications. Download the list of approved centres. These centres meet the approval of Pearsons to deliver the new Healthcare Science qualification and Pearsons welcome all applications from them.
Download ‘Request for Centres’ information, aimed at such centres and directs interested Trusts to the approval application form.
Further information is available at Pearsons website.
This is a great opportunity to develop and progress associates and assistants who are new to roles in Healthcare Science, or for those who are aiming for a career in Healthcare Science, particularly in the following areas:
Biological (Life) Sciences
Physiological Sciences
Physics and Bioengineering Specialisms
Funding available for innovations to improve health care
The Health Foundation, an independent charity working to improve the quality of health care in the UK has £1.5 million available for up to 20 teams to test and develop innovative ideas to improve health care delivery in the UK.
As part of their Innovating for Improvement programme, they are looking for projects that aim to improve health care delivery and/or the way people manage their own health care.
Each team will receive up to £75,000 of funding, over 15 months, to support the implementation and evaluation of their health care innovation project.
Interested in applying? Please read the Call for applications on our website and for further information, visit www.health.org.uk/innovatingimprovement.
The deadline for applications is 12 noon, 4 August 2015.
Culture Shots: Museums and Galleries Week 13-17 July 2015
Culture Shots: Museums and Galleries Week 13-17 July 2015
Culture Shots is a week-long series of free events, bringing art and culture into the hospital environment.
Find out why culture works and how the expertise within Manchester’s museums and galleries can be used to improve professional practice as well as patient and staff’s health and well-being. The Faculty of Medical and Human Science’s Museum of Medicine and Health will be showcased. http://www.mms.manchester.ac.uk/museum/
Take a look at highlights from the Museum of Medicine and Health’s collection of over 9000 items of historic medical equipment, photographs, illustrations and archival material:
Trafford Hospital
Wednesday 15 July
Education Centre
Classroom 5
1pm-4pm
Trafford Hospital
Thursday 16 July
Hospital Restaurant
1pm-4pm
Manchester Museum
Friday 17 July
1pm-4pm
What are healthcare scientists doing out in primary care / community? Examples needed!
As you may know the Five Year Forward View has set out a clear direction of travel for the NHS. Healthcare scientists have a vital role to play in redesigning care and service provision with the diagnostic, therapeutic and scientific services provided and it is vital to promote the services that are provided out in Primary Care and the community to the wider NHS to ensure that healthcare scientists are at the centre of any new models of care that emerge.
Helen Liggett, North West Healthcare Science Workforce Lead, is currently working with the national CSO team to gather information from all healthcare science services to see what healthcare scientists are currently involved in and would be very interested to hear about extended services in the community or where healthcare scientists are supporting others to provide services in GP Practices / Ambulance service / self -testing / POCT / (or indeed any other examples).
Helen would also like to set up a network of service transformation champions nationally that can help spread best practice and would like to know if you would like to be involved in this exciting programme of work.
Please send Helen a simple outline of what you are doing and she will be back in touch to delve deeper and potentially develop case studies to promote your department.
PLEASE SEND AS MANY EXAMPLES AS YOU CAN TO helen.liggett@srft.nhs.uk
MAHSC Education & Training Forum : Improving Patient Safety and Effective Interprofessional Learning
Improving Patient Safety and Effective Interprofessional Learning
Monday 20th July, 2015 – 5pm until 7.30pm
The Flowers Room, Chancellors Conference Centre
To view the event programme and to register your free place please go to the MAHSC Website
The Forum will include presentations and discussions on the themes of ‘Improving Patient Safety’ and ‘Effective Interprofessional Learning.’
#MAHSCETForum
Invitation to be involved in ’24/7 Healthcare’ research
24/7 Healthcare
The benefits and challenges of providing a full range of hospital services, 24 hours a day, seven days a week
The debates about providing a full range of hospital-based services throughout every day of the week are regularly in the news, but how would this benefit patient care and what would it mean in practice to make this a reality?
Medicine for Members event
Tuesday 14 July 2015, 1.30-2.30pm
Humphrey Booth Lecture Theatre (Mayo Building| Salford Royal)
Professor Tim Doran, along with research colleagues from The University of Manchester, will provide further information about the important national research that is taking place at Salford Royal and a number of other Trusts. Drawing on current evidence, they will share the potential benefits and challenges of the provision of 24/7 hospital-based healthcare for the future.
Discussion Groups
These additional sessions will provide more detailed information along with an opportunity for members of the public to join in with the debate and contribute to ongoing research in this important area of healthcare.
- Tuesday 21 July 2015, 2-4pm
Frank Rifkin Lecture Theatre (Mayo Building | Salford Royal)
- Tuesday 21 July 2015, 5-7pm
Frank Rifkin Lecture Theatre (Mayo Building | Salford Royal)