Now that our partners across the NHS and social care are mobilising at scale in response to the developing COVID-19 pandemic, the role of England’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) is to support them by helping them take full advantage of the most relevant innovations and technologies that can improve care for patients and support our services in this challenging context.
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GP practices in the West of England are helping to address the challenges presented by COVID-19 by enabling patients to connect with them remotely through online or video consultation. The move towards greater use of online patient triage and video consultation in General Practice has long been on the cards and in many regions was…
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Today marks the launch of PERIPrem; Perinatal Excellence in Reducing Neonatal Brain Injury. West of England Academic Health Science Network is delivering PERIPrem in partnership with the South West Academic Health Science Network and the South West Neonatal Network. We are working with the South West Maternity Clinical Network, the Health Innovation Network (HIN), the…
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Senior figures from industry, education and local government, including Natasha Swinscoe, Chief Executive Officer, West of England AHSN, are joining the West of England economic recovery taskforce led by Regional Mayor, Tim Bowles. The taskforce will meet, virtually, for the first time today Friday 15 May, to agree how members will work together to put…
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Following a highly competitive process, Bristol Health Partners (BHP) is now one of only eight designated Academic Health Science Centres (AHSCs) in England. The AHSC will drive service change, leading to world-class health, clinical and economic outcomes for the regional population across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG). The AHSC designation by the National…
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We’ve been speaking to the team at BOB.health to find out more about how their vision to help good ideas spread through the NHS. We believe this could be a good opportunity to help both capture and disseminate stories from our collaborative projects. When starting an NHS project, big or small, staff find it hard…
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