Gain insight into how maternity care at Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust is improving through the Learning Health System for NHS (LHS4NHS). Explore the West Midlands Secure Data Environment and how it is providing opportunities for NHS, Universities and Industries and the impact that technology is having for democratising health data research for better care.
Chair: Prof Krish Nirantharakumar
professor of health data science and public health, University of Birmingham
Hilary Fanning
managing director of research and innovation, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS FT
Hilary Fanning MBE, is Managing Director of Research and Innovation at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB). At UHB, she oversees more than £300m research infrastructure and approximately 350 research development and innovation (RD&I) colleagues. Her department’s innovation portfolio encompasses healthcare data research infrastructure including the HDR UK INSIGHT, HDR UK PIONEER and UHB PATHWAY health data research hubs. She is Programme Director for West Midlands Secure Data Environment (SDE), which is hosted by UHB.
Neil Cockburn
clinical research fellow, University of Birmingham
Neil Cockburn is a clinical research fellow at the University of Birmingham and public health registrar in the West Midlands. His research in maternity care and learning health systems examines how data is used and created in healthcare services, from quality improvement to research.”
Prof William Parry-Smith
clinical academic, Keele University and honorary consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Prof Parry-Smith is a clinical academic at Keele University and honorary consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. His interests research interests include, post-partum haemorrhage, learning health systems and maternity safety innovations.