10 December 2020
The AHSN Network has made a significant contribution during the first year of the NHS Patient Safety Strategy. An update on its patient safety plan – one year on outlines the impact it’s had improving safety in hospitals, maternity and neonatal units, care homes and the community.It also describes how AHSNs and the Patient Safety Collaboratives ... Read more >
8 December 2020
The innovation delivery arm of the NHS, the AHSN Network, has released its Impact Report 2018-2020.The report highlights outstanding impacts achieved by AHSNs and evidences how they are driving adoption and spread in healthcare innovation, transforming patient outcomes, enabling efficiencies, saving the NHS money, generating economic growth and ... Read more >
23 November 2020
The health and social care sector is at the forefront of the country’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Healthcare and technology businesses across the UK have been pivotal in supporting national efforts to tackle the virus and support NHS staff and patients. Investment and support for this growing sector has never been so crucial.Figures rele... Read more >
18 November 2020
A project which helps speed-up skin cancer diagnosis on the Isle of Wight has been shortlisted at the 2020 HSJ Awards, recognising its outstanding contribution to healthcare.The team running the project, made-up of Isle of Wight CCG, Isle of Wight Trust, Lighthouse Medical, Wessex Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) and Gnosco, is shortlisted... Read more >
16 November 2020
Recently released figures* reveal that a national programme aiming to improve the detection and treatment of an irregular heart rhythm known as Atrial Fibrillation (AF) has helped to prevent 11,734 strokes and saved 2,933 lives. AF is the most common type of irregular heart rhythm and can increase risk of stroke, leaving survivors with disabling... Read more >
10 November 2020
Wessex AHSN has today - Tuesday, 10 November - won a prestigious national HSJ Patient Safety award.Along with colleagues at West Hampshire CCG, the AHSN won for its RESTORE2 project; right care, right place, right time for care home residents.The work won in the 'Deteriorating Patients and Rapid Response Systems Award' category. The winners of ... 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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