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  • Success for the AHSN Network at the HSJ Awards 2021

    19 November 2021

    The AHSN Network celebrated a win at the prestigious HSJ Awards ceremony in London on 18 November.The AHSN Network was successful in the patient safety category for the significant support Patient Safety Collaboratives and AHSNs provided to implement COVID Oximetry @home and virtual wards. The programme was delivered in partnership with NHS Engl... Read more >


  • NIHR Evidence publishes new Collection on early detection of cancer

    10 November 2021

    A new collection of evidence released by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) demonstrates ways teams are looking at improving early diagnosis of cancer - including recognising patients who are at risk of poorer outcomes and making existing screening programmes even better. Catching cancer earlier is one of the most effective ways t... Read more >


  • Care home training films pass 500,000 milestone

    5 November 2021

    A series of free online training videos aimed at care home staff have recently reached more than 500,000 views on YouTube.A collaboration by Wessex and the West of England Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) and Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight CCG, and funded by Health Education England, the short videos describe how to take measur... Read more >


  • 52,000 families supported, as technology to help diagnose ADHD is rolled out by NHS

    20 October 2021

    The AHSN Network is helping to transform Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) services across England with the rollout of technology that can provide an objective assessment and help families to receive a diagnosis more quickly.New figures released during ADHD Awareness Month (October) show that, since the start of the first ‘demonstr... Read more >


  • How a new test is improving asthma care

    27 September 2021

    It’s suspected that 30 per cent of 5.4 million patients currently diagnosed with asthma in the UK have been misdiagnosed.The latest Health Innovation podcast from the AHSN Network hears about a programme to improve the diagnosis and management of asthma within primary care, through the spread of a breathing test called FeNO.Host Dr Phil Jennings... Read more >


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    My now 85-year-old mum, Maureen has been a proud owner of an iPad for nearly a year

    23 September 2021

    To help celebrate the United Nations International Day of Older Persons - 1 October 2021 – the theme being digital equity for older people. I thought it appropriate to write an update on my mother's progress using her iPad, here's a link to the first case study about my mum and her iPad. Now that we’re no longer in a crisis my (fully vaccinated)... Read more >


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World Patient Safety Day 2024 Improving diagnosis for patient safety – how is Health Innovation Wessex contributing?

This year’s theme from the World Health Organisation for World Patient Safety Day on 17 Sept...

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