donna cowan consultant clinical scientist deputy managing director, chailey heritage clinical...
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Donna Cowan Consultant Clinical ScientistDeputy Managing Director, Chailey Heritage Clinical Services
Innovations in services: From Small to BIG:clinical problem to manufacturer
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Who, What and Where
Sussex Community NHS Trust
Chailey Heritage Clinical Services Service Line Management Model Autonomy
Rehabilitation Engineering Services Equipment for children and young adults with
complex physical disability
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Staff working in the NHS produce innovative solutions everyday.
Commercially available products used in rehabilitation are improved by NHS employee feedback.
Ideas are often taken forward by commercial companies rather than the NHS.
At Chailey we have developed a number of productsThe development of products is based on solutions to clinical problems seen in multidisciplinary clinics.
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Common subset of issues
Extreme extension with rotation.
Affects Swallowing and vision.
Pain.
Whole body involvement.
Scoliosis.
Multiple Clinics
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Refining solution
Common base but variations depending on different presentations
Test with patient
Once a product has reached the stage where variations are minor we would look at the best way to make this product available to a wider group of people.
MANUFACTURER …..marketing /sales/ manufacturing/training …..readily known nationally in the market place
with international links
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Criteria for consideration
Good reputation within the field of posture management
•Have the facility to market and stock the product
•Have a quality system in place
•Have therapists / Rehabilitation Engineers employed for customer support.
•Have a manufacturing plant so they can respond to any problems
•Be able to attend 4 meetings a year to discuss improvements in product design and receive customer feedback.
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Approached several companies Business agreement (externally sourced expertise)
intellectual property rights, guidelines, royalties timelines
period of time.
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Royalties
Pump prime new research NIHR funded projects Charity funding Completion of PhD Research lead for services
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