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Funding for innovations to help transform general practice of the future

SBRI Healthcare is delivered collaboratively by NHS England and the AHSN Network to develop innovative products and services that address unmet health needs. The West of England AHSN is supporting the autumn funding competition, which is now open for applications. The deadline for applications is 24 November 2016. Entrepreneurs are invited to apply for up to…

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Healthy City Week Bristol: Wellbeing that doesn’t cost the earth 15 – 22 October 2016

What do Dr Phil Hammond, apple juice pressing and social prescribing have in common? They’re all part of Healthy City Week Bristol 2016. NHS campaigner, broadcaster and comedian Dr Phil Hammond will be giving an evening talk on Wednesday 19th October as part of Healthy City Week Bristol. Professor of Genetics and author Tim Spector…

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AHSN stakeholder survey 2016 now closed

Thank you to everyone that took part in our stakeholder survey during August and September. The survey, conducted by NHS England in partnership with YouGov, is now closed. With more than 2,000 people across the country providing their feedback on working with the 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), including 211 in the West of…

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New Atlas of Solutions in Healthcare aims to help speed up adoption of innovation

The country’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) have come together to deliver the AHSN Atlas of Solutions in Healthcare: an online tool that shares proven innovations that are making a positive difference both to people’s lives and NHS efficiency.  Access the new tool at: atlas.ahsnnetwork.com Launched last week at the Health and Care Innovation…

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Share your NHS story on Twitter

NHS England is looking to source patients and staff who are keen or curious Twitter users to drive and create content for a new Twitter channel: @NHS. Maybe you’d be up for getting involved yourself, or you might know someone who might fit the bill? If so, please share… NHS England is on the search for…

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Inspired by visitors from Ghana

This summer our Patient Safety team hosted a team of four visitors from Korle Bu teaching hospital in Accra, Ghana, a distance for 4,705 miles from us.  The aim of the visit was for the team to learn about quality improvement and patient safety in the UK. The Ghanan team included Quality Improvement Manager Otchi, Elom…

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