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13 June 2016

Bournemouth University is holding a number of free events in psychiatric genetic counselling during June and July 2016. Workshops are targeted at genetic counsellors, perinatal staff and psychiatrists. Psychiatric genetic counselling helps people to better understand what we know from research about the causes of psychiatric disorders, and about... Read more >

13 June 2016

The 2016 Impact Report – Improving Health and Promoting Economic Growth has been published today (Monday, 13 June) by the national AHSN Network, and outlines the work done by its 15 members over the last 12 months.You can view the PDF of the document here.The achievements of Wessex Academic Health Science Network are included in the report, whic... Read more >

8 June 2016

Companies are being invited to bid for funding to develop solutions to improve patient flow in acute care and independence for children with long-term conditions in the latest competition from SBRI Healthcare which launches today, 8 June.SBRI Healthcare is run by AHSNs and funded by NHS England to develop innovative products and services that ad... Read more >

6 June 2016

We’re very pleased and proud to announce that our work has been shortlisted in five categories in the upcoming Patient Safety Awards. The winners will be announced on Tuesday, 5 July. The categories our work - with Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust - is nominated for, are:managing long-term conditionsimproving safety in primary careimproving safety... Read more >

23 May 2016

This toolkit has been designed for staff in care homes and carers in the community. It provides a practical guide to help them assist older people in their care to achieve optimum hydration.  The toolkit has been developed through collaboration between Kent Surrey and Sussex Academic Health Science Network, Wessex AHSN and North East Hampshire a... Read more >

16 May 2016

A few weeks have now passed since our inaugural Wessex Big Data event, which was attended by just over 150 people. This was a great turnout, and reflects the amount of interest people have in making use of the wealth of data at our fingertips.For those of you who were unable to attend, but are interested in finding out more about the event, you ... Read more >