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Welcome to Clare and Alex

Clare Evans and Alex Leach have joined the AHSN as we start to roll-out new tools like our Innovation Exchange and look to build on our success in the adoption and spread of innovation. Clare, who has been working on the Innovation and Technology Payment  (ITP) scheme becomes our Deputy Director Service & System Transformation,…

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£9 million boost for health research in the West Country

Health researchers in the West Country have been given a £9 million award from the Government’s Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to enable them to tackle the area’s most pressing health problems. The new funding will enable new research projects including forecasting demand in hospitals, increasing people’s physical activity levels, supporting people who…

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Patient Safety Award win

PReCePT wins Patient Safety Award

We are delighted to announce that PReCePT has won a Health Service Journal (HSJ) Patient Safety Award in the Maternity and Midwifery Services Initiative of the Year category.

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Calling healthcare app developers

If you’d like to be part of research to improve the effectiveness of healthcare apps for patients we’d love to hear from you. We’re working with local researchers to understand the unintended consequences of using digital health tools in primary care – both positive and negative.

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Thousands of patients in West of England set to benefit from world-leading innovations

New treatments and tests are being delivered as part of the NHS’ Innovation and Technology Payment (ITP) programme, which is fast-tracking the roll-out of latest technology across the country, building on progress in the past two years. They include a liquid gel spacer, first used on an NHS patient at University Hospitals Bristol, which can…

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Create Open Health bootcamp

Digital solutions to support young people’s mental health

On 26 and 27 April people from all walks of life and professions gathered at an intensive two-day bootcamp to work on new digital and technology-based solutions to support positive mental health and build resilience in young people. The bootcamp was part of the Create Open Health initiative, which we launched earlier this year alongside Creative England and The Wellcome Trust.

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