The South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Sheffield
Department Name: Infection Immunity & Cardiovasc Disease
Abstract
Developing new health technologies is complicated and often fails to lead to improved patient care. Successfully taking an idea through the necessary research studies and developing it to the point of use in the NHS requires many different areas of expertise. These include; understanding patients' and health professionals' needs, medical and healthcare environments, engineering and digital technologies, design, manufacturing, legal and ethical regulation, business development, how to obtain funding, and many other topics (in our application we refer to these areas the "Innovation Curriculum").
Our Hub covers a region of 1.4 million people in a region that is affected by high levels of disease and health inequalities. Our team includes all regional NHS organisations including GPs, adult and children's hospitals, mental health services and the recently introduced South Yorkshire "Integrated Care System", hundreds of researchers from the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University, many large and small companies, and patient and public groups. These partners between them have all the necessary expertise and experience in developing new Digital Health technologies to the point of use in the NHS.
We will help researchers develop Digital Health technologies by training them in all aspects of the Innovation Curriculum, and by supporting them to work together with the NHS and patients on real ideas and projects. We will hold Citizen's Juries to understand the public and patients' views of Digital Health and to help design our research. We will produce sixty hours of training in Digital Health for researchers, clinicians, patients and the public, freely available and accredited through our partnership with YouTube's authoritative health content programme. We will hold regular "Calls for Ideas" where we support project teams and train them in Digital Health, providing the most promising ideas with initial project funding to help take these towards potential commercialisation.
Our Hub covers a region of 1.4 million people in a region that is affected by high levels of disease and health inequalities. Our team includes all regional NHS organisations including GPs, adult and children's hospitals, mental health services and the recently introduced South Yorkshire "Integrated Care System", hundreds of researchers from the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University, many large and small companies, and patient and public groups. These partners between them have all the necessary expertise and experience in developing new Digital Health technologies to the point of use in the NHS.
We will help researchers develop Digital Health technologies by training them in all aspects of the Innovation Curriculum, and by supporting them to work together with the NHS and patients on real ideas and projects. We will hold Citizen's Juries to understand the public and patients' views of Digital Health and to help design our research. We will produce sixty hours of training in Digital Health for researchers, clinicians, patients and the public, freely available and accredited through our partnership with YouTube's authoritative health content programme. We will hold regular "Calls for Ideas" where we support project teams and train them in Digital Health, providing the most promising ideas with initial project funding to help take these towards potential commercialisation.
Organisations
- University of Sheffield (Lead Research Organisation)
- Hopkins Van Mil (Collaboration)
- Ally Health (Project Partner)
- Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (Project Partner)
- General Electric (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (Project Partner)
- APARITO (Project Partner)
- Eupnoos Ltd (Project Partner)
- Rotherham Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Project Partner)
- National Institute for Health Research (Project Partner)
- CheckPoint Cardio (Project Partner)
- Primary Care Sheffield Ltd (Project Partner)
- Canon Medical Research Europe Ltd (Project Partner)
- Northern Health Science Alliance Ltd (Project Partner)
- Google Health (Project Partner)
- GlycoVue Ltd (Project Partner)
- South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Author. (Project Partner)
- Connected Care Solutions Ltd (Project Partner)
- Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Project Partner)
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Project Partner)
- Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Project Partner)
- Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS FT (Project Partner)
- Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust (Project Partner)
- Devices for Dignity (Project Partner)
Publications
| Title | Visual poster |
| Description | Visual minutes describing artistically the process and outcome of the 1st Citizens Jury in Sheffield in November 2023. |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | Visual poster shared widely online, on social media, via email lists and newsletter, allowing for a different and creative form of representation of research outputs, rather than traditional, written format. |
| URL | https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/sydhh/pcie |
| Description | Engagement with Integrated Care Board (ICB) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Hopkins van Mil (HVM). HVM is an independent social research agency specialising in deliberative engagement. |
| Organisation | Hopkins Van Mil |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The SYDHH and HVM collaborated on planning, designing and delivering the 1st Citizens Jury (CJ) in Sheffield in November 2023. The research team at the SYDHH responsible for PPIE, composed of Professor George Peat and Dr Lidis Garbovan, provided academic inputs, overview and review of the CJ process. They also co-wrote the Final Report and a blog post about the process and outcomes of the 1st CJ. |
| Collaborator Contribution | HVM led the design, recruitment and delivery of the 1st CJ and led the writing of the Final Report. |
| Impact | 1 blogpost 1 visual art output 1 final report |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Article in EPSRC Healthcare Technologies Newsletter - February 2024 (Issue 13) linked to BBC Article 1 Feb 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | News story on our partner Google health conducting research alongside academics and local government staff at the South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub with quote from Director Tim Chico. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-68164483 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKEPSRC/bulletins/38ab950 |
| Description | BBC TV interview with Hub Director & Deputy Director, 29 Feb & 3 March broadcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On the 40th anniversary of the Miners' Strike, for a story for BBC Politics North (3 March 2024) and BBC Look North (29 February 2024) about why people living in former coalfields are in poor health, senior political reporter for BBC Sheffield Lucy Ashton interviewed Hub Director Tim Chico, and Steve Haake, Deputy director. https://bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001x2bm/politics-north-yorkshire-and-lincolnshire-03032024 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001x2bm/politics-north-yorkshire-and-lincolnshire-03032024 |
| Description | Innovation Pipeline Sandpit Event - 4 March 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The purpose of the event is to build teams to creatively solve problems with innovative applications of digital health data. The event took place at the AWRC on Monday 4 March 2024. Our Training Lead curated links for attendees to access prior to the day, including 'Preparing your 60 second presentation', 'Digital health', 'Innovation Process' and 'Networking and Communication'. To further develop presentation skills an online workshop was be hosted by Marjory Da Costa Abreu on Monday 26th February from 7 to 8pm on Zoom. This session was recorded and added to the sandpit training document send to all attendees prior to the event. The outcome of the event was 19 draft project proposals were submitted to the Hub. These teams/proposals will be offered further support, including mentoring, in order to put together an application for the first tranche of Innovation Pipeline Funding due to be awarded in June 2024. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/sydhh/work-us/innovation-pipeline |
| Description | Innovation Pipeline workshop - 25 January 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | For Nick / Clare / Marjory - to add - activity, purpose and outcome. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | SYDHH hosted Google Digital Garage Event, 1 February 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Hub hosted a Google Digital Garage Event in partnership with Google Health on Thursday 1 February 2024 at the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC). The following sessions were available on the day: 1. Boost your productivity with AI - This course introduces learners to cutting-edge AI tools that are already available from Google and others, to show some of the smartest ways digital-age workers, and small businesses can use them to save time at work and on tasks. 2. Telling Stories with Data Visualisation - Become a better communicator with data by learning how to create compelling data visualisations. Learn why turning data into stories is important, and find out how to tailor information and visuals for your audience, based on your goals. 3. Leadership for the Digital Age - This course will help you discover your own leadership style, how to navigate change and set and communicate a vision for your work, whether you're leading a team or leading a single element of a project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub Launch Event - 24 October 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The official launch event of the EPSRC South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub on 24 October 2023. The Hub's vision is to bring together clinicians, researchers, patients and industrial partners to develop digital health tools that improve peoples' health and quality of life. This was the first opportunity for Hub stakeholders to meet face to face, to discuss the Hub's aims, understand how these align with regional research and healthcare strategies, and to begin to develop Digital Health collaborative projects and training opportunities. Following the launch our Hub Partner Canon Medical hosted tours of the Canon Medical Arena situated next to the AWRC on the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park. Speakers included Steven Pleasant (Healthy Life Expectancy Lead, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority), Gavin Boyle, (Chief Executive, South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board), Professor Sue Hartley, (Vice-President for Research and Innovation at the University of Sheffield), Professor Rory Duncan (Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation, Sheffield Hallam University), Katherine Freeman, (Senior Portfolio Manager, Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)), Lynn Laidlaw, (Public Contributor), Professor Wendy Tindale, (Scientific & Innovation Director Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust), Dr Susan Thomas, (Clinical Director, Google Health), Jan Wolber (Product Leader - Digital, GE Healthcare), Dr Elin Haf Davies (Chief Executive Officer, Aparito). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/sydhh |