Focus on: mental health Dr Sarah Robinson, Director of Delivery I 2 I cant thank Eastern AHSN enough for what theyve done for us. As well as the expertise and input they have given to help us develop our product, Ive really valued how theyve helped me connect with talented people who are just as excited about our mission as we are Becky Cotton, Founder at Lumino Supporting the initial COVID-19 response Embedding innovations to better manage service capacity treatment ( Barr, D. (2021). George Takei just shared this thought of mine. Available: https:// www.damianbarr.com/latest/damian-barrgeorge-takei-we-are-not-all-in-the-sameboat. Last accessed 04/05/21. 1 Jia, R et al. (2020). Mental health in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional analyses from a community cohort study. BMJ Open. 10, 1-14. 2 Royal College of Psychiatrists. (2020). Psychiatrists see alarming rise in patients needing urgent and emergency care and forecast a tsunami of mental illness. Available: https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/ news-and-features/latest-news/ detail/2020/05/15/psychiatrists-seealarming-rise-in-patients-needing-urgentand-emergency-care. Last accessed 4th May 2021. 3 Rodgers, R F et al. (2020). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on eating disorder risk and symptoms. The International Journal of Eating Disorders. 53 (7), 1166-1170. 4 Looking forward References Share this article Get in touch If you have a mental health innovation that could deliver patient impact, get in touch.