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________________________________ From: chain [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 06 March 2012 11:05 To: chain Subject: CHAIN targeted message: NHS Innovation Challenge (target group: C1&C3,COPD,pregnan,midw,prescribing,pharma,emergency,a&e,general pract,HAI, infection control,falls,imaging/radiograph; [c4] early diagnosis/detection/screening;N=1010) -------------------------------------------------- Notice to CHAIN members: To help us keep your record up-to-date please let us know when your details change - for examples when you move to a new job or change address. Thank you. -------------------------------------------------- Dear CHAIN member, We would like to draw your attention to the following information about the NHS Innovation Challenge Prizes. Please pass on as appropriate. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------- Dear Colleague, The NHS Innovation Challenge Prizes are now open for entries. If you are part of an innovative idea in the NHS, then we want to hear from you! Now in their second year, the NHS Innovation Challenge Prizes not only reward the tremendous pool of talent that exist in the NHS with well-deserved recognition, but also rewards them with prize money - our biggest winner to date received £100,000! It is now, more than ever, important for the NHS to invest in innovation in care and this scheme exist to do just that by recognising and rewarding ideas that tackle some of the most challenging areas in healthcare. This year’s challenges are based on identified priority areas with the aim to find solutions for delivering treatment and care in the following areas: • Better management of pregnancy • Reducing avoidable medicines waste • Control of infection • Early cancer diagnosis • Emergency care - right place, first time • Reducing avoidable use of primary care • Reducing falls and falls injuries • Improving diagnostic investigation • Identification and diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) To find out more about the Prizes and how to apply, please visit www.challengeprizes.institute.nhs.uk<http://www.challengeprizes.institute.nhs.uk/> where you can also read previous winner’s stories and get some great learning from ideas submitted so far. Kind regards, NHS Innovation Challenge Prizes Team ---------------------------------------------- Regards, Wendy Zhou CHAIN Manager If you would like to publicise information on the CHAIN Network please email your request to: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> CHAIN - Contact, Help, Advice and Information Network - an online network for people working in health and social care. It is based around specific areas of interest, and gives people a simple and informal way of contacting each other to exchange ideas and share knowledge. For more information on CHAIN and joining the network please visit website: http://chain.ulcc.ac.uk/chain/index.html