Resources
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The date for our next upcoming Digital Mental Health Innovation Cluster event will be outlined below closer to the time.
More information to follow.
The cluster:
Supported by an Advisory Board whose members provide valuable insights into the clinical, academic, and business aspects of digital mental health. The advisory board attend bi-monthly meeting to offer well-informed advice to provide a focused scope to make effective change in digital mental health.
The Digital Mental Health Innovation Cluster (DMHIC) recently hosted an online Question-and-Answer style event with Chris Wright, the National Advisor for Digital Mental Health, and Head of the Digital Mental Health programme, to answer questions focused on businesses developing services and how/what they need to have in place to provide and additionally what our services can provide in ways of support.
This is the video recording of the session
To support knowledge exchange we share all relevant DMHIC related assets and information with our network.
NHS Confederation: Patient empowerment: what is the role of technology in transforming care? [REPORT]
NHS Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy: Delivery Plan 2023-2025 [REPORT]
Joanne Boyle: DMHIC Strategic Lead
Anna Whyte: DMHIC Project Support
Advisory Board Members
Chris Wright: National Advisor for Digital Mental Health at the Scottish Government and Head of the Digital Mental Health Programme
Chris’ role in the team is to facilitate the ongoing management of the DMHIC, while overseeing the development of strategy, policy, service, and innovative technologies to be implemented across the NHS in Scotland.
Suzanne Graham: Programme Lead Innovation Collaboration, Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government
Suzanne’s role is to support the triple-helix approach of industry, academia and health and social care working together to develop innovative products and services that solve some of the real problems facing our health and care services. As part of her portfolio, Suzanne is the CSO lead for Mental Health innovation.
Fiona Duffy: Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Fiona's role is to act as a connect between clinicians and innovation, working together to support innovation within the south-east of Scotland. Additionally, Fiona is a clinical psychologist primarily focused in CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services).
Donald MacIntyre: Consultant General Psychiatrist
Donald's role is to guide on the practicality of technological innovations to improve mental health care and treatment. Donald is an NHS consultant general psychiatrist, currently seconded to NHS 24 as Associate Medical Director, a post which he combines with clinical research.
Alex Karamagkalis: Project Manager
Alex's role is to oversee the management of several projects ongoing in the DMH team. Alex provides expertise and structure in the running of complex nationwide digital mental health services projects in their stages of further development, before ongoing out to be implemented within the NHS.
Nagore Penades: Consultant Psychiatrist (NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde)
Nagore's role in the team is to continue in the support as the Mental Health Innovation Lead at the West of Scotland Innovation Hub, NRS Senior Research Fellow and e-health Lead for Mental Health at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Andrew Gumley: Consultant clinical psychologist
Andrew Gumley is a professor of psychological therapy in the school of health and wellbeing at the Univeristy of Glasgow. One of Andrews main clinical interests are the development and evaluation of psychological and digital therapies.
Andrew Keen: Clinical Lead for Innovation (NHS Grampian)
Dr Andrew Keen is responsible for all strategic and operational innovation activity, which is increasingly focused on trying to solve major health and social care delivery challenges.
Emma Smith: Strategy Implementation and Development Manager for the Scottish Action for Mental Health (SAMH)
Emma’s role in the advisory board is to act as a connect between the third sector and innovation. Emma is skilled in all aspects of strategy implementation & development and business support including research, project management, event management and engagement.