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 >
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 >
23 June 2017
Simon Priestley from NHS Creative introduces us to Mo and how he came to be. Mo is the protagonist in a soon to be released campaign encouraging patients to book a medicines review and highlightling the difficulties that can occur with polypharmacy.Meet Mo. A simple figure – deliberately ageless, sexless, of no fixed religion or race, but with o... Read more >
21 June 2017
In his June speech at NHS Confed, Simon Stevens announced the launch of the NHS Innovation and Technology Payment (ITP). This programme builds on the Innovation and Technology Tariff (ITT) which went live on 1 April 2017.It aims to support the NHS in adopting innovation by removing financial or procurement barriers to uptake of innovative produc... Read more >
16 June 2017
SBRI Healthcare is an NHS England funded initiative led by the Academic Health Science Networks to develop technology solutions for known healthcare challenges. The next funding round focuses on finding innovative solutions with the ability to transform screening, accelerated diagnosis and management of cancer.Cancer remains one of the public’s ... Read more >
15 June 2017
A NEW search for the world’s best healthcare innovations to help improve patients’ lives launches on 14 June, focussing on key NHS priorities including mental health, primary care, and urgent and emergency care. The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) - an NHS England initiative supported by the country’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs)... 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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