Blog

In this blog, Commercial Director, Russ Watkins reflects on the last 20 months of being at the AHSN NENC, whether he has made a difference – and if so, how. One of the great things about being employed by an…

In the final instalment of our three-part Rapid Insights blog series, Professor Julia Newton, AHSN NENC Medical Director, and Russ Watkins, AHSN NENC Commercial Director, reflect on what they have learnt from the use of Rapid Insights, how it has…

This is the second instalment of our Rapid Insights series. Last week, AHSN NENC Commercial Director Russ Watkins introduced the process and explored why, in the current climate, a faster method of evaluation is required. If you missed Russ’ blog,…

Welcome to our new blog series. Over the next three blogs, Commercial Director Russ Watkins, and Medical Director Professor Julia Newton explore Rapid Insights – a term coined by the AHSN Network that offers a new way to approach evaluation….

As the NHS starts to recover (my first R) I do fear the jargon we use won’t relate to the workforce and we somehow lose all of that momentum.

So here we are, starting week 15 of working from home (WFH?) and wondering what have I learnt, what had I wished I had done differently and what allows me to tick the days off. Firstly, forgive me; I am…

Following the announcement that the 2020 Bright Ideas in Health Awards will not take place, our Innovation Manager, Mark Taylor, has explained how the AHSN NENC innovation team is still very much open for business, and ready and willing to support innovators in the development of their ideas. Sadly, I am writing this…

As part of the AHSN NENC’s work to increase the quality improvement capacity and capability within the region to commission and deliver safer care for our population, the AHSN NENC has funded course fees for a cohort of students to…

We kicked off 2020 by working with the staff and students at UTC (@NEF_UTC). As part of the curriculum, students at the college work on industry challenges, set by genuine businesses, to help them to develop and demonstrate work place skills. This is the second year…

I arrived on the 7th January at the North East Leadership Academy venue for the training course ‘Putting an Antidote to Toxic Leadership’. Excited to learn new skills and develop confidence to challenge negative behaviour, there was also trepidation as…

Failure to address anti-microbial resistance (AMR) could result in an estimated 10 million deaths each year globally by 2050.

I joined the AHSN NENC as its Medical Director 2 years ago just as we were beginning a new license and a new way of delivering national health programmes directed by the central team.  Every so often I like to…

On Wednesday 17th October, the AHSN NENC landed at the Newcastle Falcons Rugby club for the second annual Symposium, and what a day it was!

Celebration, catharsis, reflection or thank you? This blog could be a bit of all four as it marks the end of my tenure as CEO for the AHSN here in the North East and North Cumbria.

We recently announced the launch of Digital Catalyst 2019 – a new regional event bringing together healthcare, academia, industry and third sector to share healthcare digital innovation success stories and to stimulate collaborations that could help solve challenges experienced in…