Work across this pillar harnesses the facilities and expertise of the AWRC as a test-bed, to pioneer new interdisciplinary and collaborative services.
The AWRC hosts multiple NHS clinical services including physiotherapy, weight management, pre-operative care and technology-assisted rehabilitation. These services foster collaborations between clinicians and researchers while directly benefiting patients across the Sheffield and South Yorkshire region.
The Health Innovation pillar is organised into two themes
- Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation Services
- Designing Physical Activity into Health and Care
Aim
Use the AWRC as a testbed to develop, deliver and evaluate innovative rehabilitation services, models of care delivery and technologies that address one or more of the Global Challenges. Translate these innovations into practice through key partners into usual NHS care.
Objectives
- Develop and test innovations in prehabilitation/rehabilitation and support adoption and scale.
- Create clinical champions who seek to promote the value of physical activity to patients and colleagues through routine clinical interactions.
- Build physical activity innovation capacity and capability across clinical/research interface, including the development of novel student placements to augment the health innovation workforce.
- Lead nationally on workforce wellbeing programmes to support current NHS staff into good health.
- Support people who are currently on a waitlist for surgery to avoid deconditioning and take control of their own rehabilitation trajectory.
- Harness the power of AI, digital and assisted technologies to create innovative and scalable services that support people into better quality of life through restorative rehabilitation.
