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Meet our new Clinical Leads

The West of England AHSN is pleased to announce the recruitment of a new cohort of Clinical Leads, who support our projects and programmes with their expert clinical guidance. Clinical Leads work with us on a part-time basis, whilst spending the majority of their working life in a clinical setting. This enables them to bring…

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Working collaboratively to improve patient safety during COVID-19

Since mid-November, the West of England AHSN has been supporting our three STP systems with the rapid implementation of the COVID Oximetry @home service (a step up pathway) to help detect the early signs of deterioration in patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19. More recently, since mid-January, COVID Virtual Wards (‘step-down’ pathways to help enable…

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Quality improvement for primary care workshops launch

The West of England Academy are hosting a new series of five free-to-attend interactive online workshops each Friday from 16 April. Attendees will gain a basic understanding and practical knowledge of applying Quality Improvement (QI) techniques to real-world challenges in primary care. Modelled on our hugely successful QI Summer and Winter Series, this five-week course,…

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Moving forward with our diversity and inclusivity journey

The West of England AHSN is proud to announce diversity and cohesion specialists BCohCo, have been appointed to support our diversity and inclusion programme. Following a successful tender process, BCohCo will be working across the AHSN to review how we ensure diversity, inclusion, cohesion and equality are embedded as core values across our organisation and…

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Supporting Businesses through COVID-19

The West of England Combined Authority in partnership with businesses from the Regional Recovery Taskforce, has launched Together West of England – a new initiative to help businesses and residents on the road to recovery from Covid-19. Our chair Steve West is also Chair of the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership and co-chair of the…

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NHSX releases digital playbooks – featuring West of England innovator Carey McClellan, getUBetter

NHSX has released a series of digital playbooks, providing clinical teams and organisations with digital resources to support and improve the delivery of patient pathways. The digital playbooks, which have been created in the areas of cardiology, musculoskeletal (MSK), respiratory and eye care, have been developed to support clinical teams to reimagine and redesign care…

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