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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Every year in the UK there are 150,000 cases of sepsis, resulting in a staggering 44,000 deaths – more than bowel, breast and colon cancer combined. Sepsis is the biggest direct cause of death in UK pregnancies and affects about 10,000 children every year in the UK. A recent report by the National Confidential Enquiry…
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In January members of the public joined clinicians and other healthcare professionals to find out more about the new West of England Genomic Medicine Centre, which was announced in December. The centre forms part of the three-year national 100,000 Genomes programme to transform diagnosis and treatment for patients with cancer and rare diseases. The event started with an…
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Patients in the West of England will be among the first to benefit from a major new drive to modernise how the NHS delivers care, as announced today (Friday 22 January) by NHS Chief Executive Simon Stevens at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The West of England AHSN will be leading the way in…
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The NHS Transformathon is a free, 24-hour, online event bringing together health and care staff and service users to connect, share and learn from each other. It starts at 4pm on Wednesday 27 January and runs until 4pm on Thursday 28 January. NHS Transformathon will showcase the latest innovations, practices and methodologies to inspire you with ways to…
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