The West of England AHSN continues to be recognised for successfully bringing together healthcare, industry and academic partners across the region – but what are we are actually achieving together? Here are a few highlights from the last quarter, October to December 2015… Patient safety 10,000 people have benefitted from the emergency department safety checklist so…
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Over 100 people took part in our Design Together, Live Better project, ten ideas were shortlisted and three were selected for prototype development, all in five months! These are just some highlights of the Design Together, Live Better project, which started in May 2015. This is a citizen-led design initiative, aimed at co-creating new solutions to…
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People with diabetes in the Westcountry have welcomed the news that they will have an opportunity to shape future innovative developments aimed at self-managing their condition. The West of England has been selected as an innovation Test Bed to help people with diabetes in the region self-manage their condition in the future. It is one of…
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Our GP Clinical Evidence Fellows Top left to right: Simon Cleave (Wiltshire CCG), Emily Lake (North Somerset CCG), Ed Mann (North Somerset CCG), Caroline Ward (Swindon CCG), Will Wallage (Wiltshire CCG), Phil Simons (South Gloucestershire CCG), Alan Gywnn (Gloucester CCG), Nick Snelling (Bristol CCG), Farida Ahmed (Bristol CCG) Not pictured: Jonathan Tricker (Bath & North…
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Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation, Rob Webster visited the West of England AHSN on Tuesday 2 February and was clearly impressed by the work he saw being developed by our network. Writing in his regular news briefing later that week, he said: “We need to do what is in our gift within our organisations, as evidenced…
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Congratulations to the Maternity Team at the Royal United Hospital (RUH) Bath, who won the Most Innovative Team of the Year Award for the Prevention of Cerebral Palsy in PreTerm Babies Project (PreCEPT) at the 2015 New Year’s Honours Awards. The awards ceremony was held in January at the Assembly Rooms in Bath to celebrate all that is good…
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