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Tag Archives: West of England Academic Health Science Network
Funding for Research and Innovation in Health and Social Care (Department of Health / AHSNs / NHS Digital / MRC / UKRI)
Summary The government has announced new funding of up to £86 million for UK firms to develop and test new technologies in the NHS. This development is a follow-up to the Accelerated Access Review (AAR). This initiative for more rapid … Continue reading →
Posted in Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Academic Health Science Network, Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) for South London, Academic Health Science Network for the North East and North Cumbria (AHSN NENC), Academic Health Science Network Led Projects, Academic Health Science Networks, Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), Accelerated Access Partnership, Accelerated Access Review, Accelerated Access Review Interim Report, Accelerating Innovation, Access to Transformative Health Technology, Adoption of Innovations, Ben Moody: Head of Health and Social Care at techUK, Care Closer to Home, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Commissioning for Transformation, Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy, Digital Health Innovations, Digital Health Technology Catalyst for Innovators, Doris-Ann Williams MBE: British In Vitro Diagnostics Association (BIVDA), Dr Christopher Parker: Managing Director of WMAHSN, Dr Liz Mear: Chair of AHSN Network, Early Access to Medicine Scheme (EAMS), East Midlands Academic Health Science Network, Eastern Academic Health Science Network Patient Safety Collaborative, Health Innovation Network, High Impact Innovations, Imperial College Health Partners, Innovate UK, Innovation, Innovation Agency: Academic Health Science Network for the North West Coast, Innovation Exchange Process, Innovation Exchanges, Innovation Scorecard (NHS Digital), Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network, Lord O’Shaughnessy: Health Minister, Lord Prior: Business Minister, Medical Research Council (MRC), More Flexible Funding Systems (Facilitators of Innovation), Moving Healthcare Closer to Home, MyCOPD, New Models of Care, New Technology, NHS Digital, NHS Digital (Formerly the Health and Social Care Information Centre), NICE Technology Appraisals in the NHS in England, NWL Academic Health Science Network, Office for Life Sciences, Pathway Transformation Fund, Peter Ellingworth: Association of British Healthcare Industries (ABHI) CEO, Removal of Barriers to Transformative Health Technology (Facilitators of Innovation), Research and Innovation, Research Councils, Research England, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), SMEs, South West Academic Health Science Network, Support for Uptake of Transformative Health Technology (Facilitators of Innovation), Supporting Research and Innovation, UCLPartners, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), UK Research and Innovation Website, West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN), West of England Academic Health Science Network, West of England Academic Health Science Network: Improvement and Innovation Academy, WMAHSN: West Midlands Academic Health Science Network, Yorkshire and the Humber Academic Health Science Network
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NHS Global Invitation for Innovations in Health and Social Care (NHS England)
Summary NHS England and the UK government have issued an open invitation for expressions of interest from people with innovative ideas, from any sector in the UK or overseas, who want to test innovative schemes for the delivery of health … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Academic Health Science Network Led Projects, Academic Health Science Networks, Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), Accelerating Innovation, Bright Ideas (Innovation), Collaborative Innovation Networks, Combinatorial Innovation, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Diffusion of Innovation, Digital Health Innovations, Digital Technology, Dr Mahiben Maruthappu: NHS England's NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA), East Midlands Academic Health Science Network, Encouraging Innovation, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), George Freeman MP: Former Life Sciences Minister, Health and Care Innovation Expo 2015, Innovation, Innovation and Co-Design, Innovation and Improvement, Innovation in Health and Social Care, Internet of Things (IoT) Technology in Health and Social Care, Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network, Medical Research, NHS England AHSN Network, NHS England Collaborative Innovation Portal, NHS England Innovation Exchange, NHS England's Five Year Forward View (2014), NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Global Invitation for Innovations in Health and Social Care, NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA), NHS Test Bed Programme, Patient and Public Involvement (PPI), Patient Involvement, Professor Sir Mark Walport, Rachel Munton: Chair of AHSNs Network, Real World Testing of Combinatorial Innovation, Reduced-Cost Allied Health Professional Workforce Models, Reduced-Cost Nurse Workforce Models, Research and Development, Small Businesses Research Initiatives Scheme, South West Academic Health Science Network, Technology Enabled Care Services (TECS), Technology-Enabled Housing, Telemedicine, Telemonitoring, Test Beds Programme, Testbeds Programme, Translational Research, User Involvement, Voluntary and Community Organisations, Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS), Wearable Devices, Wearable Devices for People With Dementia, West of England Academic Health Science Network, Yorkshire and the Humber Academic Health Science Network
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Loneliness at Christmas Associated With Expected Increases in Accident and Emergency Admissionss (BBC News / NHS England / Department of Health)
Summary Members of the public have been urged to keep an eye on elderly friends and neighbours over the Christmas period. It is hoped that good neighbourliness of this kind could help ease pressures on hospital A&E departments. It has … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), Andrea Sutcliffe: Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, BBC Health News, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Cold-Related Ill Health, Community, Community Action, Community Assets, Community Capacity, Community Care, Community Groups, Community Life, Community Networks, Community Partners, Community Personal Support, Community Pharmacies, Community Pharmacists, Community Pharmacy and Public Health, Community Support, Companionship, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Emergency Admission Rates in UK, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Emergency Services, Esther Rantzen, Excess Winter Deaths and Illnesses, Excess Winter Mortality, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Feeling Under the Weather (Campaign), Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Friendship, Good Neighbourliness, Help to Live at Home, Independence, Independent Living, Independent Sector, Living at Home, Loneliness, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Neighbourhood Watch, Neighbourhood Watch Groups, Neighbourliness, NHS England’s Feeling under the weather? Campaign, NHS Winter Friends Campaign, Preventing Loneliness, Professor Keith Willett: NHS England, Reducing Bed Days, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Residents’ Groups, Silver Line, Silver Line Safeguarding ("ChildLine for Older People"), Silver Line Teamed-Up With Care Quality Commission, Silver Line: Friendship Phone Service, SilverLine, Social Isolation, Social Networks, South West Academic Health Science Network, Staying at Home, Support Networks, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Services, Voluntary and Community Action, West of England Academic Health Science Network, Winter Friends, Winter Friends Pledge, Winter Pressures
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Regional Innovation Fund (RIF) Winners Announced (NHS England)
Summary Forty six NHS organisations receive a share of the £2.5m Regional Innovation Fund (RIF). This fund is intended to help change patients’ lives and improve care through innovation. The winners of NHS England’s Regional Innovation Fund were announced by … Continue reading →
Posted in Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Academic Health Science Network Led Projects, Accelerating Innovation, Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust, Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust: Day Respite For Younger People With Dementia, Blackpool Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Blackpool Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Speech and Language Therapy Telehealth Innovation, Cancer Rehabilitation for Upper Gastro-Intestinal (GI) Patients from Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Central Manchester University Foundation NHS Trust Cheshire and Merseyside, Central Manchester University Foundation NHS Trust: Enhanced Recovery Plus (Incorporating I Cough UK), Central Manchester University Foundation Trust, Central Manchester University Foundation Trust: Remote Monitoring and Shared Decision Making for Upper Limb MSK Conditions Using MS Kinect, Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Clinical Networks: Perfect Depression Care, Community Housing Aid, Digital Health Innovations, Doncaster & Bassetlaw NHS Foundation Trust: Dementia Wristband Project, East London NHS Foundation Trust: Behaviour Change Through Film, Encouraging Innovation, Frimley Park Hospital: Lab in a Bag, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Care Delivery Through Telemedicine, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Telehaemophilia Comprehensive Clinics, High Weald Lewes Havens CCG: Improving the Quality Safety and Efficiency of Local Dermatology Services Using Teledermatology, Hinchingbrooke Healthcare NHS Trust: SUPPORT (Strategy for Using Practical Aids for Prevention of Oasis Recording Episiotomies and Clinician Training), Humber NHS Foundation Trust: Improved outcomes for patients with psychoses, Humber NHS Foundation Trust: Managing Primary Care Prescribing Budget, Humber NHS Foundation Trust: Multi-Media Care Guides, Implementation Guides for High Impact Innovations, Innovation, Kent Surrey and Sussex AHSN, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: Dementia Wristband Project, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: Tumour Profiling for Solid Tumour Cancer Patients in the NHS, Leicester City CCG: Development of PRISM, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: Enhancing Team Performance by Development of Shared Mental Models to Optimise Communication and Reduce Errors in Cardiac Surgery, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: Shared Mental Models to Optimise Communication and Reduce Errors in Cardiac Surgery, Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust: Development of a Multi-Gene Genetic Test For Patients With Cleft Palate, Managers in Partnership Conference (2014), NHS England Northern Senate: Participation and Health Improvement of Children and Young People With Type1 Diabetes Using Simple Telehealth, NHS England South West Region: Pressure Mapping to Facilitate Patients and Carers in Decision Making in Pressure Ulcer Prevention in Community Settings, NHS Innovations South West: NHS Innovation Leader Diploma Training Programme Delivery to CCG Members 2014, NHS Kernow St Austell, NHS Kernow St Austell: Living Well Penwith Pioneer, North Bristol NHS Trust, North Bristol NHS Trust: Facilitating Junior Doctor-Led Quality Improvement Projects, North Bristol NHS Trust: Foundation in Quality Improvement, North Bristol NHS Trust: Teaching Foundation Doctors Patient Safety and Leadership, North West Coast AHSN, North West Coast AHSN: Creating a Culture of Curiosity (Embedding Innovation), Northern Eastern and Western Devon CCG, Northern Eastern and Western Devon CCG: Pathology Optimisation, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust: Improving the Psychological Wellbeing of Deaf BSL Patients, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust: Patient Led Continuous Self-Monitoring of Visceral Solid Organ Transplantation by Simultaneous Skin Bearing Composite Vascularised Allograft, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust: Improving Access to HIV Testing (Novel Home Testing Approach), Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust: Sustainable Online Support Community for a Diabetes Clinic, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: SUPPORT (Strategy for Using Practical Aids for Prevention of Oasis Recording Episiotomies and Clinician Training), PRISM: Pathway and Referral Implementation System, Regional innovation Fund (RIF), Regional Innovation Fund (RIF): Winners (2014), Rotherham Doncaster & South Humber NHS Foundation Trust: Dementia Wristband Project, Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust: Vocational Rehabilitation Service for Stroke Patients, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust: Bay6: Homeless Hospital Discharge for Devon and Torbay, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust: Evaluation of Clinical Utility of a Point of Care (POCT) Tumour Marker Device to Support Therapeutic Decision Making in a Haemato-Oncology Clinic Setting, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust: Virtual Ward Whiteboard to Support Clinical Prioritisation of Ward Pharmacy Services, Royal Free Hospital and University College London, Royal Free Hospital and University College London: Speak Up for Asthma (SUFA) Schools Awareness Project, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust: Improving Quality of HIV Patient Care Data, Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust: Allergy Care Delivered by Tertiary Care in Primary Care, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Teleclinics for Chronic Kidney Disease, Simon Stevens: Chief Executive of NHS England, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust: myhealthlocker (Supporting the Physical Health Needs of Patients in Mental Health Services, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust: Psychosis Pathway Based on Stroke Pathway, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust: Low Level Laser Therapy to Reduce Oral Mucositis in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust: Video pre-Operative Assessment Clinic, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust: Breakfast at Glenfield Innovation Project, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust: Social Media to Educate and Entertain Healthcare Professionals and Patients Across the UK, West of England Academic Health Science Network, West of England Academic Health Science Network: Improvement and Innovation Academy, Yorkshire and the Humber Academic Health Science Network, Yorkshire and the Humber Academic Health Science Network: Location and Intelligent Mapping of Public Access Defibrillators in Yorkshire and the Humber
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