Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Holmusk and University of Liverpool join forces to establish flagship Mental Health Analytics and Research Hub.

News - 31 January 2023

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust are delighted to announce a collaboration with long term partners Holmusk and the University of Liverpool to establish a mental health analytics and research hub to translate mental health research into results that directly benefit people.
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This partnership aims to improve the quality of life for mental health patients and service users through data analytics and digital solutions, resulting in more opportunities to access research and innovations, improved resource utilisation, streamlined care delivery and cost savings. 

The partners establishing this flagship hub all have deep expertise in mental health research and care delivery, including:

  • Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, one of Europe’s leading institutions for mental health innovation, which was recognised in 2017 as a Global Digital Exemplar for its advanced digital transformation programmes.
  • Holmusk, a leading global mental health and data analytics company building the world’s largest real-world evidence (RWE) platform for mental health.
  • The University of Liverpool, one of the world’s leading centres for public health innovation, where its Institute of Population Health is becoming one of the UK’s leading hubs for digital innovation in connected mental health translational research.

Nawal Roy, Holmusk Founder and Chief Executive said, “We’re delighted to be a part of this new mental health analytics and research hub. There’s a dire need for better mental health care, and through this partnership, we can better collaborate to realise analytics-driven solutions for mental health and move the needle in a tangible way.”

The alliance will convene leaders from industry, mental health service provision, and academia, leveraging their respective data analytics, clinical and research expertise to develop a flagship mental health learning system. This collaboration will also oversee the development of new tools to improve delivery of care, including the expansion of capabilities for MaST, Holmusk’s clinical workflow support systems that uses sophisticated predictive analytics to help mental health staff make better decisions about the resources they use to provide safer and higher quality care. 

Mersey Care’s involvement with MaST and Holmusk dates back to 2018, when they became the first NHS organisation to adopt and shape MaST, leading to a number of awards.  The University of Liverpool has also been developing advanced statistical and machine learning methods for predicting complex health events including mental health crises, in partnership with Mersey Care.

Professor Iain Buchan, Associate Pro Vice Chancellor for Innovation at the University of Liverpool said, “Our partnership will drive advances in predictive mental health care, evolving through close coupled science and service to meet the needs of those we serve. This collaboration will bring together data scientists with mental health researchers and professionals to create a learning system that improves prediction, refines interventions and evaluates outcomes by default.”

For further information please contact: Myles Hodgson, Media Manager, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, 0151 473 2797 myles.hodgson@merseycare.nhs.uk 

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