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Evidence based projects put into practice across West of England

Two new evidence-based programmes are to be rolled out across the West of England. Following our ‘Evidence into Practice’ Call in March we’re delighted to announce two new adoption and spread projects. The first project is SHarED (Supporting High impact users to Emergency Departments), which has been developed by University Hospitals Bristol Emergency Department. The…

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Another successful year for the West of England Health Innovation Programme (HIP)

This month, 15 fantastic delegates, with a diverse range of innovations, became the HIPsters of class October 2019 on our Health Innovation Programme (HIP). Just in case you hadn’t heard already… The West of England HIP is a four-day personal development course for innovators developing healthcare solutions. The HIP has been a huge success over…

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ReSPECT rolls out across Bristol, Somerset and Gloucestershire

Today (Thursday 10 October), patients across the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Clinical Commisioning Group (BNSSG CCG) and Gloucestershire CCG areas will begin conversations with their clinicians and health care professionals to identify their own care and treatment preferences. It is likely that these discussions and decisions will be recorded using a new purple…

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Evidence-informed update to Emergency Department safety checklist toolkit

Evidence from NIHR CLAHRC West’s evaluation of the use of the Emergency Department (ED) Safety Checklist in hospitals in the West of England has been used to update the national toolkit. The toolkit, developed and hosted by the West of England AHSN, supports ED staff who are implementing the Safety Checklist. Hospital trusts have been…

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Innovators from the Diversity report

AHSN Network publishes report celebrating diversity

The AHSN Network has published a new report celebrating diversity across the Network, and setting out pledges to support diversity more.

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Welcome to Clare and Alex

Clare Evans and Alex Leach have joined the AHSN as we start to roll-out new tools like our Innovation Exchange and look to build on our success in the adoption and spread of innovation. Clare, who has been working on the Innovation and Technology Payment  (ITP) scheme becomes our Deputy Director Service & System Transformation,…

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