To mark Learning Disabilities Week 2021, the West of England Learning Disabilities Collaborative looks back on the last year. The collaborative was established in 2019 in response to the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) Programme, which found that the disparity between the age of death for people with learning disabilities and the general population was…
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We are delighted to welcome Genevieve Riley to the West of England AHSN team as Senior Programme Manager to lead our new Insight and Evaluation function. An experienced social/health sciences researcher, for the last three years Genevieve worked with Public Health Wales as a Senior Researcher for Evaluation and Impact, most recently supporting rapid evaluation…
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A report capturing the AHSN experience during the coronavirus pandemic has been published as part of the AHSN’s Health and Care Reset campaign to inform leaders across the NHS as it enters the next phase of the pandemic response. The AHSN Network Health and Care Reset Campaign was launched to collate and spread learnings and…
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Working alongside clinical commissioning groups, primary care networks and acute trusts, the West of England AHSN is pleased to confirm four applications to the NHS Pathway Transformation Fund (PTF) have been successful across the region. One of the successful applications was developed jointly with the South West AHSN region, with funding therefore available to the…
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The West of England Academy is launching a free online course focused on innovation in healthcare. The first cohort commences from Monday 5 July 2021. The course will be repeated in winter 2021. This is a free, four-week course (that can be started at any time within six weeks of the course start date), developed…
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An in-depth study examining approaches to spreading and adopting innovation in the health sector has been published by the AHSN Network to help AHSNs, and partners, understand and harness the AHSN collective experience and expertise. The review, which identifies the different approaches used across the 15 AHSNs within the Network, highlights the complexity of spread…
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