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Health innovators across the North East and North Cumbria urged to enter Bright Ideas in Health Awards Innovators across the region are being called on to enter the Bright Ideas in Health Awards. Now in the 16th year, the prestigious…

Over 3,000 patients across the North East and North Cumbria are set to benefit from extra investment to treat people at high risk of stroke. NHS England has announced they are to invest £9 million to help find and treat…

Innovation, collaboration and early conversations are key to progressing new diagnostic tests and devices for patient benefit, an audience of healthcare experts heard. Diagnostics North East, which launched last year to create a joined-up diagnostics infrastructure for industry, academia and…

The AHSN NENC are involved in a fracture prevention project along with the other three Northern AHSNs which could see the NHS save £35m. The innovative new approach to reduce the risk of older people breaking bones could save the…

The NHS spends approximately £6 billion a year on medical technology, also known as MedTech, such as medical devices, equipment and digital tools. It is an industry that accounts for over 86,000 jobs in the UK, almost a third of…

As we launch our new animation explaining who we are and what we do, our CEO, Dr Séamus O’Neill, offers a further insight into the role we play in driving health innovation across the North East and North Cumbria. The…

An exciting new regional healthcare role has been announced by the North East Local Enterprise Partnership. The North East LEP is seeking a Life Sciences and Health Programme Lead on a full time, fixed term basis for 2 years (secondment or consultancy…

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…

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 Network for the North East…

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…