Amy Bowden, Senior Project Manager, Health Innovation West of England
Our team at Health Innovation West of England have been working with One Care (the GP federation for the wider Bristol area) and five primary care networks (PCNs) to deliver an innovative project supported by the Collaborative Lipid Fund. This has focused on supporting clinicians to target patients who have had a cardiac event and…
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Sean Hourigan, Development and Training Manager, The Peer Partnership and Brigstowe.
Sean Hourigan is Development and Training Manager at The Peer Partnership and Brigstowe. We were delighted when Sean accepted our invitation to take part in a panel discussion at our conference last November, exploring how the NHS can partner more effectively with the VCSE sector to address health inequalities. You can watch the recording on YouTube here.…
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Natasha Swinscoe, Chief Executive, Health Innovation West of England
In this blog, our Chief Executive, Natasha Swinscoe, reflects on co-creating Health Innovation West of England’s new five-year strategy and explores some of our new priority areas of focus. I am pleased to share with you our new Health Innovation West of England Strategy for the next five years, setting out our clear vision for…
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Alex Leach, Deputy Director of Programmes
Our commission from the Office for Life Sciences focuses on the creation of a dynamic pipeline of healthcare innovations so that innovative new devices, services, treatments, and medical technologies reach patients faster and to support economic growth in the West of England. Here Alex Leach, Health Innovation West of England’s Deputy Director of Programmes, looks…
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Dr Ben Newton, Senior Research Evaluator, Health Innovation West of England
In this blog, Dr Ben Newton, Senior Research Evaluator at Health Innovation West of England, shares his reflections on a qualitative interview study among health and social care professionals on their experiences of digital service implementations. I came across an article called How to implement digital services in a way that they integrate into routine…
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Nathalie Delaney, Senior Programme Manager at the West of England AHSN
Across England, NHS service providers have been working through the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework since it was published a year ago in preparation for the transition to a new approach in autumn 2023. In this blog, Nathalie Delaney, Senior Programme Manager at the West of England AHSN, explores why understanding and creating a positive…
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