Registration is now open for the #BlackMaternityMatters course starting in Birmingham on 30 April, supported by our friends at Health Innovation West Midlands! Find out more about the 6-month course and how to register for a place: https://www.healthinnowest.net/bmm-birmingham/#BlackMaternityMatters

QualiTea is a new bite-sized podcast from our Academy. Each episode, we'll look at a different improvement tool. This episode focuses on TRIZ - which gives participants the chance to let their evil genius out of the bag! Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2573895/episodes/18648259

Includes a slightly cringe intro from yours truly!

We're hiring: Clinical Lead – Maternity & Neonatal Programmes 🌟 Lead transformative #MatNeo safety work. 1-2 days/week. Passionate about safer care? Apply: https://www.healthinnowest.net/careers/job-vacancies/#MatNeo 📅 Closing: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 (may close early).

I'm backing this - will you? The more the MPs on the Council of Europe hear from us, the harder it’ll be for them to ignore us.

✨ Join our West of England Academy Change Lab: leadership by design - a hands-on 2-day experience for people in health & care who want to lead change differently. 📍 Bristol | 📅 25–26 Feb 2026 👉 https://www.healthinnowest.net/event/the-academy-change-lab-leadership-by-design/

Our MatNeo Clinical Lead, Ann Remmers has been awarded an OBE in the King’s New Year Honours List 2026 for services to maternal and neonatal care. Please join us in wishing Ann huge congratulations for this much-deserved honour 👏👏👏 Read more: https://www.healthinnowest.net/news/ann-remmers-obe/

As the year draws to a close, it’s traditional to take stock and reflect on what we’ve achieved together before launching ourselves into the new year. Check out some of our highlights from 2025: https://www.healthinnowest.net/news/health-innovation-highlights-our-review-of-2025/

What are the 3 critical questions every innovator must answer to demonstrate value within health and care? Find out in this write-up of last week's webinar, lifting the lid on healthcare evaluation: https://www.healthinnowest.net/news/evaluation-the-key-to-successful-healthcare-innovation/

The number one movie when you were ten years old will define your 2026

If you work in or with perinatal services in the South West & are passionate about reducing health inequalities, join our Regional Perinatal Equity Network. Our next event is Wednesday 14 January: https://www.healthinnowest.net/event/regional-perinatal-equity-network-11/ Please join us!

Check our new animation about #MarthasRule, helping explain and promote this vital #NHS #PatientSafety programme to both members of the public and healthcare professionals. Please help us to share! https://vimeo.com/1133093696?fl=pl&fe=sh

The Black Maternity Matters collaborative welcomes the interim report of the National Maternity & Neonatal Investigation. We support its call for urgent, systemic action to tackle racial inequities in maternity and neonatal care. Read the full response: www.healthinnowest.net/news/black-m...

We're launching a new webinar series, lifting the lid on real-world evaluation for healthcare innovators. This intro session on 17 Dec will help you better understand why evaluating impact is so important. Book here: https://www.healthinnowest.net/event/introduction-to-real-world-evaluation/

On #WorldPrematurityDay we celebrate our #PERIprem community across the South West. The latest The National Child Mortality Database#WorldPrematurityDay#PERIpremeport shows we're the only region to achieve the National Maternity Safety Ambition to reduce rate of neonatal deaths to 1 per 1,000 live births. Thank you! 💜👏💜👏

#PatientSafety teams across England gained invaluable insights into 'Ryan's Rule' during a Health Innovation Network webinar with Shaune Gifford from Queensland Health in Australia. For key highlights from the webinar, visit: https://www.healthinnowest.net/news/sharing-insights-from-ryans-rule/

As part of our national Polypharmacy programme, we're launching a new set of resources developed by @yhpsrc.bsky.social to support care home residents, their families and staff to prepare for Structured Medication Reviews. Find out more: thehealthinnovationnetwork.co.uk/news/new-res...

We are part of the #BlackMaternityMatters collaborative. Today we published a statement welcoming the government’s announcement of a review into maternal & neonatal safety, particularly the focus on tackling inequalities in care for Black & Asian communities: www.healthinnowest.net/news/black-m...

Thanks to Q for showcasing our Black Maternity Matters collaborative on #WorldHealthDay. This year's campaign promotes 'healthy beginnings, hopeful futures', urging us all to work together to end preventable maternal and newborn deaths and to prioritise women’s longer-term health and wellbeing.

A 99-year-old Holocaust survivor, Albrecht Weinberg, has said he will return his federal order of merit to the German president in protest over MPs passing an anti-immigration motion in parliament with the support of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Check out our new guest blog by Sean Hourigan from @brigstowe.bsky.social and @peerpartnership.bsky.social, exploring how health and care services can develop more ‘grown up’ partnerships with the VCSE sector by stepping back and listening more. www.healthinnowest.net/2025/01/co-p...

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Are you a senior leader in health & care? If so, your expertise & influence is needed to reduce the inequitable outcomes faced by Black women and babies. Join the #BlackMaternityMatters collaborative in leading a transformation in perinatal safety. Find out more: events.weahsn.net/BlackMaterni...

Our contribution this year to the #AdventWindows on our street, inspired by our recent trip to Marrakech #Bristol #FeelingFestive

This was a fantastic event to help organise. Huge thanks to the very brilliant team at @autumnlive.bsky.social for all your support and creative input!