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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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SBRI Healthcare annual report

SBRI Healthcare is launching its 2016 annual report this week at NHS Expo. The report sets out the impact of the programme over the year, as well as a summary of the outcomes achieved in the period of the AHSN leadership. Download the annual report here. In this time the programme has been able to evidence a pipeline…

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POSTPONED: HealthTech: Bristol Makes It

PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED The Health Tech: Bristol Makes It event – currently scheduled for 14 and 15 of October has been postponed and will be rescheduled for early 2017. Specific dates will be confirmed in due course. By postponing we will be better able to align the event with the recently emergent national…

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Emergency Laparotomy Collaborative update

The Emergency Laparotomy Collaborative (ELC) started its implementation phase in September 2015.  The two-year quality improvement project is a collaborative project between West of England, Kent, Surrey and Sussex and Wessex AHSNs  with the aim of accelerating the spread of a care bundle that aims to improve standards of care for patients undergoing this surgery,…

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Delivering the digital future: support for our Local Digital Roadmaps

On 22 September a major event is set to take place in Bristol bringing together healthcare professionals with technology companies and entrepreneurs to explore opportunities for accelerating the digital agenda across the West of England. Feedback is now emerging on our Sustainability and Transformation Plans and associated Local Digital Roadmap submissions. We now need to galvanise…

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