S21 Ep45: New ERA for maternity safety

An entrepreneurial doctor whose company is backed by the Innovation Agency, has become an Innovation Fellow with the NHS Innovation Accelerator. Dr Michael Watts has helped to create a patient-centred, emergency-support software system designed to improve safety in maternity - Emergency Role Allocation (ERA). ERA was the brainchild of midwife Caroline Lacey, of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. Michael is one of 17 new Innovation Fellows, selected to help spread cutting-edge solutions with the potential to transform healthcare. In this podcast, Michael and Caroline tell us how the innovation came about – and the potential for the system to improve the safety of patients in a range of settings.   News story: https://www.innovationagencynwc.nhs.uk/news/Medic-backed-by-Innovation-Agency-joins-NHS-innovation-accelerator NHS Innovation Accelerator: https://www.england.nhs.uk/aac/ Blum Health: https://blumtechgroup.com/ NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme: https://www.england.nhs.uk/aac/what-we-do/how-can-the-aac-help-me/clinical-entrepreneur-programme