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A regional health network has expanded its team with nine new members of staff including the appointment of a commercial director. The Academic Health Science Network for the North East and North Cumbria (ASHN NENC) has grown its core team…

This report is a summary of a 2-year investigation into the use of Multicompartment ComplianceAids (MCAs) in England. Within the report you will learn that hundreds of thousands of patients are inappropriately supplied these devices by pharmacies and pharmacists each…

*This call has now closed* A search has been launched to find innovative technologies to address challenges faced by frontline clinicians within the NHS. As part of its Innovation Exchange initiative that focuses upon unmet needs, the Academic Health Science…

Innovative businesses across the UK have received wide-ranging support from the Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) to access the complex NHS market. During a six-month period at the start of last year, 1,173 companies were supported with 1,524 innovations. This…

Role of AHSNs to simplify pipeline for healthcare innovation highlighted in NHS Long Term Plan With its clear emphasis on research and innovation for patient benefit, the NHS Long Term Plan published today (Monday 7 January 2019) is warmly welcomed…

The Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) and associated Patient Safety Collaborative (PSC) North East & North Cumbria (NENC) support a number of programmes around medicines, particularly approaches to addressing inappropriate polypharmacy and improving medicines safety. Our programmes provide safety improvements…

NHS England and NHS Improvement have announced a new joint senior leadership team – the NHS Executive Group. As part of closer working arrangements between the two organisations, NHS England and NHS Improvement will share the new combined management group…

The region’s brightest healthcare minds were celebrated at this year’s Bright Ideas in Health Awards. Now in its 15th year, the awards shine the spotlight on people working to improve healthcare services through innovative problem-solving across the North East and…

New data from NHS Digital shows that a nationwide push to find undiagnosed patients with an irregular heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation (AF) has identified over 130,000 people within the first year. In addition, a record number of people…

Eight AHSNs are in the running for this year’s HSJ Awards, taking place on the evening of Wednesday 21 November 2018. These awards recognise, celebrate, and reward the outstanding contributions of staff and organisation to healthcare. Around 1,700 healthcare professionals…

A new solution which aims to simplify heart disease diagnosis and reduce the number of unnecessary invasive heart procedures is now in use at two leading North East hospital trusts. Supported by the Academic Health Science Network for the North…

Innovative and forward-thinking healthcare teams and individuals from across the region have been revealed in the shortlist for this year’s Bright Ideas in Health Awards. The brightest sparks within the NHS and academia have been recognised in the list of…

A CREDIT-CARD sized heart monitoring device is set to prevent 280 strokes, save 70 lives and £6.3m for the NHS and social care in the North East and North Cumbria over the next two years. The “breakthrough” AliveCor technology being…

AHSN NENC CEO, Dr Séamus O’Neill, is to take up the position of Chair of the national AHSN Network, a collaborative of England’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), while Piers Ricketts has been announced Vice Chair. As Chair and…

NHS England, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) and the AHSN Network have joined forces to launch an ambitious new programme, connecting digital health innovators with pharmaceutical companies to explore new innovations that could help people living with…