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

General Practice is under considerable demand, and repeat prescribing is a significant part of GPs’ daily work load. Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) is an NHS service which has been shown to save GP time spent on repeat prescriptions, and to be more convenient for patients. As part of the work being done in Wessex to  Read More

The South West Patient Safety Collaborative’s ‘Safer Culture, Better Care’ programme, hosted by the South West AHSN, has been shortlisted for a HSJ Award in the ‘Creating a supportive staff culture’ category.  Read More