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  • Can you help improve patient monitoring to save lives?

    11 July 2017

    Are you part of an organisation involved patient monitoring, data analytics, communication, design or related areasNightingale is a 5m Euro EU funded Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) project for innovators in patient monitoring, data analytics, communication, design and related areas.It is an opportunity for large and small companies to define a... Read more >


  • ReconnHealth offers one stop shop for healthcare collaboration

    6 July 2017

    ReconnHealth has created a market place for healthcare innovators and commissioners to come together and share their wants and needs. The market place is open to all to create profiles, share ideas, market products and service that deliver quality and efficiency improvements, think Match.com meets LinkedIn meets Booking.com meets Skype.The site ... Read more >


  • Five year study evidences UroLift System for benign prostatic hyperplasia as 'the standard of care for BPH'

    5 July 2017

    The UroLift System, a medical device supported by Wessex AHSN's Industry and Innovation team, has demonstrated 'maturity as a standard of care for Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)', in a randomised five year clinical study published in the Canadian Journal of Urology this month. Symptoms of BPH, also known as enlarged prostate, often include i... Read more >


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    SIM bags award and high commendation at HSJ Patient Safety Awards

    4 July 2017

    A pioneering project, which integrates mental health care and policing on the Isle of Wight, has tonight - Tuesday, 4th July – scooped an award and been highly commended at the national Patient Safety Awards held in Manchester.The Serenity Integrated Mentoring (SIM) project, run by Hampshire Constabulary and the Isle of Wight NHS Trust, and supp... Read more >


  • WATCH: HSJ webinar featuring Wessex nutrition lead

    29 June 2017

    Update to the below story - you can watch the webinar here (free registration required). Kathy Wallis, programme lead for nutrition in older people at Wessex AHSN, was one of three prestigious panellists discussing the role of nutrition in the care of frail older people in a webinar hosted by HSJ on Tuesday, 20 June 2017.The experts discussed a ... Read more >


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    Wessex AHSN shortlisted with our partners for three national Patient Safety Awards

    27 June 2017

    We’re proud to announce that four of our projects have been shortlisted in three categories in next week’s national Patient Safety Awards. The Patient Safety Awards continue to recognise and reward outstanding practice within the NHS and independent healthcare organisations. Shortlisted entrants have given their presentations to each specific ju... 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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