Update regarding the South West Patient Safety Collaborative
Yesterday the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt gave a speech setting out the direction of reform for the…
Read moreUpdate regarding the South West Patient Safety Collaborative
Yesterday the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt gave a speech setting out the direction of reform for the…
Read moreInnovate UK is to invest up to £10m in two-phase SBRI competition
Innovate UK is to invest up to £10m in a two-phase competition to promote the development of new diagnostic products and…
Read moreWalking in each others’ shoes: Industry leader shadows NHS chief executive for a day
The chief executive of global pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo shadowed the chief executive of Plymouth NHS Trust, Ann James, for…
Read moreMaking an impact: Sir Bruce Keogh helps launch first national AHSN report showcasing impact
The South West Academic Health Science Network (SWAHSN) is one of 15 networks established across England in 2013. Together the…
Read moreSpreading innovation, improving health, promoting economic growth
A new report highlights the transformational contribution being made by the country’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks to driving innovation,…
Read moreBecome a test bed
Trusts and clinical commissioning groups across the region have the opportunity to take part in a new NHS England-funded programme…
Read moreTestbed opportunities for SWAHSN members and businesses
Innovators from inside and outside the NHS are invited to pitch their ideas for devices and services, which will improve…
Read moreFamily become first in South West to help unlock secrets of the human genome
A six-year-old boy and his parents have become the first family in the South West to take part in ground-breaking DNA…
Read moreKey thinkers set South West priorities for medicines optimisation
More than 70 people from across the region came together to build a medicines optimisation strategy for the South West.…
Read moreSWAHSN chair retires
Our chair Dr Andrew Vallance-Owen MBE will step down in May 2015 after successfully supporting the organisation through its first two…
Read moreOpportunity to help us get funding off ground
We are really looking forward to bringing together key thinkers and leaders on health and social care in order to…
Read moreWe hear direct from patients
We are delighted to be part of an exciting programme in Devon which aims to put patients at the heart…
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