Innovation - Gateshead Health

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Here at Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, innovation is a core value that drives our dedication to enhancing healthcare services and outcomes. By evaluating and embracing innovations, we aim to deliver superior care and establish ourselves as leaders in innovative healthcare.

We continuously build a culture of innovation within Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust by encouraging our staff to capture and develop their ideas. This cultivates an environment where creative problem-solving thrives, leading to more effective and forward-thinking approaches to patient care.

Our focus areas are:

We are actively engaging with innovative solutions and initiatives that tackle health challenges unique to women. FemTech technologies are especially impactful, offering new approaches to addressing and managing women’s health concerns. By leveraging these technologies, we aim to enhance health monitoring and management tools specifically tailored for women.

Through AI, we are enhancing our diagnostic capabilities and ensuring the early and accurate detection of conditions. We continue leveraging this emergent technology to explore new opportunities for AI integration to improve our capabilities and deliver enhanced patient care.

Interactive technologies are crucial in patient engagement and treatment, making healthcare more accessible and understandable. Technologies such as virtual reality (VR), extended reality (XR), and touchscreen technologies empower our patients to take an active role in their health management, leading to better adherence to treatment plans.

Concentrating on these areas, we aim to lead advancements in healthcare that positively impact our patients’ health and well-being.

We continue to foster a collaborative environment that accelerates innovation and translates ideas into real-world applications through our partnerships with industry, academia, our regional innovation network (Health Innovation NENC) and national innovation networks.

At Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, our unwavering commitment to innovation is about more than keeping pace with the future – it’s about shaping it.

We would love to hear from you. You can get in touch with us via email at [email protected]

Links to other news items:

Breast care nurse wins Innovation Champion award – Gateshead Health

Exploring the possibilities of virtual reality in stroke rehabilitation – Gateshead Health

Gateshead Health introduces innovation in digital therapy to help patients recover in critical care – Gateshead Health