An evaluation of our work with local hospital trusts to improve outcomes for ‘high impact users’ of emergency departments (EDs) has been published in the BMJ Open Quality journal. In England, patients who attend EDs five or more times a year represent 2% of attendees but account for 11% of attendances. These patients are known…
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As part of a real-world evaluation of the use of a parenting app, we surveyed maternity staff to understand their views, feelings and experiences around breastfeeding support and the use of technology. We are working with Gloucestershire Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) to support their implementation of Anya, a smartphone parenting and breastfeeding app…
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Colleagues from across the West of England and beyond gathered at the Malcolm X Community Centre in Bristol on 7 December for a joyous celebration of our Black Maternity Matters programme and the achievements of all the participants and champions involved in cohorts one and two. Thanks to George Chan at Blue Fire Films for…
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A new guide to innovation implementation, readiness and resourcing has been published sharing practical learning from the Health Innovation Network’s successful adoption and spread of the national Focus ADHD programme. Despite the impact of the pandemic on non-emergency services the three-year ADHD programme exceeded its targets and by June 2023 had benefited 65,000 young people.…
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Health Innovation West of England is working in partnership with Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Integrated Care Board (ICB) over the next 12 months to deliver an exciting new programme to accelerate the adoption and spread of innovation across, Healthier Together – the local Integrated Care System (ICS). This programme will look at…
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The Government and NHS England have relicensed England’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) from 1 October 2023. To better reflect our role as the innovation arm of the NHS, our name has changed to Health Innovation West of England on this date. Celebrating our 10th anniversary this year, the AHSNs have worked locally and…
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We are a winner in the 2023 HSJ Patient Safety Awards for our work with local hospital trusts to improve outcomes for ‘high impact users’ of emergency departments. The SHarED (Supporting High impact users in Emergency Departments) programme was named ‘Urgent and Emergency Care Safety Initiative of the Year’ at the awards ceremony on 18…
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We are pleased to announce the appointment of Pete Carpenter as our new Director of Programmes. This is a new position being established within Health Innovation West of England (formerly the West of England AHSN), as the organisation receives confirmation of a new five-year licence from NHS England to 2028. Pete will lead an integrated…
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As we celebrate the 75th birthday of the NHS this year, our Chief Executive Natasha Swinscoe and Chair Steve West reflect on another milestone we are also marking here at the West of England AHSN. We’ve come a long way together since we were first established in 2013 as you can see from our illustrated…
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Professor Steven West, Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) and Chair of the West of England AHSN, has been awarded a knighthood in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2023. Professor Sir Steven West is one of the longest serving UK Vice-Chancellors and is currently President of Universities UK. He has…
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