A tour bus promoting a service that helps people to take part in dementia research studies proved such a hit with shoppers in the West of England before Christmas that the region has now taken the number one slot for the highest number of local registrations to the service in the country. ‘Join Dementia Research’…
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A new study has been published exploring how demand is measured and managed by GP practices in the West of England. The West of England AHSN commissioned the study, in partnership with NIHR CLAHRC West, as part of its Commissioning Evidence Informed Care programme, which is led by Dr Peter Brindle. Demand for Primary Care services exceeds capacity available. With…
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In December the new online prescribing platform, co-developed by Anna Powell-Smith and Ben Goldacre with support and funding from the West of England AHSN, was launched publicly to an overwhelming positive response. OpenPrescribing.net enables the speedy analysis of prescriptions across the country for the first time and has the potential to save the NHS millions of pounds, while ensuring that…
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The West of England AHSN is awarding £65,000 in funding to four community organisations to support the roll-out of Human Factors training for support staff. Communication and team working are recognised to have significant impact on the quality of safe services for patients. Following the Cavendish Review, the Care Certificate specified standards for support workers (Bands 1 – 4)…
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The cross-system action plan for sepsis was published at the end of December by NHS England. The report highlights the role of Academic Health Science Networks and Patient Safety Collaboratives in supporting work around sepsis across the country, and the West of England regional sepsis group got a specific mention. Dr Mark Juniper, a member of the West of…
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Over 60 delegates from healthcare, universities and industry came together on 10th December at the Ashton Gate stadium in Bristol for ‘a jam session with financial instruments’ to learn about innovative financial models in healthcare. The day included discussions from social investors including Resonance Ltd, Bridges Ventures and Social Finance on social impact models and…
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