Innovation Projects
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust works with clinicians, researchers, academic institutions and industry partners to develop innovative solutions that improve patient care, staff experience and healthcare services. Explore some of our recent innovation projects below.
Featured Projects
Innovation in Practice
Our innovation projects demonstrate how collaboration between healthcare professionals, patients, academic partners and industry can deliver meaningful improvements to healthcare services, patient outcomes and staff experience.
New projects are continually being developed and evaluated across BCHC to support safer, more effective and more person-centred care.
ISLA Care
ISLA Care is a digital care planning and patient engagement platform designed to support personalised and coordinated care. The system enables healthcare professionals to communicate with patients more effectively, monitor progress and provide timely support through digital care pathways.
Key Benefits
- Improved patient engagement and self-management
- Enhanced communication between patients and care teams
- More personalised and coordinated care delivery
- Digital support that complements face-to-face services
Falls Detection and Prevention Technology (ASCOM P2)
Falls remain one of the most common causes of harm across healthcare settings. The ASCOM P2 project is exploring innovative falls detection and prevention technologies to support safer care environments, enabling faster identification of patients at risk and improving staff response times.
Key Benefits
- Supports early identification of potential falls incidents
- Enables faster staff response and intervention
- Enhances patient safety and risk management
- Supports quality improvement and safer care pathways
Grab Rail Dispenser Innovation Project
Working in partnership with Aston University, BCHC is exploring a redesigned solution that attaches a compact Tork toilet roll dispenser directly to existing grab rails. The innovation aims to improve accessibility, reduce unnecessary movement and support patient safety.
Key Benefits
- Promotes patient dignity and independence
- Reduces awkward reaching and movement
- Supports falls prevention and patient safety
- Uses co-design and innovation to solve practical challenges
- Demonstrates how small design changes can have a significant impact
Virtual Wards (Luscii)
Virtual Wards use digital technology to enable patients to receive hospital-level monitoring and support from the comfort of their own homes. Through the Luscii platform, patients can record health observations, complete assessments and communicate with clinical teams remotely. This approach allows healthcare professionals to identify deterioration earlier, provide timely intervention and help patients avoid unnecessary hospital admissions while remaining safely supported in their own environment.
Key Benefits
- Care delivered in the patient's own home
- Remote monitoring with clinician oversight
- Earlier identification of health deterioration
- Supports hospital avoidance and timely discharge
- Improved patient experience and independence