Digital Health Seminar Series

Digital Health Seminar Series

por GM.Digital
Salud y estado físico
Temporada 3
Empowering Preventative Care in Psychosis With Digital Navigators Fran Quigley and Ayla Ozkan
Currently in the UK, approximately 75% of inpatient beds in mental health wards are allocated to psychosis, a severe mental health diagnosis which accounts for 30% of the NHS mental health spend. But what if we could reduce this spend and free up hospital beds? A NICE-approved digital intervention known as Careloop, which acts within an early window to prevent escalation, rather than reacting to crisis, has been shown to reduce relapses by 50%, with service users twice as likely to be managed in Community Health Teams settings, than admitted into hospital. It's one of the first digital interventions to use 'Digital Navigators' to ensure successful uptake and sustainable usage within the NHS. In this episode, Digital Navigators Fran Quigley and Ayla Ozkan explain the importance of this role in implementing digital interventions in the NHS, and its potential to be used as a blueprint for others.
T3 · E2
18 jun 2026
26:35
Should You Build a Research Mobile App? With Soo Hun
Does creating a research app to study health actually improve participant engagement? Can apps extend research beyond local areas to increasing inclusivity? And are apps able to personalise content and support wider applications in health and education? And what are the privacy and data risks? In this episode, Soo Hun, Innovation and Digital Ecosystem Lead at Digital Health and Care Northern Ireland answers all these questions and more in an important discussion about the key considerations when building a research mobile health app.
T3 · E1
15 jun 2026
27:58
How NHS Data Informs Services with Rush Miah
The NHS manages one of the largest health datasets globally, processing records for over 55 million people in England alone. In an increasingly digital world, how do we process and analyse all this data efficiently and safely? In this episode, Rush Miah, Associate Director of Analytics Data and AI in Bradford Teaching Hospitals takes us behind the scenes of one of the NHS's most important but least understood sectors, data. Rush has worked in NHS for 10 years and manages multiple data teams to support service improvement and informed decision-making across NHS mental health services.
T3
16 jun 2026
28:28
Temporada 2
The Superpower of Communities of Practice with Ralph MacKinnon
What does it mean to create a community of practice in digital health? After working in a lab for years in isolation, Ralph MacKinnon felt that he needed to, in his words, "find his tribe". After joining the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital as paediatrics major trauma service lead, he's created his own tribe through Out-There HealthTech, a digital platform that supports communities of practice in digital healthcare. In this episode, Ralph discusses the importance of communities of practice, with a focus on the NHS's Electronic Patient Record (EPR) software, used by many UK hospital trusts as a way to digitise records and connect care.
T2 · E8
9 jun 2026
29:31
Why Brilliant Innovations Fail to Implement with Dr Nayan Kalnad
Why do brilliant ideas fail? There's one important question noone asks.... In this episode, Dr Nayan Kalnad, a clinician by training, discusses why great innovations often fail to scale in healthcare. Kalnad has over 14 years’ experience working in digital healthcare and pharmaceutical research and development. Kalnad co-founded Avegen Health in 2015, a digital health company that designs and delivers technology platforms used by healthcare providers and life sciences organisations in the UK and internationally.
T2 · E7
6 may 2026
28:53
Exploring Psychosis Through Creative Technology with Garth Williams
Last year, Garth Williams won "Best Creative Innovation" at MediaCity Immersive Technologies Innovation Hub for his dramatic reconstruction of a year spent as a psychiatric inpatient across four hospitalisations. Based on Garth’s true story beginning at age 17, the reconstruction titled, The Ward Round, includes a video game, live show, “In The Round” (training for frontline staff), and “Full Circle” (community workshops). In this episode, the Manchester-based actor, writer, producer, and creative technologist discusses his journey from struggling with psychosis to co-developing virtual reality experiences with lived experience advisory groups.
T2 · E6
5 may 2026
25:21
Improving Endometriosis Symptom Management through an AI Chatbot with Océane Pittet
PhD student Océane Pittet's shares her research into developing and evaluating an AI-driven interactive (chatbot) patient decision aid to improve symptom management in endometriosis. Pittet's unique research offered people with endometriosis disposable cameras to capture their experience. Having struggled with endometriosis herself, Pittet hopes the work will help others struggling with chronic conditions. Pittet is a PhD student at the Unisanté, a university centre for general medicine and public health based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
T2 · E5
1 may 2026
26:23
Claire Dellar Part Two | Beyond Accessibility
Part two of a special two-part seminar series exploring how accessibility and trauma-informed principles can improve the design, evaluation, and implementation of digital health technologies and research practices. Claire Dellar is the Lead Product Manager & Accessibility and Inclusive Design Strategist at NHS England, and founded Wheelchair Tango Foxtrot Consulting, where she campaigns for inclusive working practices and culture. In this episode, Claire takes us through the seven steps of safe, accessible trauma-informed research practices. These steps apply beyond digital healthcare, and are a key toolkit for anyone looking to improve their own understanding of accessibility and how to implement this.
T2 · E4
24 abr 2026
38:02
Claire Dellar Part One | A Day in My Life as a Neurodivergent Ambulatory Wheelchair User
Part one of a special two-part seminar series exploring how accessibility and trauma-informed principles can improve the design, evaluation, and implementation of digital health technologies and research practices. Claire Dellar is the Lead Product Manager & Accessibility and Inclusive Design Strategist at NHS England, and founded Wheelchair Tango Foxtrot Consulting, where she campaigns for inclusive working practices and culture. In this episode, Claire takes us through a day in her life as a neurodivergent Ambulatory Wheelchair User, revealing the hidden accessibility barriers and needs she encounters every day.
T2 · E3
24 abr 2026
29:17
Lifestyle Psychiatry in the Online World with Joseph Firth
In this episode, Joseph Firth discusses the Remote Exercise and Lifestyle (REAL) Intervention for people with psychosis. Featured in numerous journals and science articles, the web library provides free access to a large library of pre-recorded workout videos available to do anywhere. Firth is currently leading the multi-million pound UKRI-funded project, which aims to implement a digital lifestyle intervention into youth mental healthcare. Joseph Firth is a Professor of Mental Health Informatics in the Division of Psychology & Mental Health at the University of Manchester. His current research leverages digital technologies and lifestyle medicine to improve outcomes for people with mental illness.
T2 · E2
7 abr 2026
20:55
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