Wessex HIEC publishes Final Review

Implementing Innovation in Wessex Health & Care Services – Final Review & Transition Plan 2010-2013

The Wessex HIEC has supported the implementation and promotion of 15 major projects over its three year life, alongside support for a wide range of smaller initiatives. The HIEC team have moved from start up to delivery in a very short time frame and have developed the mechanisms for project support, delivery and dissemination which will be carried through to the Wessex AHSN. There have been clear themes to the work programme, including:

• preventing hospital admissions, reducing stays, enabling community solutions
• empowering users
• reducing costs

As the programme has matured, these themes have been shaped into a range of linked developments, and captured on the WIRES website.

Some themes have focused on developing and capturing innovation, some have tackled implementation challenges and others on improving direct delivery, although there are overlaps in the way the projects have taken shape.

We are pleased to bring you this Final Review report, which alongside the details of our programme achievements also outlines our plan for transition to deliver innovation through the mechanism of the Wessex AHSN.