Seven new NHS Test Beds are being launched to tackle some of the biggest opportunities and challenges in health and care by testing combinations of innovations in real world clinical settings.  Read More

Dr Séamus O’Neill is to take up the position of Chair of the national AHSN Network, a collaborative of England’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), while Piers Ricketts has been announced Vice Chair.  Read More

NHS England, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) and the AHSN Network have joined forces to launch an ambitious new programme, connecting digital health innovators with pharmaceutical companies to explore new innovations that could help people living with diabetes.  Read More

In this blog, Helen Smith – National Clinical Director for the Mental Health Safety Improvement Programme, Director for Quality Improvement for Devon Partnership NHS Trust, and South West Q Convenor – shares her experiences of the UK-Wide Q Community Event and the news that the SW AHSN’s QuIPPs (Quality Improvement Partner Panels) funding bid ‘Patients are equal partners in quality improvement’ was successful.  Read More