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This form should not be used to submit your application. Applicants are required to use the online application form.NHS Salford CCG Digital Health Innovation Call - Outline Application

NHS Salford CCG Dragons' Den call for Digital Health

NHS Salford CCG is an NHS commissioning organisation responsible for buying the majority of healthcare services for the people of Salford.

Innovation is increasingly held up by senior healthcare leaders and NHS England as the vital solution to meeting many of the challenges in health and social care. NHS Salford CCG recognises that by scanning for new creative ideas and services for advancement for widespread use, the organisation can improve quality whilst also enabling the reduction of healthcare costs. This will also help the organisation in their ambition to become the safest, most productive health and wellbeing system in England. Promotion of research and innovation will enable NHS Salford CCG to ultimately deliver the following overarching strategic objectives:

Prevent ill health Reduce health inequalities Improve healthcare quality (safety, experience and effectiveness) Improve health and wellbeing outcomes

As part of a vision to commission and ensure delivery of high quality health services, the organisation has established an Innovation Fund of £450k to enable the testing and development of creative ideas with the potential to improve services, patient experience and outcomes. Through this fund applications for outline proposals are invited for funded project activity up to the value of £125k. Applications will need to demonstrate an ability to assist with the priorities of NHS Salford CCG and will need to be able to complete all project activity within 12 months of the agreed start date.

To achieve these ambitions, NHS Salford CCG have engaged TRUSTECH to help develop the innovation fund disbursement process through this Dragons' Den Call for Digital Health. The call, which will encompass a Digital Innovation Market Place event and a Dragons' Den panel, is inviting applications which embrace digital and technological innovations with the

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ability to promote the smooth interface with primary and secondary care. NHS Salford CCG’s Executive Team are backing this themed call approach, which utilises a variety of stakeholders in the qualification process, to decide which applicants are to be awarded funding (pending final checks and due diligence including the feasibility of evaluation plans). Applications will need to be able to demonstrate an ability to assist with the priorities of one or more of the organisations strategy groups. NHS Salford CCG have a number of strategy group innovation priorities. These priorities break down as follows:

Long Term Conditions (in particular Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes and Dementia)

Prevention Early Detection Self-care / Self-management - including supporting patients / patient

groupsChildren and Young People

Mental Wellbeing SEND - Special Educational Needs & Disability Early intervention and prevention across issues for children and young

peopleMedicine's Optimisation

Improving medicines safety Improving patients getting better outcomes from their medicines Reducing medicines waste Improving medicines reconciliation at transfers of care

Mental Health Improving & maintaining the physical health of people with serious

mental illness Care Navigators (click here for details) for patients newly diagnosed

with a mental health condition Digital solutions in mental health

Systems Resilience Technological solutions to help patients self-manage / manage at

home /avoid hospital attendance or admission i.e. telehealth solutions, health coaching, home testing kits etc.

Support to ensure patients appropriately access the right urgent care services for the right care i.e. targeted communication / education / feedback on appropriate use of urgent care system, the use of apps / social media advertising etc.

Pathways or interventions that prevent A&E attendance or prevent ambulance conveyance or avoid admissions

Community Based Care

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Increase collaborative working across all community based partners – including innovative approaches to recruitment and utilisation of staff across primary/secondary care, different models of service delivery, patient pathways and novel approaches to extended roles for allied health professionals.

Safer discharge into the communityEngagement & Experience

Responding to Needs Assessments undertaken through the city’s Joint Strategic Needs Assessment programme (click here for details) i.e. reducing health inequalities.

Using technology to obtain patient feedback on existing services and new plans.

Motivating behaviour change in our local population to live healthier lifestyles, self care more and support others in our local communities.

Applicants should therefore attempt to align applications to one or more of these strategy group innovation priorities whilst also demonstrating an ability to assist with the overarching strategic objectives stated above. Additionally, all projects should seek to demonstrate the potential to deliver:

Alignment with existing care pathways in the region Return on investment (cost saving, efficiency gain, patient experience

etc)

Successful candidates will need to be able to demonstrate that their submissions have relevance to, or impact on the Salford Locality Plan: Click here for further details.

Each submission should be linked to the strategy group innovation priorities (listed above) and a partnership approach with a Neighbourhood or Strategy group is strongly encouraged. Initial applications are to be assessed and scored by TRUSTECH with suitable projects then being progressed for approval and sponsorship by the appropriate NHS Salford CCG body. Completion of the form that follows represents the first stage of this process.

This could be an ideal opportunity to have your project assessed and evaluated within the NHS or an appropriate setting within Salford and build evidence of effectiveness and impact. By entering the Dragons' Den call for Digital Health you will get the opportunity to have your project proposal assessed by an expert panel with successful applicants progressing to an evaluation in an NHS (or appropriate) setting in the Salford area.

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Click Next for information and instructions relating to the application process.

The Application Process

Interested applicants are required to submit their initial outline proposal for consideration in the first instance using this application form. At this stage applications do not require sponsorship for their proposal from the Neighbourhood Clinical Commissioning Group or Strategy Group. Applicants selected for consideration will be assessed and scored and presented for wider consideration by the CCG. Those applications selected to advance to the next stage will then be required to liaise with the relevant Neighbourhood / Commissioning Strategy Group to develop their project proposal in accordance with their sponsor to ensure that it has the best chance of achieving its outcomes. Successful applicants will be asked to attend a Digital Innovation Market Place event on 26/09/2016 with selected candidates proceeding to the Dragons' Den stage of the process scheduled to take place on 31/10/2016.

Criteria

NHS Salford CCG are particularly interested in projects that:

Enable Primary and Community Care to become part of the safest health economy

Improve the interface between primary and secondary care Align with strategy group innovation priorities

Applicants should ensure that they clearly outline how the proposal will seek to assist with these objectives and align with the strategy group priorities. Applications are likely to score highly if they are able to meet these objectives and demonstrate an alignment with priority area(s).

On invitation the applicant must be in a position to attend a Digital Innovation Market Place event on 26th September 2016 and a Dragons' Den panel presentation on 31st October 2016 - both events will be held within Salford.

Any organisation or individual can submit ideas for Innovation Funding,

however funding will only be paid to organisations, not to individuals.

General information on submitting an application

Each question is very specific about the information required. Please ensure that you read the guidance carefully and provide all the information requested.

Please ensure any abbreviations/acronyms are explained at the start of the application, they may then be abbreviated throughout the remainder of the application.

Questions marked with a red asterisk are mandatory and must be answered before you can proceed to the next stage.

You can return to your submission at a later time by using the 'save & continue later' button at the top of the page once you start completing.

Click Next to begin Stage 1 of the application process.

Proposal Outline

1) Name of proposed project*Please provide a name for the proposed work that you wish to be considered

A maximum of 250 words to be used for the question below

2) Summary of Proposal(in no more than 250 words)*What you are proposing to do and why? What need are you addressing and what evidence can you provide of that need?

3) Key Objectives*(Key things that need to happen for the scheme to be considered successful) These objectives need to be SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timed)Project objectives and associated payments need to be completed within the 12 month period after the agreed project start date.If the project has more than 5 objectives, please list additional objectives in the comments box.

Objective 1::

Objective 2::

Objective 3::

Objective 4::

Objective 5::

Comments:


4) Which citizens/ patients / communities / vulnerable groups within Salford will see a benefit as result of this proposal?(in no more than 250 words)*

5) Has this or a similar idea been submitted through NHS Salford CCG, Salford City Council, Health & Wellbeing etc. before?(If Yes, please provide details of when the idea was submitted and the outcome in the comments box below)

Yes

No

Comments:

6) Has your proposed idea been implemented outside of Salford prior to this application? If yes, please state which region and provide details of the impact of this.Please provide details of the impact in the comments box below

Yes

No

Comments:

Alignment with NHS Salford CCG

7) Which NHS Salford CCG priority areas will your project assist?*(Please tick all that apply and provide a brief explanation as to how the project will assist with each priority area in the comments box below)

Enabling Primary and Community Care to become part of the safest health economy

Improving the Primary/Secondary Care Interface with Digital Innovations

Alignment with Strategy Group Innovation Priorities

Comments:

Ticking one or more of the boxes below will result in subsequent questions appearing which require further details to be provided around which particular strategy group innovation priority area(s) the proposal aligns with

8) Which Strategy Group Innovation Priority Area does your proposal have the potential to assist with?*

Long Term Conditions

Children & Young People

Medicines Optimisation

Mental Health

Systems Resilience

Community Based Care

Engagement & Experience

The question below will only appear if you indicate in question 8 that the proposal can assist with Long Term Conditions

9) Please specify the specific Long Term Condition innovation priority area(s) your proposal has the potential to assist with:*

Prevention

Early Detection

Self-care / Self-management - including supporting patients / patient groups

The question below will only appear if you indicate in question 8 that the proposal can assist with Children & Young People

10) Please specify the specific Children & Young Peoples innovation priority area(s) your proposal has the potential to assist with:*

Mental Wellbeing

SEND - Special Educational Needs & Disability

Early intervention and prevention across issues for children and young people

The question below will only appear if you indicate in question 8 that the proposal can assist with Medicines Optimisation

11) Please specify the specific Medicines Optimisation innovation priority area(s) your proposal has the potential to assist with:*

Improving medicines safety

Improving patients getting better outcomes from their medicines

Reducing medicines waste

Improving medicines reconciliation at transfers of care

The question below will only appear if you indicate in question 8 that the proposal can assist with Mental Health

12) Please specify the specific Mental Health innovation priority area(s) your proposal has the potential to assist with:*

Improving & maintaining the physical health of people with serious mental illness

Care Navigators for patients newly diagnosed with a mental health condition

Digital solutions in mental health

The question below will only appear if you indicate in question 8 that the proposal can assist with Systems Resilience

13) Please specify the specific Systems Resilience innovation priority area(s) your proposal has the potential to assist with:*

Technological solutions to help patients self-manage / manage at home /avoid hospital attendance or admission

Support to ensure patients appropriately access the right urgent care services for the right care

Pathways or interventions that prevent A&E attendance /ambulance conveyance or avoid admissions

The question below will only appear if you indicate in question 8 that the proposal can assist with Community Based Care

14) Please specify the specific Community Based Care innovation priority area(s) your proposal has the potential to assist with:*

Increasing collaborative working across all community based partners

Safer discharge into the community

The question below will only appear if you indicate in question 8 that the proposal can assist with Engagement & Experience

15) Please specify the specific Engagement & Experience innovation priority area(s) your proposal has the potential to assist with:*

Responding to Needs Assessments undertaken through the city's Joint Strategic Needs Assessment Programme

Using technology to obtain patient feedback on existing services and new plans

Motivating behaviour change in the local population to live healthier lifestyles, self care more and support others in local communities

16) This call is focused around projects that incorporate Digital Health led innovations. How would you classify the element of Digital Health that your proposed project incorporates? (tick all that apply) *Please utilise the comments box below to elaborate on your answer

Telecare (assistive technology with monitoring capability)

Telehealth (technology to relay physiological data from patients in their homes to clinicians in a healthcare setting)

Mobile Apps & Online Self-Management (use of mobile devices that enable a patient to manage their own health and wellbeing)

Teleconsultation & Telediagnostics (the use of sensors and electronic means of communication to aid diagnosis and clinical management)

Comments:


17) Please outline your measurement strategy and the data you intend to collect to measure the effectiveness of the project.(in no more than 250 words)


18) What are the risks and how will you mitigate against these?(in no more than 250 words)

An answer of “Yes” to the question below will require applicants to elaborate on this in the question to follow.

19) Will the project require a change to an established care pathway? If you are currently unable to assess if the activity will require a change to an established pathway, please indicate so using the Don't Know option. Applications selected to progress will be able to work with their sponsor to establish this.

Yes

No

Don't Know


This question will only appear if you have provided a “Yes” answer to the question above

20) Please provide details of the existing care pathway and explain how your project will require a change to this.(in no more than 250 words)

21) Key timescales(What is expected to happen?)Project objectives and associated payments need to be completed within the 12 month period after the agreed project start date.

3 months:

6 months:

9 months:

12 months:


22) How is the scheme going to be managed?(in no more than 250 words)Does proposal include funding for a Project Manager or is this going to be an add-on to an existing member of staff's job?

Digital Application

An answer of “Yes” to the question below will require the applicant to provide additional information in the question to follow

23) Will the project involve the development / creation of a digital health technology?Project proposals that seek funding to help develop/create a technology should indicate Yes. Project proposals that intend to utilise an existing technology should indicate No.

Yes

No

The question below will only appear if an answer of “Yes” is given in the previous question

24) Who do you anticipate will be involved in the development of the technology? Please indicate the individuals that may be involved and their employing organisation (if known). If you are unsure as to who may be required to be involved in the development, please indicate this in the comments box. Applications that are selected to proceed to the next stage will work with their NHS Salford CCG sponsor to establish who will be required for input.

Name Employing Organisation Job Title

First Person

Second Person

Third Person

Fourth Person

Fifth Person

Comments:

An answer of “Yes” to the question below will require the applicant to provide further information in the question(s) to follow.

25) Does your project require the use of an existing digital technology?

Yes

No

The question below will only appear if an answer of “Yes” is given to question 25

26) Who owns the technology you are proposing to utilise?If you are not the owner of the technology, please state who is and whether any discussions have taken place with the owner around what is being proposed.


27) Does the technology involved have a CE mark?

Yes

No

Unknown


28) Is the technology classed as a medical device?

Yes

No

Unknown


If yes, what is the MHRA classification?Medical devices may be classed as Class I, IIa, IIb or III, with Class III covering the highest risk products.

Class I

Class IIa

Class IIb

Class III

Unknown


29) Is the technology already being used within the NHS or independent healthcare setting?(If Yes, please provide brief information in the comments box below of where and if the deployment is part of an evaluation or a commissioned service basis )

Yes

No

Comments:


The question below will only appear if an answer of “Yes” is given in question 29

If yes, where is it being used?(in no more than 250 words)Provide details of organisations and departments that the innovation is being used in and specify whether it is undergoing a pilot/evaluation or has been adopted in each area listed.


30) Does the company who provide the technology have public and product liability insurance for the purposes of evaluations in the NHS?(Please tick the boxes to indicate that insurance is in place and state the amount of cover in the space provided)

Public Liability:

Product Liability:

Not Known


31) Collaboration projects may require the contribution of knowledge, expertise or guidance from individuals from multiple organisations. Would you be agreeable to a discussion around establishing an agreement around a revenue sharing arrangement for any developed technology (where appropriate)? Projects that require collaboration in order to develop a new technology may have the potential to help NHS Salford CCG to achieve a return on their investment. This should be considered in your answer to this question. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that IP agreements are agreed and in place prior to the commencement of the project activity.Please provide any qualifying comments in support of your answer in the comments box below.

Yes

No

Comments:



32) If the developed technology works, how do you envisage the developed product could be shared with other potential commissioners?(in no more than 250 words)

Finance


33) How will the project achieve a return on investment for NHS Salford CCG?(in no more than 250 words)*

34) How much funding are you seeking in order to complete the project? (Individual awards are capped at £125k)*


35) Please provide a breakdown of how the requested funds will be utilised:(in no more than 250 words)*Please ensure you list the costs associated with each project task.

36) Who will payment be made to?Funding will only be paid to organisations, not to individuals

If the applicant returns a response of “Variable” to the question below, additional information will be required in the question to follow

37) Please state whether the proposed costs are fixed or variable? (i.e. are the costs based on activity?)*

Fixed

Variable


This question will only appear if an answer of “Variable” is given in question 37

38) Please provide details as to why the costs are variable:(in no more than 250 words)


39) When are the costs likely to be incurred?(in no more than 250 words)


40) The payment structures for successful projects will be finalised with NHS Salford CCG prior to sign off. Please state how you believe payments should be made in order for the project to be managed successfully.(in no more than 250 words)The individual timelines for payments for each successful application will be assessed and approved prior to sign off. All projects should be aiming for completion within 12 months and NHS Salford CCG will not be able to allocate funding after the 12 month period has elapsed. Project objectives and associated payments will therefore need to be completed within the 12 month period after the agreed project start date.

Operational details of company / organisation submitting the bid

41) Who is the overall lead for this proposal? (Please complete all sections)*

Name::

Job Title::

Email address::

Telephone Number::

42) Organisation Address:*Funding will only be paid to organisations, not to individuals. Please provide the organisation address for these purposes.

43) Who is the Operational Lead for making the proposal happen? Please complete all sections

Name::

Job Title::

Email address::

Telephone Number::

44) Organisation Address:

Applicants must indicate that they agree to all three conditions

45) Please tick the boxes below to confirm that if your proposal is successful, you are aware of and agree to the timely submission of these:*

Agreement of a start date for the project to commence with the sponsoring group

Provision of a 6 month project update to the sponsoring group

Production of a 12 month full evaluation report (see guidance for further details)

46) Please confirm that you have read the terms and conditions (link).*

I have read and accept the terms & conditions

Thank you!

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