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Regional Innovation Fund 2009/10
Could you or your team be eligible for funding from the Regional Innovation Fund?
NHS East of England’s 2009/10 Regional Innovation Fund is being launched to find ways to support innovation at the front line and to help improve the lives of those with long term conditions in the region.
Between 29 January and 29 March 2010, NHS East of England's Regional Innovation Fund is open to applicants with proposals for the adoption and spread of innovation to help improve the lives of those with long term conditions.
New Chief Executive at HEE
Dr Anne Blackwood has been appointed Chief Executive at Health Enterprise East (HEE), the region’s NHS innovation hub based at Papworth Hospital.
Anne joined HEE when it was first established in 2005 as Innovation Manager before being promoted to Head of Innovation and in February 2009, Chief Operating Officer.
Animated Films Reassure Patients
Two animated films enabling patients to watch their procedures in advance of their operations are now available to hospitals, in the UK and overseas.
Developed in conjunction with Health Enterprise East (HEE), the regional NHS Innovation Hub, the short films were created with input from doctors at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust in Harlow, Essex and co-funded by The Rivers Hospital in Sawbridgeworth.
New BiVent ET Tube
New BiVent ET Tube Delivers
Significant Benefits to Patients and Healthcare Providers
A novel device to successfully isolate one lung from the other during thoracic surgery whilst improving patient safety is now available to NHS Trusts and other healthcare providers throughout the UK.
The Papworth BiVent Endotracheal Tube, which has been created by Consultant Anaesthetist Dr Sunit Ghosh who works at Papworth Hospital, allows ventilation to one lung to be stopped whilst maintaining ventilation of the other.
The new design offers a number of significant benefits: it is easier and quicker to pass through the larynx and position correctly, its bifurcated tip design allows the tube to sit on the carina in a stable position and the bronchus blocker can be rapidly passed through either lumen directly into the bronchus, considerably reducing the time from intubation to lung isolation.
Ipswich Hospital Launches Hospital Rides
Based at Ipswich Hospital and supported by Health Enterprise East, Hospital Rides is a brand new car sharing scheme for both out-patient appointments and in-patient visiting.
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