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In episode 12 of Dr Hatz Vlog, Professor Hatim Abdulhussein meets colleagues from across Health Innovation KSS to explore three projects from 2025–26.

Together, these examples show how we are supporting the three shifts set out in the NHS 10 Year Plan: from sickness to prevention, hospital to community, and analogue to digital.

Featured in the videos are Kate Toms and Nanette Money from our Patient Safety Collaborative (PSC), Ginny Common from our Delivery team, and Dr Victoria Betton from our Digital, Data and AI team.

From sickness to prevention

Kate and Nanette discuss our work supporting the national NHS England Avoiding Brain Injury in Childbirth (ABC) programme and in particular, our work to support maternity teams to improve the safe management of Impacted Fetal Head (IFH).

Kate said: “It’s about reducing unwanted variation, so we have consistency of care for all women across all locations regardless of where they are choosing to have their babies.”

Our PSC team coordinated regional delivery and implementation of the ABC programme, cascading learning from a two-day course delivered by the national PSC faculty. To date, 100% of maternity trusts in Kent, Surrey and Sussex are engaged in the programme, covering nine trusts across 13 sites.

From hospital to community

Ginny shares more about our work on the Frailty First and End of Life Practical Management Pathway, which supports more personalised care for people living with frailty and helps avoid unnecessary hospital admissions.

She said: “What this programme really hinges on that patient-centric care, on making sure a patient’s wishes are included in their care. So if you’re someone who has a high level of frailty but you also have heart failure, you really need to balance that care… avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions and bringing care closer to home.”

The pathway launched in February 2026 and has since been downloaded 132 times by colleagues working across primary, secondary and community care.

From analogue to digital

Victoria explores how we are supporting partners to become digital, data and AI (DDAI) ready, including putting in place the foundations organisations need to successfully adopt and embed innovation.

She stressed that: “You need the foundations in place, so you need your EPRs and data organised in the right way. Also being able to absorb innovation from the external environment, but also to support intrapreneurship from within the organisation, is absolutely critical to the survival and future prosperity of the NHS.”

One example is our work with Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SPFT) to develop a practical blueprint for an Innovation Hub, governance arrangements and a repeatable methodology for innovation.

Discover more about our impact

These are just three examples of our work supporting the NHS three shifts. Explore our 2025–26 Impact Report to find out more about these projects and our wider work across Kent, Surrey and Sussex.

Read our 2025–26 Impact Report