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2. Help needed - We are already in talks with Civil Networks Live to host it on their platform. We basically need people who would be willing to help us contact open source developers, and perhaps those who are willing to contribute their own development time.

3. Response from Rob Dijk- The Open Source Consortium maintains a list of open source service providers, & the Cabinet Office is pushing open source much more whole heartedly now. At the eHealthOpenSource& BCS there were people from NHS organisations who were crying out for environments to facilitate the sharing of code, documentation, ways of working and other materials. Given such a facility, they would be champions in the NHS - propagating the 'forge', the ideas and the opportunities. We at Tactix4 are working with CfHto develop a sourceforge/launchpad type service for sharing code, care pathways and processesin an NHS setting.

4. Response from Alan Preece- The next thing is that we need to evaluate what is needed to get this "sourceforge/launchpad type service" off the ground. Are we in need of people to code it? I would have thought that much of this could be built from existing open source software. I completely agree that we need a place for those IT literate people around to congregate and share ideas (including code), so what is immediately in the way of achieving this?

6. Help needed - Expertise from with NHS on internal processes. Technical knowledge of QR tags

7. Response from Richard Parsons- More QR codes in hospitals sounds like a great idea - including maybe QR codes on wards etc so users can scan them in on their phones, get taken to a website and rate the cleanliness etc of them. The feedback could be almost instantaneous for ward managers to then correct problems

8. Response from Rob Dijk- Study Finds BarCodes Helpful in Reducing Medication Errors."From accidental overdoses to allergic reactions, errors in the transcription and distribution of medication can have serious and, in some cases, lethal consequences for patients. As a result, providers have long sought ways to improve patient safety. Reducing medication errors helps reduce costs and, ultimately, improves the level of care patients receive."

10. Help needed - This is more of a logical & political rather than a purely technical one, and would involve the GPs actively amassing patient details to pass onto the hospitals to update their patient records (if SPINE hasn't already been implemented).

11. Response from Andy Gray- My GP (Nightingale Practice, Hackney) has been using SMS confirmations for all appts for several years - I asked a partner what the value was & she reckoned that it had improved attendance by 18%. I suggested they also have a 3 strikes rule whereby anyone that does not show 3 times in 6months is counseled. Not sure if this approach is used across GP surgeries, but it should be!

12. Response from Daniel Steenstra- Such a system was implemented at Barts in London last year. the scope of the solutions needs to be expanded to implementation. We have established that the technology itself exists; I am aware of products that allow PCTs to send out SMS as part of health campaigns (e.g. smoking) and actually rewarding people that respond by giving them free minutes. The challenge is therefore to get it adopted and diffused throughout the NHS. Part of that has to be through case studies and evidence of impact - return on investment etc, but also practical advice to GP practices and hospitals to change their processes in order to implement.

14. Help needed - We currently have a basic website at www.mindapples.org, but we are seeking support and funding to take this service to the next level. We need technical resources to build additional services, but also an overall service design review and feasibility study to help develop our products. We also need funding to cover the core costs to scale up the service and build the overall marketing and campaign activity, and partners willing to use the Mindapples toolset in their work and services to extend our reach and further demonstrate the value of our approach.

15. Response from Noel Hatch- Really like this idea, and think more broadly that is a very practical way of where public agencies, third sector and citizens can connect to assess together big issues - and wellbeing is an area where groups like Mindapples and Mappiness are showing you can create new forms of "self assessment" that are meaningful to everyone, not just bean counting. If we could get something like this "pledge for good" visualization.

17. Help needed – Application developer, mobile health data.

18. Response from Carl Plant- In principle the idea of using open data to inform change within a big society agenda is great.The challenge is facilitating behavioural change in people that were previously only considering doing something in their community (pre contemplation). I like how people are starting to use the Facebook places and/or Foursquare for finding the best place to hang out because the cool people are there or check-in into work early to prove to your boss you're an eager worker! I think linking the data from health profiles of an area with other data such as geolocation data offers a way to display what's happening in the area and possibly with game developers we can build in incentive to take action and create behavioural change. For example chromoroma has the ability to change/tweak behaviour with people on a large scale.

20. Help needed – We have a website at www.VoiceofInnovation.org. As you can see it’s very early days - we are building the platform. It has all the ‘social networking’ features of blogs, groups, and private conversations. It will be linked to Facebook, Twitter and Linked-in. We need help in building the Catalogue that will showcase innovations. Get involved – join, blog, communicate, discuss, share and drive innovation!

21. More Background Info- Innovation is the key to improving healthcare and reducing costs. Many healthcare innovators work in isolation: all hit the same brick wall - the lack of understanding, adoption and diffusion of innovation in the NHS. This result in a ‘book shelf’ of innovations: products and services that could have an impact on the quality of life of patients and reduce costs. Patients are not aware of this bookshelf and therefore cannot drive further development.

23. Help needed -Data owners, palliative care workers, consultants, patients, carers, Dying Matters, academics need to come together. A data aggregator organisation such as scraperwiki could act do the visuals, or it could be done as part of a hack day. You would need data around the trajectories of a few major conditions, then look at subsequent data sets to overlay.

25. The laptop is helpful for a lot of our users who might not get regular access to the internet perhaps because they lack the skills or don't have access at home. While they would not make a special trip to the library to look up these queries, they are more likely to get answers in this way and this can avoid the need to go to the doctor.

26. Help needed -This is a very simple solution that just depends of the presence of web access in places that people are already accessing, where conversations about health and fitness are likely to be taking place or can be encouraged. It can be replicated anywhere as long as there is equipment and internet access and people with the digital confidence to help others access what they want to look for.

27. Response from Carl Plant- I think this is a great idea Clare, I could see the use of online health MOT applications being valuable here, such as the use of the Q intervention software (however with a thoroughly good make over!). I'm interested in the social sharing of exercise regimes, such as the Map my run, Nike Plus type applications that give you the option of sharing with friends. This gives the advantage of motivation to continue and to inspire others to do a little something.