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31 May 2019

This highly interactive event will be a mix of inspiring speakers and an exhibition of ready-to-go innovations for health and social care.You will hear from national speakers, who are leading in the spaces of primary care and digital innovations; and local leaders, who will set the context across Wessex. You will also be able to meet innovators,... Read more >

30 May 2019

The AHSN Network is today announcing that its national Chair, Dr Séamus O’Neill, will be stepping down from post at the end of August 2019. Séamus will be leaving his role as CEO of the Academic Health Science Network North East and North Cumbria (AHSN NENC) to take up the position of CEO of the Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA). The NHSA ... Read more >

22 May 2019

Heart and circulatory diseases cause a quarter (25 per cent) of all deaths in the UK; over 150,000 deaths each year - an average of 420 people each day or one death every three minutes with emergency services delivering resuscitation to 30,000 patients annually. In addition, over half a million people in the UK are living with heart failure.  Th... Read more >

9 May 2019

The findings from a survey to identify local NHS innovation and research needs have been published.The views of local health stakeholders, including clinical leaders, managers and directors, within each AHSN (Academic Health Science Networks) region were collected through qualitative interviews with 61 people and a questionnaire which received m... Read more >

9 May 2019

NHSX and the AHSN Network need your input on the latest survey to understand demand and supply of data driven technologies to improve health.There are some remarkable data-driven innovations, apps, clinical decision support tools utilising intelligent algorithms being developed, and electronic health systems incorporating them are being widely a... Read more >

7 May 2019

Our colleagues from the Clinical Ethics and Law at Southampton (CELS) Group are writing an article about direct-to-consumer genetic tests. These are genetic tests that you can buy online or in shops (for example tests from AncestryUK, 23andMe, DNAFit). Some direct-to-consumer genetic tests claim to give customers information about health risks.T... Read more >