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4 August 2017

Launched at the NHS Confederation conference by Simon Stevens in June 2017, and as part of NHS England’s commitment to the Five Year Forward View, NHS England has developed the Innovation and Technology Payment (ITP) 2018/19.The aim of the ITP is to help deliver on the commitment detailed within the Five Year Forward View – creating the conditio... Read more >

1 August 2017

A member of the AHSN is team is set to tackle 23 miles to her grandmother’s childhood home in West Sussex, in aid of Alzheimer’s Society. Nadia Kuftinoff, who works in the business support team and lives in Southsea (Portsmouth), has taken up the challenge in a bid to raise £300 for the charity. She hopes to complete the journey to Sidlesham on ... Read more >

27 July 2017

The Wessex AHSN Medicines Optimisation Programme has published its Summer 2017 newsletter following a busy few months for the team. This edition covers publication of the National Polypharmacy Comparators and our National Conference at the Kings Fund 'Tackling Polypharmacy: Stopping Medicines Safely'. 3 of our projects were shortlisted for HSJ P... Read more >

24 July 2017

A search for innovations with the ability to transform cancer screening, and facilitate earlier and faster diagnosis launches on 25 July 2017. SBRI Healthcare - an NHS England investment fund led by the AHSN Network – invites entrepreneurs to apply for up to £1.1 million investment to develop innovations.Since the early 1990s, UK incidence rates... Read more >

21 July 2017

NHS England has today (21 July) confirmed its intention to relicense England’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks. NHS England’s Board met today and considered a report from National Director of Strategy and Innovation Ian Dodge, which highlights the AHSNs’ significant impact and outlines how this can be the launch pad for an even more influent... Read more >

14 July 2017

The government has announced a major initiative to drive the rapid uptake of health innovation – with a central role for AHSNs. Today’s announcement, by the Office for Life Sciences, confirms that England’s 15 AHSNs will coordinate ‘Innovation Exchanges’ so that innovative new diagnostic tools, treatments and medical technologies reach patients ... Read more >