Hear Me Now is improving Annual Health Checks for GPs and their patients
Hear Me Now is being used by GPs across the UK to help people with a learning disability improve their Annual Health Checks. An Annual Health… Read More
Author Archives: Laurence Knutsen
Max – Holding Everything in one Place
Max is profoundly disabled. That doesn’t prevent him engaging with and benefiting from Hear Me Now every day, with his family and his carers. Read More
Raf – Increasing Independence
Raf uses HMN when he is showering. It reminds him of the process when he is in the shower. Read More
Martin – Managing Diabetes
Martin Robson is a service user at Millers Day Centre. He’s Diabetic, and is also a keen Drama enthusiast. Read More
Lennie – Medication Adherence
Lennie is an in-patient at Humber NHS Trust. Lennie has learning difficulties, as well suffering from Diabetes and high blood pressure. Read More
Carl – Managing Health Changes
Carl Barron is a service user at Millers Day Centre. He’s epileptic, loves photography, and is also an enthusiastic Hear Me Now user. Read More
Matthew – In Memory
This is the story of Matthew and his family who inspired the creation of My Health Guide (now Hear Me Now). Read More
John – Managing Posture
John has a few physical challenges that mean he needs to be a specific position to be able to eat and drink easily. Read More
Improved Annual Health Checks
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG has shown efficiencies and improvement in the uptake, efficiency and effectiveness of the Annual Health Check and… Read More
Mitigating risk for service users
Hear Me Now supported risk mitigation, preventing the breaching of a community treatment order and provides a record of the truth, available to all,… Read More
Staff handover times reduced
Smoother and more efficient staff handovers, better use of agency staff time at national learning disability charity Hft. Hft understands that the Hear Me… Read More
NHS Foundation Trust service utilisation reduction with Hear Me Now
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust and Maldaba carried-out a 12-month trial of Hear Me Now (formerly known as My Health Guide), and experienced a… Read More
Barts Health and UCLPartners implement Hear Me Now to help people with learning disabilities
Maldaba partnered with Barts Health NHS Trust and UCLPartners to improve quality of care for people with a cognitive impairment, specifically adults with a learning disability. Read More
Evidencing CQC Compliance
Maldaba worked with Hft as a part of the NHS D Social Care Pathfinder Programme. An early identifiable benefit for Hft from using the Hear Me Now service was that the HMN system could be used to provide evidence for inspection visits from regulators. Read More
Saving time by improving quality, dignity and independence
Staff at homes gained confidence and began using HMN to drive greater independence and dignity for residents. A business benefit realised was that with greater independence came greater personalisation and reduced time commitment per service user. Read More
Tanya – Reducing Anxiety
Use of HMN saved GP time, increased service efficiency and reduced the levels of anxiety experienced by Tanya whilst maintaining high quality care. Read More
Sophie – Reducing Hospital Stay
Stays in acute hospitals can be long and the outcome for people with a learning disability can be poor. Read More
Peter – Improved Annual Health Check
Improving life expectancy with Annual Health Checks. Read More
Martyn – Single Version of the Truth
Martyn struggles to remember what he is meant to do and not do and sometimes gets into trouble. Read More
Lucy – Preventing Improper Treatment
When you are not aware of the situation but you want your voice heard it can be tricky to get the care you want and not have the care you do not want. Read More
Freya – Improving Asthma Self-Management
Compliance with medication and effectively self-managing care are two of the most efficient ways of treating long term conditions. Read More
Finn – Improved GP Appointment
Finn has a learning disability and diagnosis of aspergers syndrome. He struggles with making friends and societal boundaries. Read More
Hear Me Now wins prestigious research prize
Hear Me Now has just been rewarded with a prestigious prize for research into patient improvement at a top London hospital. Richard Fitzgerald with… Read More
Millers – Improved Communication with Carers
It’s not just service users that are deriving benefits from Hear Me Now. Read More
Helen – Food Management
From controlling her own weight loss to keeping her fiancé in check, Helen Edwards is delighted with how her new digital health app is helping her to manage her life! Read More
Hear Me Now trial to improve lives of people with ‘mild’ conditions
Hear Me Now has been chosen to lead a trial to help improve the lives of people with mild cognitive and communication impairments. Read More
Final analysis of 12-month trial with Humber NHS Trust
he final data analysis for the 12-month Humber NHS Foundation Trust trial of My Health Guide with 200 service users, their families, NHS staff and 3rd-party care partners is complete. Read More
Humber NHS Trust Signs 3-Year My Health Guide Contract
Following the successful completion of the extended 12-month trial of My Health Guide with 200 service users and dozens of staff, Humber NHS Trust have last month signed an agreement to scale-up the use of My Health Guide to 600 service users Read More
My Health Guide wins Health Network Partnership Award
Having been shortlisted for yesterday’s Innovation, Improvement & Impact Conference award (for performance through partnership), we were already excited before we arrived at the event. Read More
Radio Humberside News features My Health Guide Humber Trial
Radio Humberside featured My Health Guide in their news bulletins on the 27th November 2016, shortly after we realised our initial data analysis of the… Read More
Early Indications of Impact in Humber NHS Trial Beat Expectations
Fairly soon after the My Health Guide trial with Humber NHS Foundation Trust and 200 service users began, we had a feeling that good things were happening. Read More
Patient Information Forum Features My Health Guide
We’re over the moon that the Patients Information Forum has published a feature about My Health Guide, interviewing the family of one of the 200… Read More
Humber NHS Foundation Trust Pilot Extended
We’re thrilled to announce that Humber NHS Foundation Trust have extended their 6-month pilot of My Health Guide to 12 months, continuing until the end of March 2017. Read More
First Case Studies Arrive
We’re delighted to announce that we have released our first two case studies of users’ experiences of My Health Guide. Read More
My Health Guide shortlisted for Best Mobile App Award
We’re excited to announce that My Health Guide (and Maldaba and Humber NHS Foundation Trust) are shortlisted for the Best Mobile App award at the Digital Awards 2016 in Hull. Read More
My Health Guide features in Hull Daily Mail
In July 2016 My Health Guide featured in a two-page spread in the Hull Daily Mail. Read More
Maldaba Show My Health Guide at Health+ Care 2016
Maldaba attended the Health + Care show at the Excel Centre in London Read More
My Health Guide wins Health Expo Awards 2016!
Maldaba were delighted to attend the recent Health Expo Awards 2016 at the Hull City KC Stadium. We were even more delighted to win! My… Read More
My Health Guide Launch: Podcast and Video
The launch of My Health Guide at Humber Foundation Trust NHS on the 31st of May was a great success, thanks once again to all… Read More
My Health Guide shortlisted for Health Expo Awards 2016
We’re delighted to have been shortlisted as a finalist at this year’s Health Expo Awards! My Health Guide is shortlisted for the Innovative Health and… Read More
Maldaba exhibit My Health Guide at NHS ConFed 2016
Maldaba were delighted to be invited by SBRI Healthcare to join their stand at the NHS Confederation 2016 annual conference and exhibition in Manchester last… Read More
KCFM Radio Interview
At My Health Guide’s public launch on the 31st May, KCFM Radio interviewed Dave Hill, CEO, and Trish Bailey, Clinical Care Director of Children &… Read More
Estuary TV Broadcast My Health Guide Launch
Local Humber TV station Estuary TV attended the public launch of My Health Guide at Humber NHS Foundation Trust on the 31st May. They captured… Read More
My Health Guide Launches
Humber NHS Foundation Trust host My Health Guide Public Launch. Our thanks to everyone who attended yesterday’s public launch of My Health Guide at Humber… Read More
Yorkshire Coast Radio Article about Launch
Yorkshire Coast Radio write about the launch of My Health Guide on the 31st of May. Read More
My Health Guide Public Launch
We're delighted to announce that, from today, Tuesday 31st May 2016, My Health Guide is available to the general public! Read More
My Health Guide wins People Driven Digital unAwards 2015
What can we say? Well, we won! Read More
