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SBRI Healthcare announce Phase 3 Competition

SBRI Healthcare is delighted to announce a Phase 3 Competition to support the implementation of mature innovations to address the challenges below: Mental Health Inequalities in Children and Young People Mental health service and support improvements Mental health service access…
Accelerating patient access to innovative medicines and technologies

The AHSN Network and Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC) are working with PrescQIPP, an organisation that supports optimised prescribing for patients, to deliver a series of webinars for those working in pharmacy and medicines. The webinars focus on accelerating patient access…
£12m to secure future of tech and digital in the North of Tyne

The North of Tyne Combined authority will invest £12m to boost the digital sector in Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland. The investment, which includes £7m for a 5G and Future Connectivity fund, will be used to create jobs in a…
New courses and resources to support the NHS Genomic Medicine Service

Through the NHS Genomic Medicine Service (GMS) in England, more healthcare professionals than ever before will be able to access genomic testing for their patients for the first time. To prepare the workforce for these tests and the impact their…
New child screening service to identify youngsters at risk of early heart disease

Thousands of toddlers will be screened for an inherited gene that can cause early heart disease as part of a new national pilot programme. Over the next two years, 30,000 children across England will be assessed using a heel prick…
Child-Parent Screening: Rebecca’s story

Rebecca McKenzie, a 42-year-old biology teacher from Cornwall, took part in a child-parent research study which resulted in her, her three children, her mother, brother, and two nieces being identified as having familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). FH happens when a person…
SBRI Healthcare launch new competitions – ‘Stroke and Technology’ and ‘Delivering a Net Zero NHS’

SBRI Healthcare have launched two new competitions to support the development of innovative products and services that address unmet health needs. The ‘Stroke and Technology’ competition in collaboration with the Stroke Association and the AHSN Network Stroke care is a…
AHSN Network Spread and Adoption Review

Dr Nicola Hutchinson, Chief Executive Officer at the Academic Health Science Network for the North East and North Cumbria (AHSN NENC), has welcomed the ‘Review of spread and adoption approaches across the AHSN Network’ report published today. She said: “The…
Mental health trust pilots remote ECGs to protect vulnerable patients during the pandemic

A portable monitoring device that detects heart irregularities in minutes has helped to protect mental health patients during the COVID-19 pandemic and is now due to be rolled out across the North East and North Cumbria. During the early stages…
Healthcare innovators to be celebrated at northern awards

Health innovations that have transformed patient care over the last few years are to be recognised as the Bright Ideas in Health Awards return. The immense pressure on services during the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in the need for transformative solutions…
Shaping future plans for Newcastle Health Innovation Partners

Newcastle Health Innovation Partners (NHIP) will showcase its early successes at its one-year anniversary event on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. NHIP aims to become the most integrated and innovative Academic Health Science Partnership in the world, working with innovators to…
Improving Patient Safety in Asthma Care

World Asthma Day takes place on 5 May 2021 with the theme of ‘uncovering asthma misconceptions’. This will address common widely held myths and misconceptions concerning asthma, that prevent persons with asthma from enjoying optimal benefit from the major advances…
Feasibility Study for the Centre for Health Data

The AHSN-NENC is currently supporting Durham University in their feasibility study for the Centre for Health Data (C4HD). The C4HD will support collaboration between healthcare organisations, universities and businesses to access healthcare data in a secure environment. This is a…
Excellence awards will recognise ‘above and beyond’ support to NHS

An awards event has been launched that will honour suppliers who have helped the NHS deliver great patient care. The NHS in the North Excellence in Supply Awards 2021 will celebrate the development of inspirational collaborations between the health service…
Care home training films pass major milestone

A series of free online training videos aimed at care home staff have recently reached more than 250,000 views on YouTube. A collaboration by Wessex and the West of England Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) and West Hampshire CCG, and…