My AHSN connection – Elizabeth Beech
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Elizabeth Beech is National Project Lead for Healthcare Acquired Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance at NHS England, and a pharmacist for Bath and North East Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group (BANES CCG). Here Elizabeth writes about how her involvement with the AHSN and the Q community has helped her to make productive connections and improve local practice. I’ve worked with…
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My AHSN connection – Abby Sabey
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Abby Sabey, Senior Lecturer at the University of the West of England (UWE) and Senior Teaching Fellow for the National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care West (NIHR CLAHRC West), talks about her work, and how the West of England AHSN helps her to join the dots. My work…
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My AHSN connection – Dr Seema Srivastava MBE
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Seema was awarded an MBE in the 2018 Queen’s New Year’s Honours list for her services to the NHS in Patient Safety. Here Seema writes about her involvement with the West of England AHSN right from the start, and how we help facilitate the work she’s involved in. I’ve been involved with the AHSN right from…
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HSJ Patient Safety Award – winners!
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Colleagues have been attending the annual Patient Safety Congress in Manchester this week where member organisations of the West of England AHSN Patient Safety Collaborative were shortlisted for a number of awards.
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West of England Health Innovation Programme completes its fourth year
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The West of England HIP 2018 has been a huge success with the innovators diving in head first, taking on a wide range of healthcare challenges and graduating with promising business propositions. What is this HIP? No not the body part! Maybe you’ve read the #NHS70 HIP Atlas AHSN case study or seen the excitement on #HIP_AHSN Twitter? Well, the…
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The Future for One South West is still bright
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One South West, a consortium of 55 organisations that came together to bid for Local Health and Care Record Exemplar (LHCRE) funding, is a great example of collaboration and shared vision. Every NHS Chief Information Officer and Chief Clinical Information Officer across the West and South West of England got behind the bid, to accelerate…
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Natasha Swinscoe confirmed as Managing Director
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The Board of the West of England AHSN has today confirmed that Natasha Swinscoe, our Interim Managing Director, will take on the role of Managing Director on a permanent basis with immediate effect. Natasha had been Interim Managing Director since the start of 2018, following the retirement of Deborah Evans. During this time the national…
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Ben Bennett announced as new Interim Chief Operating Officer
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Ben Bennett will join the AHSN as our new Interim Chief Operating Officer from 4 June 2018. As we move into the next licence period Ben will help us to build on our successes, develop and resource new programmes of work and spread and adopt successful programmes.
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AHSNs relicensed as key innovation arm of the NHS
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NHS England has committed to the long term future of England’s Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), as part of a 10-year vision to drive health innovation and stimulate economic growth.
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West of England AHSN announced BMJ’s Patient Safety Team of the Year
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Promoting excellence in healthcare, the 10th BMJ Awards took place in London on Thursday 10 May in London and we are delighted to announce that the West of England Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) was awarded the title Patient Safety Team of the Year. The annual BMJ Awards showcase knowledge and experience to inspire others,…
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