News

Filter by: Digital | Health Innovation West of England | Innovation | MatNeo | Medicines | Meet the innovator | Patient safety | Perinatal equity | Quality improvement | Research and evaluation | SBRI Healthcare | Transforming systems and services | West of England Academy |

The deteriorating patient: handover to me, handover to you

The West of England AHSN, on behalf of the West of England Patient Safety Collaborative, hosted the fourth event of the Deteriorating Patient workstream on 15 September 2016. This marked 18 months since the start of this workstream, which specifically focusses on promoting the use of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) in all health care settings across the…

Read more

World-leading genomics project launches in the West of England

The West of England NHS Genomic Medicine Centre (WEGMC), a partnership of NHS Trusts, universities, commissioners, research and health science networks (including the West of England AHSN), is one of 13 regional genomic medicine centres in England that have been set up to help the NHS gain a better understanding of the genetic causes of cancer and…

Read more

Join us at Patient First

The West of England Patient Safety Collaborative (PSC) is playing a key role in the two-day Patient First event at London’s Excel on 22 and 23 November 2016. We are joining our 14 fellow PSCs from across England to share information and learning – and to extend our networks. As well as a large stand space we have our own…

Read more

Better conversation: better health

A new set of ‘Better Conversation’ resources for clinicians and health and care leaders is now available. These include a short video, infographics and a resource guide which contains case studies, evidence and tips on how to introduce a health coaching approach to improve the quality of conversation and help patients change behaviour. The aim is…

Read more

Fab Change Day

This year The Academy of Fabulous Stuff is joining with Helen Bevan’s NHS Horizons Team to produce Fab Change Day, which takes place on Wednesday 19 October. Change Day is about people: on the ground, in the front line of care, in the engine rooms, at their desks, in the labs, the porter’s lodge, the operating…

Read more

Making the digital art of the possible a reality

This article is about our first Digital Art of the Possible event in 2016. More information about this year’s event on 4 October 2017 is available here. More than 130 delegates from across the NHS and local authorities, along with 50 exhibitors, attended our Digital Art of the Possible event on 22 September at the newly refurbished Ashton…

Read more
SERVER 5