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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…

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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…

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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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