How the NHS and industry can join forces with data to save lives
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Five things the NHS and Industry must prioritise in executing the NHS’s data strategy
ZPB’s aim has always been to increase collaboration, accelerate innovation and transform healthcare. We don't believe any one sector or...
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How the NHS and industry can join forces with data to save lives
The NHS and industry are often "problematic partners". The relationship between both parties has often been challenging with the NHS a...
Five things the NHS and Industry must prioritise in executing the NHS’s data strategy
ZPB’s aim has always been to increase collaboration, accelerate innovation and transform healthcare. We don't believe any one sector or...
7 ways to connect with the NHS in 2023
The NHS is under huge pressure right now and increasingly looking to the private sector for solutions to support unprecedented demand and...
- Jul 4, 2016
- 2 min
Health tech SME looking to access the NHS? 10 tips from an evening with 10 Digital Ladies
Thursday night saw the gathering of innovators, entrepreneurs, inventors and product developers at the 10 Digital Ladies in Healthtech event held at WeWork South Bank. ZPB’s CEO, Zoe Bedford, spoke at the event which looked at how the private sector, SMEs/ start-ups are working with public sector bodies such as the NHS to transform how we manage our health, and access services such as GPs and our personal records. For those that didn’t manage to make it here are our top 10 ti
- Oct 23, 2014
- 2 min
Our thoughts on the NHS Five Year Forward View
By Alex Kafetz Over the years the NHS has been used to strategies, plans and even a couple of roadmaps, but today gets its first forward view. Simon Stevens has published the NHS Five Year Forward View, a joint publication by NHS England, Public Health England and the regulators, but it has Stevens’ blueprint all over it after six months in the job. It’s a statement of intent from an organisation that still needs to convince the NHS (and perhaps itself) that it has a long-ter
- Oct 23, 2014
- 2 min
Contracting for outcomes: a brave new world or latest fad?
In anticipation of the next Cambridge Health Network (CHN) event organised by ZPB for Outcomes Based Healthcare (OBH), the OBH team give us an insight into the issues that will be discussed. There is a definite air of excitement in the OBH office this week as we gear up to the official launch of the contracting paper written in association with Capsticks: Contracting for outcomes: a value-based approach. As an organisation, everything we do is geared towards playing our part
- Sep 17, 2014
- 1 min
Be part of the Health Tech Hub at the FTN Conference
If you’re a start-up in health tech, exhibiting at a big conference like the FTN is often too costly to consider in those early days. Which is why ZPB is pleased to announce the launch of the Health Tech Hub at the FTN Fringe at the Foundation Trust Network Annual Conference and Exhibition 2014. The Hub will be showcasing up to eight tech SMEs in the heart of the FTN conference at a affordable price. The Health Tech Hub offers health tech start-ups a chance to get their innov
- Aug 22, 2014
- 1 min
The Fringe is back
If you were one of the hardy health sector professionals braving the March rain for ZPB’s Expo run at the NHS Innovation Expo this year, you’ll be pleased to hear we’re dusting off our running shoes once again. This time it’s for the Foundation Trust Network’s Annual Conference and Exhibition 2014, for which we’ve just launched the FTN Fringe, and the #FTNrun is just one of the fun things we’re organising alongside networking breakfasts, drinks parties and other events. With
- Jul 31, 2014
- 1 min
ZPB delivers successful myth-busting campaign
ZPB spent July creating and delivering an incredibly successful content-led social media campaign for Outcomes Based Healthcare (OBH). Our task was to create a myth-busting campaign to raise the profile of outcomes-based approaches to healthcare and OBH’s brand awareness. We hit on the idea of a social media campaign and produced a series of essays designed to spark informed discussion, illuminated by a series of interviews and case studies. The campaign was also helped along
- Jun 26, 2014
- 2 min
Is the NHS broken? If so, who should fix it?
Is the NHS broken? If so, who should fix it? These are the questions being asked in policy-making circles right now after four recent events added to the confusion: 1. NHS is number 1 A report by the Commonwealth Fund analysing the best healthcare systems in the world has ranked the NHS number one, above countries such as Sweden and Canada – long held up as exemplars of good healthcare provision. 2. NHS is broke to the tune of £2bn The new top ranking however, was swiftly jux
- May 30, 2014
- 1 min
ZPB wins tender to support the national network of AHSNs
ZPB has recently taken up a new role managing the so-called network of networks – the collective name for the fifteen Academic Health Science Networks – which is chaired by Rachel Munton, managing director of Eastern AHSN. We are always excited to acquire a new client, but this feels like a particularly significant milestone. AHSNs bring together NHS, academia, the private sector and other external partners. Our business is founded on a belief in the capacity of different sec
- Apr 23, 2014
- 1 min
ZPB invited to present benefits of transparency to Education Select Committee at Commons
Appearing before a Select Committee in the House of Commons usually fills one with dread, but luckily they do also host meetings that are more about collaboration than a grilling. One such meeting took place last week in the House when the Education Select Committee invited the authors of the Open Public Services Network’s report on education data to talk to them through their research and findings. ZPB’s Alex Kafetz joined Roger Taylor, Paul Charman from FFT and Simon Lebus
- Oct 9, 2013
- 4 min
Say hi to Camilla
A big welcome to our new intern Camilla, who started with us this week. Camilla has just returned from Washington DC where she was a Koch Summer Fellow. Before this she studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) at the University of Exeter, where she co-founded the first PPE society, interned at The Times, and regularly contributed to the campus paper.
Our intern programme has been running for about 18 months now and we’re rightly proud of it. We are often asked about
- Jul 12, 2013
- 1 min
The NHS is opening up to health technology entrepreneurs
Last Friday was the NHS England Entrepreneurs Day at Hub Westminster. The day was a huge success with a long list of speakers and a very packed room of delegates. The event began with speeches from NHS England’s Tim Kelsey, Beverley Bryant and John Coulthard who gave updates on NHS England’s recent work. This was followed by a panel who spoke about the work of the new Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) with health-tech entrepreneurs. Finally the day ended with a ‘virtu
- Apr 22, 2013
- 1 min
Saving GP admin time
Map of Medicine, has recently released ‘Map Referrals’, a new tool that saves a 40 practice CCG 20 days of GP admin time per month. ‘Map Referrals’ auto-populates referral forms with patient information, reducing errors and referral bounce-backs, freeing up time for the GP to engage with the patient. The tool builds on existing Map of Medicine software, which gives GPs information on the range of services available in their local area. ZPB has produced this snazzy new video t
- Apr 22, 2013
- 1 min
ZPB Publications Page
ZPB’s new publication page hosts a variety of journals encompassing a range of analytical literature for the health sector. Publications include research into hospitals’ quality of care, studies regarding out of hospital dementia care and an exploration into public and private relationships. If you want to read more of the publications we have worked on, click here. #ZPB
- Apr 22, 2013
- 1 min
Why Boston’s Hospitals Were Ready
As a team with a strong background in the hospital sector, we at ZPB were fascinated to see a local surgeon’s perspective on the Boston marathon bombings. Atul Gawande, a practising surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, describes how eight city hospitals preparedness led to the survival of the explosions’ victims. From being able to operate just 17 minutes after Hospital arrival (35 minutes exactly after the explosions took place), to having double the amount of staff avai
- Mar 25, 2013
- 1 min
‘Information is Beautiful’ on how we die
At ZPB we enjoy mixing data analysis with effective design. We were therefore excited to see infographic designer David McCandless’s latest work on the greatest causes of death in the 20th century. Despite the morbidity of the subject matter, the answers to this question are striking. Information is Beautiful gathered and examined mortality data from around the world – from disease to murder to mudslides – then calculated and visualised what killed the most people. The team’s
- Jan 24, 2013
- 1 min
Innovation Eye
Pam Garside, partner at newhealth, co-chair of the Cambridge Health Network, and of course, adviser to ZPB, has just published her new blog reporting on last week’s hugely successful Healthbox Innovation Day event and the launch of the seven health tech startups. Click here to read the full blog (which was originally published on HSJ.co.uk on the 23rd January). #ZPB #pamgarsidehealthbox #pamgarsideCHN #ZPBHealthbox #pamgarsidezpb #pamgarsideblog #garside #innovationblog #zpbl
- Jan 22, 2013
- 1 min
300 guests and 7 start ups mark a fresh start in health tech innovation
Great to see such support from the UK health sector last week at the Healthbox Europe Innovation Day we were behind. 300 investors, corporates, NHS managers, doctors, entrepreneurs, advisors, mentors and others interested in the burgeoning health tech start up scene convened at the East Wintergarden to launch seven new companies into the European health scene. Delighted to be joined by our panel of the inspiring Luke Johnson, Dr Thom Van Every, Kit Malthouse and the indomitab
- Dec 3, 2012
- 1 min
Dr Foster Hospital Guide
Alex on his second TV appearance of the day talking about NHS capacity and the Dr Foster Hospital Guide, which he has worked on for the fifth year running. Also squeezed in ten radio interviews in between. He’s been at it since 5.30am and doesn’t seem to be tiring. Yet. Dr Foster also received a congratulatory tweet from the Secretary of State, Jeremy Hunt. A great day for the Guide, and for Alex. #ZPB #HospitalGuide #drfoster #NHScapacity #Hospitalmortality #Hospitaldata
- Dec 3, 2012
- 1 min
The 2012 Hospital Guide launches – number five for Alex
The latest Dr Foster Hospital Guide was released today, and for the fifth year running was edited and authored by ZPB’s very own Alex Kafetz. In fact the ZPB team have been involved with ten editions of the Guide now, all of which can be viewed and downloaded from here. Coverage so far today has reached the front page of the Guardian, the Telegraph, BBC, and national and local papers across the country. Alex made an appearance on BBC Breakfast this morning, and Roger Taylor,
- Nov 27, 2012
- 1 min
Global Entrepreneurship Week
This month ZPB organised an event in collaboration with our friends at Healthbox and Nick Rosa, Co-founder of Sandbox Industries on building synergies between entrepreneurs and corporates. We just found out the event has been recognised by Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) as being high impact which is great news for us. For those of you that attended, we hope that it got your creative juices flowing. To find out more, and keep up to date with future events, why not follow H
- Nov 8, 2012
- 1 min
Partnerships for Healthy Outcomes
After eight months of work, Tuesday evening saw the launch of our major new report that investigates how the NHS and private sector can form effective partnerships. Under the guidance of Sir William Wells, we convened a group of leading figures to discuss the why, the what and the how of public-private joint working to produce “Partnerships for Health Outcomes. Modernising health sector procurement: making partnerships work between the public, private and third sectors.” Our
- Nov 5, 2012
- 1 min
Hack4Health success
Our self-proclaimed office datahead and Director of Strategy and Insight, Alex, took on the role of mentor at last weekend’s Hack4Health event held at the Open Data Institute (ODI blog report here). His team used GP prescription data to develop a project aimed at understanding variations in prescribing rates and were joint winners in the ‘Best Use of Open Data’ category. Hack4Health brought together over 40 developers, designers, academics, and other health and fitness enthus
- Oct 25, 2012
- 1 min
Our CHN event gets some great coverage
A brilliant blog report written by CHN’s writer-in-residence Richard Smith on the exclusive Tim Kelsey event we organised for the Cambridge Health Network on Monday has been covered in today’s British Medical Journal and Health Service Journal online. The story has also reached the editor’s blog of Health Policy Insight and Pritpal Tamber’s Optimising Clinical Knowledge blog. We’re delighted with the coverage, and the great feedback we’ve had on the event. See here for a twit
- Oct 23, 2012
- 1 min
Tim Kelsey reveals his plans at exclusive CHN event
Last night saw the beginning of the exciting ZPB – CHN partnership, with the much anticipated exclusive Tim Kelsey event – “Making the NHS the best customer service in the world”. Over the course of the evening Tim, the new National Director for Patients and Information in the NHS, presented a “first look” into his proposed work programme, discussing his plans for increasing transparency, data and participation. His talk was followed by an extended Q&A session, with questions
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