Roger McDermott, Senior Programme Manager at the West of England AHSN
The domiciliary care workforce is under huge pressure – and with staff turnover and sickness levels so high, there is a clear need for support in this sector. In this blog, Roger McDermott, Senior Programme Manager at the West of England AHSN, shares his insights into the issues and needs – and explains the importance…
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Mark Juniper, Consultant in respiratory and intensive care medicine, Great Western Hospital and Clinical Lead at the West of England AHSN
Mark Juniper is a consultant in respiratory and intensive care medicine at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon. He also works as a clinical lead at the West of England AHSN. Over the last year, when clinical commitments have allowed, he has been working on our adoption and spread safety improvement programme. This is part…
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Ann Remmers, Maternal and Neonatal Clinical Lead at the West of England AHSN
In this blog to celebrate Patient Safety Awareness Week, our Maternal and Neonatal Clinical Lead, Ann Remmers, reflects on her experiences during a pandemic year. Little did we know this time last March what was in store for us in 2020/21 and many of us would have been very surprised to find out that we…
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Rebecca Winterborn, Consultant Vascular Surgeon and Clinical Lead for the West of England AHSN
One of our new Clinical Leads, Rebecca Winterborn is also Clinical Lead for North Bristol Trust’s Hospital at Home service. Over the last few months, she has helped develop the new Covid Virtual Ward service across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG). In this blog, Rebecca shares their story of setting up the system…
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Andrew Jackson, CEO of ProReal
In the fourth of our Meet the Innovator blog series, we meet Andrew Jackson, CEO of ProReal – an immersive virtual world technology platform. Here, he talks about his drive to help young people learn better resilience strategies, and his involvement in our Future Challenges programme. Name of innovation: ProReal Tell us about your innovation…
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Sally Buckland, High Impact Unit Team Lead, Bristol Royal Infirmary
Sally Buckland from the Bristol Royal Infirmary reflects on setting up their High Impact User Team and the launch of the SHarED project with the West of England AHSN. Within every Emergency Department you will find a cohort of patients who have multiple attendances. Many of these patients have multiple needs and a high proportion…
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