Working together to achieve innovation and improvement in health and care
The South West Academic Health Science Network (SW AHSN) works to improve the health and patient experience of people in the South West by supporting and accelerating innovation and quality improvement.
Spreading innovation
We spread proven innovations and programmes across the South West health and care system to transform the lives of patients.
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Improving patient safety
Our Patient Safety Collaborative supports continuous learning and improvement to reduce the risk of harm and make care safer for all.
Innovation Exchange
We provide support and opportunities to innovators and businesses with creative solutions for challenges in health and care.
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Working in collaboration
We work with partners in the South West and beyond to support ideas which improve lives and the way care is provided.
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What would you do with extra years of life?
The South West Academic Health Science Network is on a mission to give people living across the South West of England extra minutes, hours, days and years of healthy, happy life by 2035, by placing innovation in health and care where it needs to be.
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Latest NEWS
SW AHSN Annual General Meeting 2019
The South West Academic Health Science Network (SW AHSN) is hosting its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 13 November 2019 at 16:30. The meeting will be held in the SW AHSN office at Vantage Point, Pynes Hill, Exeter EX2 5FD. Members will be asked to consider and vote on resolutions including the laying of annual Read More
SW AHSN newsletter – September 2019
Read our latest newsletter with health, care, and industry news and events from the South West Academic Health Science Network. This month we bring you highlights from our second Spread Academy for health and care leaders, a new series of webinars to unleash your inner innovator, and celebrate an award for our innovative South West office!
SW AHSN’s Spread Academy connects leaders to scale personalised care
Health and care leaders developing personalised care for patients across the South West have collaborated to make large-scale change at an immersive training programme run by the South West Academic Health Science Network (SW AHSN). Over 130 leaders came together at the Spread Academy, an initiative by the SW AHSN in partnership with NHS Read More
AHSNs working for a safer future
Two reports highlighting the patient safety work of Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) and the Patient Safety Collaboratives (PSCs) they host have been published by the AHSN Network. ‘Patient safety in partnership: Our plan for a safer future 2019-2025’ has been developed to support the NHS Patient Safety Strategy published in July, and details how Read More
