We have just published our business plan for 2018-19. It marks the start of a new five year licence period for us, and all AHSNs. It has been developed with our members, the organisations that bring our plans to life.
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The West of England AHSN Regional Programme to improve the reliability of recognition and response to the deteriorating patient has been shortlisted for an HSJ Patient Safety Award , in the Deteriorating Patients & Rapid Response Systems category.
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The West of England AHSN ‘Collaborative Approach to Learning from Deaths’ has been shortlisted for an HSJ Patient Safety Award, in the Clinical Governance & Risk Management category.
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The West of England AHSN has been announced as one of the winers of AF Association “Healthcare Pioneers 2018 – Showcasing Best Practice in AF” for Don’t Wait to Anticoagulate – our quality improvement approach to help prevent atrial fibrillation (AF)-related strokes.
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Colleagues from across the West of England and beyond gathered in Bristol last month for our annual conference, where we explored the progress we have made together over the last five years and looked ahead to the key themes for our new five year licence. It was an inspiring and thought-provoking day, focusing on what…
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As part of her presentation at this year’s annual conference, Managing Director Deborah Evans launched Take Five, a collection of five short films about five of our key projects from the last five years. The films offer a quick overview of what we’ve learned about transformation as a healthcare community here in the West of…
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The South of England Mental Health Collaborative, of which the West of England AHSN is a member, has scored a hat trick at the recent Training Journal Awards. Now in their 12th year, the Awards recognise the ingenuity, creativity, passion and hard work of learning and development professionals from around the world. The winners were announced…
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Members of our Patient Safety Collaborative were at Patient First in London this week, the UK’s largest patient safety event, to showcase and share learning from some of the initiatives we’ve been developing in the West of England. We presented three posters at the event on: our work to implement the National Early Warning Score…
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The Board of the West of England AHSN has announced that Natasha Swinscoe, our chief operating officer, will become Interim Managing Director for six months from 2 January 2018. Steve West, Chair of the West of England AHSN, said: “I have every confidence that Natasha will successfully lead the AHSN through the NHS England relicensing…
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A major event took place at Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol earlier this month, bringing together NHS and local authority professionals, academics and technology companies to explore collaboration opportunities and shape the digital future of our health service. Digital Art of the Possible showcased an exciting array of digital innovations aligned to the needs of…
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