Database of Health Workforce Innovations

Title

HealthSHIP | Health Students Helping in Pandemics

Created

2020-06-07 18:25:05

Update time

2020-06-07 18:25:05

Brief Description of Challenge

Brief Description of Innovation

HealthSHIP is a web-based app that allows students to offer their support to NHS staff for tasks like
babysitting, pet care, picking up medicine and grocery shipping. To sign up as a volunteer you will need a
university email address.

Innovation – Increase Numbers

Innovation – Increase Flexibility

Innovation – Increase Availability

Provision of child care services for front-line workers
Home support for front-line workers

Worker

Students
Volunteers

Task/Skill

Training / Retraining

Brief Description of Setting

Setting - Organization

Hospitals

Setting - Geography

Urban/Suburban
Rural
Remote

Facilitators

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow will provide certificates to all healthcare students volunteering their time through HealthSHIP.

Barriers

Impact / Evaluation

Link

https://healthship.org/about

Contact

Cassandra Baiano

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Organization

Phone Number

Country

Expert Assessment – Impact

Assessed Risk - Workers

Assessed Risk - System

Assessed Risk – Patients

Expert Assessment – Confidence

Language

Type

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