Blogs

In the second instalment of our ‘Meet the Team’ blogs, we caught up with Programme Manager, Adele Blythe… Adele Blythe Programme Manager Welcome to the team Adele, it’s great to have you on the team. You’ve joined as a Programme…

It’s safe to say that 2020 has been an unforgettable year. Here at the Academic Health Science Network for North East and North Cumbria (AHSN NENC), we’ve seen changes to operational activity to support the region’s COVID-19 effort, we’ve launched…

So, nine months in, anyone else bored of working from home? My first ever blog gave a bit of an insight into my world of getting grips with WFH as I never call it (anyone who knows me I hate…

COVID-19 has drawn huge attention to the importance of infection prevention and control. This year, International Infection Prevention Week (#IIPW) celebrates the importance of infection prevention and the role we all play in protecting public health whilst giving thanks and…

An innovative collaborative project supported by the AHSN NENC which aims to identify high-risk children with asthma, has been shortlisted for the ‘Tech for Good’ Dynamo Award. The BeatAsthma+ pathway is clinically-led by Paediatric Respiratory Physicians from South Tyneside and…

In this blog, Commercial Director, Russ Watkins reflects on the last 20 months of being at the AHSN NENC, whether he has made a difference – and if so, how. One of the great things about being employed by an…

In the final instalment of our three-part Rapid Insights blog series, Professor Julia Newton, AHSN NENC Medical Director, and Russ Watkins, AHSN NENC Commercial Director, reflect on what they have learnt from the use of Rapid Insights, how it has…

This is the second instalment of our Rapid Insights series. Last week, AHSN NENC Commercial Director Russ Watkins introduced the process and explored why, in the current climate, a faster method of evaluation is required. If you missed Russ’ blog,…

Welcome to our new blog series. Over the next three blogs, Commercial Director Russ Watkins, and Medical Director Professor Julia Newton explore Rapid Insights – a term coined by the AHSN Network that offers a new way to approach evaluation….

As the NHS starts to recover (my first R) I do fear the jargon we use won’t relate to the workforce and we somehow lose all of that momentum.

So here we are, starting week 15 of working from home (WFH?) and wondering what have I learnt, what had I wished I had done differently and what allows me to tick the days off. Firstly, forgive me; I am…

Following the announcement that the 2020 Bright Ideas in Health Awards will not take place, our Innovation Manager, Mark Taylor, has explained how the AHSN NENC innovation team is still very much open for business, and ready and willing to support innovators in the development of their ideas. Sadly, I am writing this…

As part of the AHSN NENC’s work to increase the quality improvement capacity and capability within the region to commission and deliver safer care for our population, the AHSN NENC has funded course fees for a cohort of students to…

We kicked off 2020 by working with the staff and students at UTC (@NEF_UTC). As part of the curriculum, students at the college work on industry challenges, set by genuine businesses, to help them to develop and demonstrate work place skills. This is the second year…

I arrived on the 7th January at the North East Leadership Academy venue for the training course ‘Putting an Antidote to Toxic Leadership’. Excited to learn new skills and develop confidence to challenge negative behaviour, there was also trepidation as…