Natasha Owen, Quality Improvement Lead, West of England AHSN
Natasha Owen, Quality Improvement Lead at the West of England AHSN, combines her passion for improvement science with her (basic) knowledge of football to get us in the mood for Euro 2016… This year will see the Quality Improvement (QI) team at the West of England AHSN continue in its aim to increase the capacity and capability of…
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Steve West, Chair of the West of England AHSN and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West of England
As we publish our latest annual report, our chair Steve West reflects on what our network has delivered in 2015-16. This year the West of England AHSN received just over £3 million in funding from NHS England, our member organisations and various other sources, and in my opinion what we have achieved with this in the…
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Peter Brindle, Leader - Commissioning Evidence Informed Care, West of England AHSN
Following his keynote address at the NHS Research and Development (R&D) Forum on 24 May, Peter Brindle believes our NHS should stand out as the most evidence informed healthcare system in the world, with NHS R&D at the heart of making this a reality. Peter is Leader – Commissioning Evidence Informed Care at the West…
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Dr Hein Le Roux, GP & Primary Care Lead for Patient Safety for the West of England AHSN
Collaboration is an often used word in healthcare and conjures up happy images of us healthcare professionals working jointly with our colleagues within practices, but also across healthcare settings as a joint endeavour to improve the care we deliver our patients. The reality is probably greyer. However, working as a ‘coal face’ GP, through my…
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Lars Sundstrom, Director of Enterprise, West of England AHSN
Some years ago I came across an interesting book while clearing out my father’s study after he passed away. In the late in 60’s The American Association for the Advancement of Science brought together the leading scientific minds of the time to speculate on what the world would be like 40 years later at the…
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Sarah White, Quality Improvement Adviser, West of England AHSN
Four members of our Quality Improvement team were able to attend the Internation Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare held in April in Gothenburg, Sweden. Sarah White, Quality Improvement Adviser, offers this round-up of their experiences, thoughts and learning. Four head to Sweden Having overcome the vagaries of booking systems to organise our planes, trains and automobiles, the team…
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