This week (6-10 June 2016) is the UK’s inaugural Infant Mental Health awareness week: #IMHAW16. Did you know that babies’ brains develop rapidly after they are born? In the first critical 1,001 days of life, the environment and the caring relationships surrounding the baby help to build the brain, by creating new neural pathways. A…
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At the end of May, colleagues from 13 primary care practices from across the West of England, including GPs, practice managers, practice nurses and quality and safety leads, came together for the first meeting of our new Primary Care Collaborative. The event was opened by our Patient Safety Programme Director Ann Remmers who spoke about the context for…
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As part of RUBIS:QI, the West of England AHSN has been selected by the Health Foundation to provide technical Quality Improvement support to their prestigious flagship Scaling Up programme. RUBIS:QI is a brand new collaboration between the West of England AHSN, Northumbria Healthcare and NHS Improvement, created to support the adoption and spread of innovation and improvement. Together the three…
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Companies are invited to bid for funding to develop solutions to improve patient flow in acute care and independence for children with long-term conditions in the latest competition from SBRI Healthcare. Funded by NHS England, the aim of SBRI Healthcare is to develop innovative products and services that address unmet health needs. Successful companies can…
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The West of England Academy was delighted when Professor Bill Lucas accepted an invitation to facilitate a workshop with our Improvement Coaches in Swindon last month. Bill introduced his model ‘The Habits of an Improver’ from a recent paper published by the Health Foundation. During the day Bill explained the relevance of the various elements of…
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SEQOL’s specialist nursing team based in Swindon has won the country’s top award for community nurses. The deep vein community nurse specialist team were presented with the RCNi Community Nursing Award at a recent ceremony at Westminster Park Plaza Hotel. The team, managed by nurse specialist Jo Boyd, who is the UK’s first nurse to be trained…
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