The Evaluation Works online toolkit launched in March 2016, followed by a complementary two-hour workshop. Both were the result of collaborative work between the West of England AHSN, CLAHRC West and Avon Primary Care Research Collaborative (APCRC) in their drive to promote a culture of evaluation for health services in the region. We have come…
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A wireless sensor that better detects signs of sepsis in hospital patients, an app to help pregnant women monitor hypertension, and another that directs patients with minor injuries to treatment units with the shortest queues, are among the latest devices and technologies selected to join the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA). The 11 innovations joining the…
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Members of our Patient Safety Collaborative were at Patient First in London this week, the UK’s largest patient safety event, to showcase and share learning from some of the initiatives we’ve been developing in the West of England. We presented three posters at the event on: our work to implement the National Early Warning Score…
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A partnership between AHSNs and Creative England has facilitated the unlocking of innovation throughout the regions by supporting the development of creative solutions to some of the many challenges facing the healthcare sector in the 21st century. Since 2014, a number of AHSNs, including the West of England AHSN, have developed a highly effective partnership…
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The Evaluation Online Network is a virtual group for anyone interested in evaluation in the West of England and beyond. It is led by Pam Moule, Professor of Health Services Research (Service Evaluation) at the University of the West of England, and Jo Bangoura, Evaluation & Commissioning Liaison Manager at the West of England AHSN…
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Telephone clinics for kidney transplant patients are an effective alternative to face-to-face consultations, the Chronic Kidney Disease Health Integration Team (CKD HIT) has found. The team’s quality improvement (QI) project found that using telephone clinics is deliverable, safe and well received by patients. Part-funded by the West of England AHSN, the project aimed to improve…
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