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Daniel Wigglesworth commented on Heather Niven's page GeniUS! Challenge Six – How do we develop Healthcare Services to Better Fit all of our Needs?
"@Claire Eldred - The following also seemed pretty relevant following your comments: Developers of a pill bottle that wirelessly transmits data, measures medication and sends patient reminders have emerged as grand prize winners in the Healthcare…"
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Richard Booth commented on Heather Niven's page GeniUS! Challenge Six – How do we develop Healthcare Services to Better Fit all of our Needs?
"One of the reasons my organisation, the Creative Industries Knowledge Transfer Network (CI KTN), are involved in the forthcoming 'Synergy Surgery: Creative Health' is because we are increasingly interested to explore how the talents and…"
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Daniel Wigglesworth commented on Heather Niven's page GeniUS! Challenge Six – How do we develop Healthcare Services to Better Fit all of our Needs?
"Any ideas for new apps that come out of this challenge could potentially be suggested to http://apps.nhs.uk/ - there's a form for that!"
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Daniel Wigglesworth commented on Heather Niven's page GeniUS! Challenge Six – How do we develop Healthcare Services to Better Fit all of our Needs?
"@Claire Eldred - Safe and trusted apps to help you manage your health. Says reviewed by the NHS."
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Claire Eldred commented on Heather Niven's page GeniUS! Challenge Six – How do we develop Healthcare Services to Better Fit all of our Needs?
"Hi Daniel, that's great.  In that case if there is already the technology out there do you think it could be grouped in to a suit of services?  So off the top of my head an app that reminds you to take your medication, make and…"
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Daniel Wigglesworth commented on Heather Niven's page GeniUS! Challenge Six – How do we develop Healthcare Services to Better Fit all of our Needs?
"@Claire Eldred - There are apps that remind individuals to take their medication. I guess when you start to look to put in place a number of these sorts of solutions - having some sort of guidance, for example at your GP's surgery, would be…"
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Daniel Wigglesworth commented on Heather Niven's page GeniUS! Challenge Six – How do we develop Healthcare Services to Better Fit all of our Needs?
"I don't actually go to my GP's surgery that often - but when I do I find that being able to check-in using date of birth on the computer screen is handy. It seems to save time and receptionist resource from my perspective. I don't…"
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Daniel Wigglesworth commented on Heather Niven's page GeniUS! Challenge Six – How do we develop Healthcare Services to Better Fit all of our Needs?
"The challenge text above raises many questions, too many to tackle in a comment. But I would like to state Re: Maps. Using new data sources and analytical techniques will enable all to gain a better understanding of what more can be and it's…"
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Andreas Nicolaides commented on Heather Niven's page GeniUS! Challenge Six – How do we develop Healthcare Services to Better Fit all of our Needs?
"Hi there, Your website looks great! I am a Consultant Thyroid and Head & Neck Surgeon and Clinical Lead at York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Following my meeting with Claire and Brendan, my thoughts on the challenge are as…"
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Claire Eldred commented on Heather Niven's page GeniUS! Challenge Six – How do we Redesign Primary, Secondary and Community Care Services to Better Fit All of our Needs?
"Following a great meeting with Tim Maycock (GP Partner for the Pocklington Group Practice)  he raised some interesting points I’d like to throw in to the GeniUS melting pot!  As there are a few I have numbered them!    How…"
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Beacon Dodsworth commented on Heather Niven's page GeniUS! Challenge Six – How do we Redesign Primary, Secondary and Community Care Services to Better Fit All of our Needs?
"One thing we as a company have found within the Health Service, is the vast quantities of data available are often underused, or only viewed as a linear spreadsheet of data, which in itself is restricted in scope for more open analysis, and can…"
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Brendan Tannam commented on Heather Niven's page GeniUS! Challenge Six – How do we Redesign Primary, Secondary and Community Care Services to Better Fit All of our Needs?
"One of the GeniUS team meetings in advance of the challenge going live was with Srinivas Chintapatla, consultant surgeon and specialist in colorectal surgery and colonoscopy at York Hospital. Chinta explained the current challenges in his area and…"
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Brendan Tannam commented on Heather Niven's page GeniUS! Challenge Six – How do we Redesign Primary, Secondary and Community Care Services to Better Fit All of our Needs?
"Thanks for your comment Becky! The problem you identified has also been raised in the GeniUS team meetings with the specialists. There was a recognition that there is a need for more and a better use of technology to improve…"
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Brendan Tannam commented on Heather Niven's page GeniUS! Challenge Six – How do we Redesign Primary, Secondary and Community Care Services to Better Fit All of our Needs?
"Hello GeniUS Community, In preparation for this challenge the GeniUS team have had had some really helpful feedback from meetings with Healthcare Specialists in York Hospital, the Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group and…"
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Thoughts from NESTA Creative Councils learning day.

Posted on November 21, 2012 at 9:07 0 Comments

Creative councils



Spent an enjoyable and thought provoking day down at NESTA HQ last Monday in London, where we learned more about and discussed the challenges of workless-ness and alternative ways of improving the situation in the UK.



Philip Colligan, Executive Director of the NESTA Public Services Innovation Labs kicked off the proceedings by talking initially about the assumptions made in the Creative Councils project (where the idea for GeniUS! York was born and… Continue

Thank you for helping us make a real difference!

Posted on October 2, 2012 at 14:00 0 Comments

Since we launched GeniUS! York in January this year a lot has come out of the project and we wanted to share this with you and say thanks for your help in making this happen.  So far over the last 9 months:

  • Winners of Living Labs Global Awards (LLGA) for Social Innovation, for a proposal to pilot GeniUS! in Cape Town, have been invited to pilot there over next year. 
  • Shortlisted for Guardian Public Services Award for Community Engagement 2012.  Finals to take place in…
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Living Labs Global Awards Update

Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:04 0 Comments

The last week has been pretty amazing!  Neil (from the council) and I have been busy bees here in Rio after a hectic few weeks beforehand pulling together the NESTA phase 2 bid for the second phase of the Creative Councils programme. 
 
After sending off the NESTA proposal for the 26th April we packed like mad for the Living Labs Global awards, to get over to Rio in time for the ceremony on the 2nd and the summit on the 3rd may, where we had been shortlisted for an…
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'Innovspirational'- Creative Councils Camp Update - Birmingham

Posted on February 23, 2012 at 23:02 1 Comment

It's been an intense 30 hours! Just back from Birmingham where a team of four of us went down to further develop our GeniUS York project and to share our experiences with the other 16 short listed councils on the NESTA Creative Councils project.

We got there at dinner time last night and met all the other council teams at the…

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At 16:50 on January 15, 2013, Brendan Tannam said…

Thanks Heather!

At 13:44 on November 21, 2012, Dr David Gibbon said…

Thanks Heather,      I am an agriculturalist with an interest in local food and farming . I am particularly interested in Community and Forest Gardening and will be submitting a proposal for one in Haxby and Wigginton. I am aware that there are a number of others in the York area.   Yours, David

At 12:42 on March 27, 2012, Vicki Hoggarth-Hall said…

How could I not comment - I love the pavement idea!

At 20:03 on January 25, 2012, Gwen Swinburn said…
hi Heather, that was a quick response and I have added you as a friend. There is a small confusion, rightnclose to accept you as a friend was a box marked give a gift or similar, what is that all about?mbest and good luck Gwen
At 16:43 on December 8, 2011, Susan McColl said…

I'm up and running!!! YEAAA

At 16:06 on December 8, 2011, Simon Donnelly said…

Thank you! It seems to me to be a very pleasant place indeed! :¬)

 
 
 

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slow down!

Posted by Philly Hare on October 9, 2012 at 14:19 4 Comments

Another idea to come out of the York report: an annual ‘Slow-down Day’ (perhaps as part of the over-50s festival) with quiet and unhurried activities, and peaceful places for reflection and social contact.Any thoughts?

Tourism and dementia

Posted by Philly Hare on October 9, 2012 at 14:22 0 Comments

And some ideas from the report as to how to engage the tourism industry in York and capture its benefits. ..



• York has a range of people who provide guided tours and way-finding

services for tourists. Their services can also assist people with dementia and it may be simple to improve their understanding of what people with dementia might need. A link with Torbay Dementia Action Alliance would be useful.



• Existing websites promoting hotels, B+Bs, restaurants and shops…

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