All eyes on our XR Programme of Work 🐿

Our @SarahTicho in conversation with Sam Ingram at AWE Lisbon on the adoption of XR in healthcare in the UK, and the brilliant work going on at Royal Free London to become a UK leader in XR

🧵 📢 APPEAL LAUNCH: We want to speed up diagnoses for lung and breast #cancer - getting Royal Free London patients onto their treatment pathway sooner - and introduce VR therapy to give chemotherapy patients a better experience during their treatment. youtu.be/2i6Cebvf84U

We want to help launch #VirtualReality as distraction therapy for #chemotherapy patients at Chase Farm and Finchley Memorial hospitals to: 👉 reduce patient anxiety 👉 reduce chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting 👉 make the time spent receiving chemotherapy feel shorter

And we’re live! We've got 120 HOURS to raise as much as we can to support patients with #cancer at @royalfreenhs. The first £100,000 will be DOUBLED thanks to the backing of supporters who've pledged to match fund donations! Find out more and donate here: charityextra.com/royalfreechari…

I'm lucky enough to be a trustee Royal Free Charity - by donating to our appeal, you can help us to #BringTheFutureForward so that our local hospitals can provide the latest diagnostic tools and treatments for people with cancer in our local communities charityextra.com/royalfreechari…

I'm in awe of the collective learning achieved though the NHS Digital Academy The Digital Health Leadership programme - it's been a great privilege to have been part of so many personal journeys and to have worked with the most amazing change makers, innovators, disruptors and downright good people!

You’re an inspiration Melissa Andison 🌿🚲 📚🇦🇺🇬🇧! Can’t wait for our paths to cross again in the world of #DigitalHealth and more! 🤩

This 2022 ⁦TED Talks⁩ list is fabulous 🙌 Think - Reflect - Learn - Share 🫶 #LifeLongLearning #BeTheChange ted.com/playlists/823/…

Still much debate on virtual vs face to face appointments. At UCLH patients have asked for virtual option for years, esp. if no exam needed. Nice comment in UCLH magazine from Bella, a sarcoma patient, saying it reduces her stress & climate friendly too uclh.nhs.uk/application/fi…

Congratulations🥳 We're delighted that our digital volunteers have won the outstanding volunteer team of the year award at the #jvnawards22 recognising their dedication to helping Royal Free London patients access virtual appointments.

Hello February - walking home from work and it’s not pitch black! 🤩 #fabfeb

Hello! If you have a lived experience as a #patient / #carer of 'complex' discharge from an NHS setting (e.g. discharge being dependent on increased support at home, input from multiple specialists/ agencies etc), and happy to talk to me, please could you drop me a message!

My patio is home to many random visitors these days - expecting a goat next week 🤷🏼‍♀️

Royal Free London talking about their fantastic work at the #DHS_London show today on enhancing #health and #wellbeing through virtual reality: Improving staff and patient experience #wellbeing #xr #vr #nhs #innovation

Excited to speak about our VR for wellbeing journey this morning with Nick Peres !

Our photograph showing a Royal Free London inpatient having a shave and haircut by his bedside has won a national competition to mark 75 years of the NHS. 🧵

Our volunteers, including Debbie (pictured with trainer Hannah), had training to deliver a new service to patients receiving chemotherapy at Chase Farm and Finchley Memorial hospitals. 🧵

Fantastic to see VR as part of our 'business as usual' wellbeing offering for staff at Barnet Hospital. Big thanks to Meriç Öztap for all her hard work setting this up and looking forward to seeing this at all sites Paul Sukhu (he/him) 💙!

This is such a wonderful space for the staff at Barnet! Thank you to the charity and everyone who made it happen