Applications are now open for our popular training programme, designed to specifically address the needs of healthcare innovators and delivering high quality coaching, mentoring and personal development support. Running since 2015 in partnership with SETsquared, the world’s leading university business incubator, the Healthcare Innovation Programme (HIP) is an intensive personal development course, covering core skills in…
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There’s just a few days left to apply to join the Q community. Applications need to be in by midnight on Monday 5 December 2016. Do you have experience in making improvements in health and care? Would you welcome the opportunity to collaborate with others to gain maximum impact for your efforts – without having to…
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Stakeholder survey highlights key strengths of the West of England AHSN We received an excellent response to our latest stakeholder survey, with colleagues from member organisations across the West of England revealing how much they value the wide-ranging improvement and innovation support we provide. 95% of those receiving quality improvement support and 93% of those…
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Congratulations to our Managing Director Deborah Evans who has received a prestigious leadership award. The NHS South West Leadership Recognition Awards 2016 took place on Friday 11 November at the Bristol Pavilion. It was an inspirational and hugely emotive evening hosted by Christina Quinn, Director NHS South West Leadership Academy and Ann James, Chair NHS…
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Our work to help prevent atrial fibrillation (AF)-related strokes through the Don’t Wait to Anticoagulate project has been recognised as best practice in the Healthcare Pioneers report. The report has been developed by the AF Association and endorsed by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Atrial Fibrillation (APGAF). The Healthcare Pioneers report identifies best practice in…
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The 15 AHSN Patient Safety Collaboratives are playing a major role at the annual Patient First event later this month. The Collaboratives are hosting a new Best Practice theatre at the conference and exhibition, which takes place at London’s ExCeL on 22 and 23 November. The West of England’s NEWS journey will be the subject of our…
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