Rebecca Mason, Respiratory Consultant, RUH Bath.
In this blog, project Clinical Lead and Respiratory Consultant at the Royal United Hospital Bath, Dr Rebecca Mason, looks forward to the launch of a new West of England collaborative to reduce mortality following non-invasive ventilation (NIV). A design and launch event is being held on 9 December. Here Rebecca explains more… Acute NIV is…
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Victoria Barnes, Newent Community School's former Deputy Additional Learning Needs Coordinator
Earlier this year, we published the evaluation report on the SmartGym Gloucestershire project at Newent Community School, as part of our Future Challenges programme, enabling innovators and local partners to pilot innovations and validate them in real-world settings. SmartGym combines physical and cognitive activities, gamification of physical activities (using game elements to solve problems and…
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Lesley Jordan, Consultant Anaesthetist/Trust Patient Safety Lead, RUH Bath and Clinical Lead, West of England AHSN
In this blog our Clinical Lead, Lesley Jordan, looks forward to the launch of a new collaborative to reduce surgical site infection (SSI) following caesarean birth by implementing an adapted PreCiSSIon bundle in all acute maternity units in the West of England region. The launch will take place during International Infection Prevention Week 2022, 17…
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Kay Haughton, Director of Transformation, West of England AHSN
To mark National Cholesterol Month, October 2022, Kay Haughton, Nurse and Director of Transformation, West of England AHSN discusses her personal experience with Familial Hypercholesteremia (FH) and why she is a passionate supporter of the FH child parent screening programme. Without the Lipid programme I might not be writing this today- a dramatic beginning to…
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Jan Scott, Patient Safety Programme Manager
Ahead of World Patient Safety Day 2022, Jan Scott, Patient Safety Programme Manager, discusses how the West of England AHSN Polypharmacy Community of Practice (CoP) is tackling the challenge to reduce severe avoidable medication related harm. The AHSN held its first CoP in August 2022 with the second scheduled for November. Polypharmacy simply means many…
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Ann Remmers, Maternal and Neonatal Clinical Lead
In this blog our Maternal and Neonatal Clinical Lead, Ann Remmers, looks back on a successful year of the Regional Perinatal Equity Network (RPEN) and forward to the next meeting on 13 October 2022. The network provides an opportunity for those working within maternity and newborn services, related organisations and parents and parent partners to…
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