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New Chair appointed to lead Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria Board
An experienced leader in the health and care sector has been appointed as the Board Chair for Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria (HI NENC). Professor Dean Fathers will take up the role of Chair of HI NENC from…
Increasing the early detection of cardiovascular disease with an innovative AI solution
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) causes a quarter of all deaths in the UK[1] and disproportionately affects people living in lower-income areas. The North East in particular has some of the highest rates of CVD morbidity, in the country. If detected and…
Innovation in Healthcare Podcast – Sustainability
Small Things That Make a Big Impact Peter Lillie, Sustainability Innovation Manager for Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria, and Dr Matthew Sawyer, a North East GP and Director of SEE Sustainability, explore the NHS commitment to reach Net Zero…
Lipid Management and Familial Hypercholesterolemia National Programme Impact Report
The Health Innovation Network (formerly AHSN Network) has released its Lipid Management and Familial Hypercholesterolemia national programme impact report. The report shares the collective achievements of the programme, which launched in October 2020 to reduce the prevalence of cardiovascular disease and…
Optimising lipid management using novel therapies
Throughout National Cholesterol Month, we have been sharing articles from regional experts, all providing valuable insight into the ways the primary care workforce can tackle health inequalities and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). In our final article, Barry…
Summary Findings: A Co-Designed Approach to Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Middlesbrough
The Innovation in Healthcare Inequalities Programme (InHIP) project in Middlesbrough, gathered behavioural insights from targeted Core20Plus5 population, to understand the barriers and challenges
A regional approach to lipid management
Dr Pete Carey discusses the regional approach that the North East and North Cumbria have developed, towards lipid management.
AHSN NENC enters new era under new name
The Academic Health Science Network for the North East and North Cumbria is entering a new era under a new name…welcome to Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria (HI NENC). Following the successful five-year relicence of England’s 15 regional…
Preventing cardiovascular disease through primary care
This National Cholesterol Month, Dr Tim Butler shares tools and advice to help primary care staff prevent CVD and improve patient outcomes.
Resources developed to guide innovators through evaluation process
Experts at HI NENC have created a suite of resources to support innovators with evaluating their solutions. Evaluation, backed with solid evidence, is a key part of quality control and can inform where innovations should be scaled up and spread….
Pilot project trialling health checks in the community increase detection of conditions linked to high blood pressure
New figures show that the NHS in the North East and North Cumbria is the best in the country for controlling blood pressure, despite challenges that come from long-standing inequalities and poor health. To mark Know Your Numbers Week* (4th-10th…
Annual conference unites pharmacy professionals from across the North and beyond
Leading figures and rising stars within the pharmacy sector came together for the Great North Pharmacy Research Collaborative Conference. The annual event was attended by over 240 pharmacy professionals who heard from a line-up of expert speakers during the day…
AHSN NENC helping to improve health and economy in the region
Over the last year, the Academic Health Science Network for the North East and North Cumbria has supported hundreds of innovations, leveraged millions of pounds of funding, and helped to create and safeguard jobs across the North East and North…
75 years of innovation in healthcare
This year, the National Health Service turns 75. Founded on 5 July 1948, the NHS was the first universal health system to be available to all, free at the point of delivery. It was groundbreaking then and it continues to…
Invitation to quote for Lipid Management and Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) Programme Evaluation
The Academic Health Science Network North East and North Cumbria (AHSN NENC) is inviting bids to tender for a research partner to undertake an evaluation of the national Lipid Management and Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) programme, as part of a wider…