1 February 2017
Over 50% of surgeries in Wessex are on a journey to become Dementia Friendly, supported by the Wessex Academic Health Science Network based at the University of Southampton Science Park. Farnham Dene surgery in Farnham recently became the 50th surgery to complete its accreditation. All three surgeries based at Farnham Centre for Health are now ... Read more >
26 January 2017
The Dementia Friendly project iSPACE has recently teamed up with Eli Lilly to spread the initiative across North Hampshire. There are 20 GP surgeries in this area and so far seven have undertaken our accreditation process to become Dementia Friendly. Over the next year Melissa Richards of Eli Lilly, the pharmaceutical company based in Basingst... Read more >
20 January 2017
Philippa Darnton, programme lead at Wessex AHSN, describes the first symposium to report findings from the independent evaluation of Happy, Healthy, at Home (North East Hampshire and Farnham Vanguard):As Happy, Healthy, at Home implements new ways of working across North East Hampshire and Farnham, an evaluation programme has been established to... Read more >
13 January 2017
Join our Futurelearn course to explore behind the scenes of this emerging healthcare technology. Whole genome sequencing is a relatively new technology that allows us to ‘read’ a person’s or organism’s entire genetic code. But how does it work and what does it mean for all of us?The GEP will be running its online course ‘Whole Genome Sequencing:... Read more >
13 January 2017
The Five Year Forward View made a commitment that by 2020, there would be “fully interoperable electronic health records so that patient’s records are paperless”. This was supported by a Government commitment in Personalised Health and Care 2020 that ‘all patient and care records will be digital, interoperable and real-time by 2020.’The Local Di... Read more >
12 January 2017
£900K awarded to develop innovations that support self-care and independence in children with long term conditions. With six percent of children in the UK living with disability, ingenious life changing solutions can ensure they have the best start in life. SBRI Healthcare today announced it is to fund nine companies developing innovations that ... 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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