The South West Academic Health Science Network (SW AHSN) welcomes the publication of a study this week by the World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Europe. It shows that participation in the arts can positively affect a number of elements of health. This is the world’s largest review to date into this area and is Read More
Archives for 2019
SW AHSN Newsletter – October 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 our latest initiatives shaping the future of primary care, a new research collaboration leading health research in the South West, as well as a new video about a programme brightening the futures of families across our region.
SW AHSN connects primary care teams to shape future for ageing population
Primary care workers were brought together by the South West Academic Health Science Network (SW AHSN) this month to structure care for elderly residents across the local population. The South West Primary Care Network Design Day, held at Exeter Racecourse in Devon on 30 October, invited care home staff, GPs, pharmacists, and clinical directors working Read More
BLOG: PReCePT – A South West story of success
The PReCePT programme (PReventing Cerebral palsy in Pre-Term labour) is brightening the futures of families across the South West by reducing the likelihood of preterm babies developing cerebral palsy. The South West Academic Health Science Network has led the roll out of the national PReCePT project across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Devon and Read More
Goodbye PenCLAHRC, Hello PenARC: The next episode of health research in the South West
A new era of health research has begun in the South West after a South West Academic Health Science Network (SW AHSN) research partner relaunched as an applied research collaboration. The former National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) South West Peninsula, otherwise known as PenCLAHRC, Read More