Archives for 2019

The South West Academic Health Science Network (SW AHSN) is supporting the University of Plymouth to launch a new technology network that will bring digital healthcare to an ageing population.  The South West Interdisciplinary Technology Consortium for Health and care (SWITCH), led by the University’s Centre for Health Technology, will enable greater digital connection and  Read More

The AHSN Network has launched a new magazine, The Innovators, to demonstrate its impact on health and care. Since 2013, England’s 15 AHSNs have been tasked with spreading healthcare innovation across the NHS at pace and scale. The Innovators showcases some of the impacts already beginning to emerge, and the ways AHSNs are gathering valuable  Read More

A partnership that carries out health research in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset, with direct benefits to patients’ health and NHS care delivery, has secured a further £9m in funding for the next five years. The National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care in the South West Peninsula (NIHR  Read More

Do you have a solution to a challenge in cardiovascular medicine, or an idea to improve integrated or social care? The Small Business Research Initiative for Healthcare (SBRI Healthcare) has launched a new funding competition to find innovative solutions to challenges in cardiovascular disease detection, prevention and intervention, and in integrated care and social care – including data  Read More

The SW AHSN is pleased to announce the appointment of Dan Lyus to its executive team. Dan will join us as deputy CEO at the end of August.  Dan (pictured right) will work closely with Louise Witts, who will remain the SW AHSN’s deputy CEO and who will move to part-time in the autumn. This is  Read More