The NHS Web Accelerator Initiative
Initiated by NHS North West, the NHS Web Accelerator initiative is a partnership between several NHS organisations and Health2Works. The initiative is focused on quickly introducing creative and low-cost ways of using the Web for the benefit of patients, clinicians and NHS managers. In short, it’s about doing really useful things with everyday technologies.
This site is just one small example of work being done. See more NHS Web Accelerator work in progress here.
The NHS needs to think differently. For many isolated and vulnerable people the web is a wonderful lifeline.
Elaine Darbyshire, Director of Strategic Communication, NHS North West
Text and web systems used together can really enhance self-care possibilities and build more confident support communities.
Mike Burrows, Chief Executive, NHS Salford
Young people don’t see the web as anything new or special. They just expect it to be there alongside them as they live their lives.
Joe Rafferty, Chief Executive, NHS Central Lancashire
NHS Web Accelerator partners include:
- NHS Blackburn with Darwen
- NHS Central and Eastern Cheshire
- NHS Central Lancashire
- NHS East Lancashire
- Hywel Dda Health Board, NHS Wales
- NHS Knowsley
- Mersey Care NHS Trust
- NHS North West
- NHS Salford
- NHS Sefton
- NHS Western Cheshire
- NHS Wirral
- NHS Yorkshire and Humber Programme for IT
The NHS Web Accelerator partner organisations are not recommending use of any of the sites featured on NHS Webtools. But they agree that all these sites are interesting, some may be worth using and all could give the NHS some really good ideas about how to make better use of the Web
