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Join our Clinical Lead for leadership webinar

Join Dr Rebecca Winterborn on 11 June as she shares her experiences of leading teams through change and the skills, tools and theories that she uses in her role as a Consultant Vascular Surgeon and one of our Clinical Leads. Delegates will be guided through structured activities to explore the value of authentic leadership and…

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SHarED celebrates interim results

As the AHSN’s funding for the SHarED (Supporting High impact users in Emergency Departments) project starts to come to an end, 35 weeks since the official launch in August 2020, a second workshop was held on the 8 April. All Emergency Department (ED) teams in the West of England region were given the opportunity to present on their…

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Free care homes manager mental health awareness training continues

During January and February 2021, we trained 48 care home managers in mental health awareness. The free training was delivered virtually by Bristol Mind with 94% of care homes managers who completed our post-training survey telling us it was helpful in supporting them to address their biggest concern around their staff’s wellbeing. We have reflected…

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Nationwide innovation call to address domiciliary care workforce issues

The West of England AHSN, South West AHSN and Health Education England South West, are launching an important challenge to find innovative solutions to support the domiciliary social and health care workforce, with £100,000 funding available for pilots in the region. The UK domiciliary care workforce is under huge pressure, accentuated by COVID-19.  Even before…

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AHSN Medical Director is HSJ Clinical Lead of the Year finalist

Anne Pullyblank, Medical Director of the West of England AHSN and colorectal surgeon, was recognised as a finalist at the virtual HSJ Award ceremony last night (Wednesday 17 March).  The West of England AHSN were shortlisted for three awards, with our ReSPECT programme shortlisted for System Leadership Initiative of the Year, and our PReCePT programme…

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#PReCePTPeople finalists in HSJ Awards

Congratulations to everyone involved in our PReCePT programme who made it to the finals of the prestigious HSJ Awards last night (17 March 2021). Being shortlisted for the award from over 1,000 entries is testament to the collaborative achievement of the entire perinatal community with all maternity trusts in the country involved in delivering PReCePT,…

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