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Newcastle Health Innovation Partners (NHIP) will showcase its early successes at its one-year anniversary event on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. NHIP aims to become the most integrated and innovative Academic Health Science Partnership in the world, working with innovators to…

World Asthma Day takes place on 5 May 2021 with the theme of ‘uncovering asthma misconceptions’. This will address common widely held myths and misconceptions concerning asthma, that prevent persons with asthma from enjoying optimal benefit from the major advances…

The AHSN-NENC is currently supporting Durham University in their feasibility study for the Centre for Health Data (C4HD). The C4HD will support collaboration between healthcare organisations, universities and businesses to access healthcare data in a secure environment. This is a…

An awards event has been launched that will honour suppliers who have helped the NHS deliver great patient care. The NHS in the North Excellence in Supply Awards 2021 will celebrate the development of inspirational collaborations between the health service…

A series of free online training videos aimed at care home staff have recently reached more than 250,000 views on YouTube. A collaboration by Wessex and the West of England Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) and West Hampshire CCG, and…

A new innovation accelerator programme that seeks to support the NHS’ commitment to reduce its carbon impact has been launched by the Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Science Network (AHSN). Propel@YH Net Zero is calling for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to apply that either have new innovations or existing products that can support…

Professor Gary Ford, Chief Executive Officer of the Oxford Academic Health Science Network (AHSN), has been elected as Chair of the AHSN Network, which brings together the 15 AHSNs that cover England. Richard Stubbs, Chief Executive Officer of Yorkshire and…

A 34 year old Irish woman living in Carlisle spent three days in pain before she realised she had had a heart attack. Ciara Wannop was 26 weeks pregnant and assumed it was heartburn which was causing pain in her…

The AHSN Network and LGBT Foundation have joined forces to launch a nationwide call for innovations to help address health inequalities facing lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people, many of which have been exacerbated by COVID-19. From MedTech and digital apps…

  Care homes in Newcastle, Gateshead, South Tyneside and South Tees are implementing a new digital application which will connect them to local NHS services. Care homes are usually not connected to NHS IT systems so care home staff need…

The Academic Health Science Network for the North East and North Cumbria (AHSN NENC) along with North of England Commissioning Support Unit (NECS) is delighted to announce that Clinical Digital Resource Collaborative (CDRC) has been shortlisted for Value of the…

The Innovation SuperNetwork is looking for an Innovation Manager The Innovation SuperNetwork is a unique regional programme, helping to cultivate a stronger innovation eco-system in the North East of England and support innovative businesses. We work with businesses of all…

Today, the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) announces the 12 innovators (‘Fellows’) and innovations selected to join its award-winning programme in 2021. These innovations offer solutions to some of the NHS’ most pressing needs and will be supported over the next…

In 2019/20 the University of Sunderland launched a new Postgraduate Certificate in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement (developing leadership, capability and competence), this course was commissioned by the AHSN NENC and we are delighted with the very positive feedback from…