In the West Midlands, there is no shortage of innovators who willingly push ideas and proposals; the trick is getting innovations to ‘land’ and be embraced and adopted by others.
 
Accordingly, the WMAHSN philosophy is to encourage commissioners and providers, local authorities, public health and others to jointly identify areas of concern. The rationale is that if they embark together on an innovation pathway, they will be more receptive and better placed to accept, adopt and spread innovative solutions to their jointly identified challenges.
 
Sub-regional Membership Innovation Councils in the north, centre and south of the West Midlands region will facilitate this critical engagement. These cover:
 

• Membership Innovation Council North – Shropshire and Staffordshire
• Membership Innovation Council Central – Black Country, Birmingham and Solihull
• Membership Innovation Council South - Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Coventry.

The ask. 
One of our MIC's are looking at innovations that could be adopted quickly to deliver improvements in the field of self care. 

Self care is defined as “The actions that individuals take for themselves, on behalf of and with others in order to develop, protect, maintain and improve their health, wellbeing or wellness.”

We are particularly interested in innovations that are:

• Relevant to the field of self care
• Improve the health and well being of an individual
• Reduce the demand on health care services
• Already available for adoption
• Able to be implemented in a relatively short timescale
• Scalable across wider populations
• Meet the needs of the West Midlands diverse population