Northern Health Futures Hub

北方健康未来中心

• 批准号: EP/X031012/1
• 负责人: Abigail Durrant
• 金额: $ 428.04万
• 依托单位: Newcastle University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FX031012%2F1
• 关键词: Northern; Health; Futures; Hub

The Northern Health Futures (NortHFutures) hub aims to create a world-leading healthcare technology (health-tech) development ecosystem. This will address unmet health needs and inequalities by supporting: inclusive digital skills training and sharing; research, innovation and entrepreneurship, enabled by digital design. Based in the North East and North Cumbria (NENC), with national and global reach, NortHFutures will support underserved communities, as it is known that national disparity of investment in NENC negatively impacts population health and wellbeing, and that a 'levelling up' of investment is needed to stimulate socio-economic and cultural growth for all, to encourage living and ageing well. NortHFutures builds upon the joined-up NENC approach to people-powered digital health innovation, as our regional Integrated Care Board (ICB) uniquely involves local authorities, communities, and citizens. Academic team members have a research track record that is stakeholder-involved and civic- and community-engaged. They are world-leading on understanding (i) health inequalities from medical, social, and design perspectives, and (ii) the opportunities for enrichment and enablement related to ageing well, connecting rural and urban populations, and pioneering applications of data science. In the pilot phase, we draw on this specialist expertise to address evidenced unmet health needs in NENC, (which have national and global importance): children and young people's health and nutrition; mental health and wellbeing; development of digital surgical pathways (for monitoring patient journeys beyond the hospital); living well with multiple long-term conditions. We combine the strengths and resources of 6 universities (Newcastle, Cumbria, Durham, Northumbria, Sunderland and Teesside), bringing regional investment in NIHR services, facilities and Applied Research Collaborations, plus National Innovation Centres for Ageing (NICA), Data (NICD) and Rural Enterprise (NICRE), National Horizons Centre (NHC), EPSRC Digital Economy programmes in data and digital citizens, and Health Data Research UK, the UK's national institute for health data science. NortHFutures supports new planned Centres, including Northumbria's Centre for Health & Social Equity and Cumbria's new campus and medical school. These University offers combine with an extensive partner network, including: ICB-NENC, 7 NHS Trusts, NHS Business Services Authority, Department of Health and Social Care, Health Education England; VCSE organisations delivering community-based services; industry partners - from SMEs to global tech giants; civic bodies such as Local and Combined Authorities; existing health research networks (e.g. AHSN-NENC, Newcastle Health Innovation Partnership); and innovation accelerators (e.g. Innovation SuperNetwork). Through an integrated, regional approach uniting this consortium for the first time, NortHFutures ambitiously aims to establish global leadership in Digital Health.To deliver this we will develop a supportive community infrastructure. We will co-design a digital brokerage service to connect and amplify partners' work, to offer and consume expertise, services and facilities (supporting acceleration of health-tech companies at differing tech-readiness levels). We will pioneer a Live Digital Health Databank, to explore, and train for, advanced healthcare data analytics, combining live data flows with care records (e.g. Great North Care Record). This will support personalised health diagnostics and interventions, giving our hub a unique value proposition to companies wishing to explore advanced data technologies. We will invest in Extended Reality pilots, to open up possibilities for clinical practice and service delivery. Our approaches will embed Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI), and Patient and Public Engagement (PPIE) throughout, to deliver health-tech that supports care beyond the hospital and is co-designed with end-users.

北方健康未来（NortHFutures）中心旨在创建世界领先的医疗技术（health-tech）开发生态系统。这将通过支持：包容性数字技能培训和共享;数字设计支持的研究，创新和创业精神，解决未满足的健康需求和不平等问题。总部设在东北部和北坎布里亚郡（NENC），具有全国和全球影响力，NortHFutures将支持服务不足的社区，因为众所周知，在NENC投资的国家差异对人口健康和福祉产生负面影响，并且需要投资的“升级”来刺激所有人的社会经济和文化增长，鼓励生活和老龄化。NortHTutures建立在联合NENC方法的基础上，以人为本的数字健康创新，因为我们的区域综合护理委员会（ICB）独特地涉及地方当局，社区和公民。学术团队成员有一个研究记录，是企业家参与和公民和社区参与。他们在理解（i）从医疗，社会和设计角度的健康不平等方面处于世界领先地位，以及（ii）与老龄化相关的丰富和实现的机会，连接农村和城市人口，以及数据科学的开创性应用。在试点阶段，我们利用这些专业知识来解决NENC中明显未满足的健康需求（具有国家和全球重要性）：儿童和青少年的健康和营养;心理健康和福祉;数字手术路径的开发（用于监测医院以外的患者旅程）;在多种长期条件下生活良好。我们联合收割机结合6所大学的优势和资源（纽卡斯尔、坎布里亚郡、达勒姆、诺森布里亚郡、桑德兰和提赛德），带来对NIHR服务、设施和应用研究合作的区域投资，以及国家老龄化创新中心（NICA）、数据（NICD）和农村企业（NICRE）、国家地平线中心（NHC）、EPSRC数据和数字公民数字经济方案，英国国家健康数据科学研究所Health Data Research UK。NorthHTutures支持新的计划中心，包括诺森比亚的健康与社会公平中心和坎布里亚郡的新校区和医学院。这些大学提供联合收割机与广泛的合作伙伴网络相结合，包括：ICB-NENC，7 NHS信托，NHS商业服务管理局，卫生和社会保健部，健康教育英格兰; VCSE组织提供基于社区的服务;行业合作伙伴-从中小企业到全球科技巨头;民间团体，如地方和联合当局;现有的卫生研究网络（如AHSN-NENC、纽卡斯尔卫生创新伙伴关系）;以及创新加速器（如创新超级网络）。通过首次联合该联盟的综合性区域方法，NortHFutures雄心勃勃地致力于建立数字健康的全球领导地位。为了实现这一目标，我们将开发支持性社区基础设施。我们将共同设计数字经纪服务，以连接和放大合作伙伴的工作，提供和使用专业知识，服务和设施（支持不同技术准备水平的健康科技公司的加速）。我们将开创一个实时数字健康数据库，探索和培训先进的医疗保健数据分析，将实时数据流与护理记录（例如Great North Care Record）相结合。这将支持个性化的健康诊断和干预，为希望探索先进数据技术的公司提供独特的价值主张。我们将投资于延展实境试点，为临床实践和服务提供开辟可能性。我们的方法将嵌入负责任的研究和创新（RRI），以及患者和公众参与（PPIE），以提供支持医院以外的医疗保健的医疗技术，并与最终用户共同设计。