People with Parkinson’s disease could see their care transformed thanks to a new service involving wearable technology. The project, entitled Developing Home-based Parkinson’s Care and led by the University of Plymouth and University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHPNT), will see patients use a wrist-worn device known as a Personal Kinetigraph (PKG®) as part of a  Read More

In autumn 2018 we began our Quality Improvement Partner Panels (QuIPPs), an initiative part-funded by The Health Foundation‘s Q Exchange programme to improve the quality of health and care services by ensuring the voice of the public features in innovation and improvement projects. QuIPPS invites members of the public from all backgrounds to join. Devon resident and Devon County Council  Read More

As we reach the end of the NHS Innovation & Technology Tariff and Innovation & Technology Payment (ITT/P) 2018/19 programmes, South West Academic Health Science Network (SW AHSN) project manager Kim Morrissey shares five lessons learned from spreading the innovations in the South West. The Innovation & Technology Tariff and Innovation and Technology Payment (ITT/P)  Read More

Sarah Robens, programme manager at the South West Academic Health Science Network (SW AHSN) and 2019 Spread Academy Fellow, recently attended a fitness class by Move it or Lose it – a fitness franchise supported by the Transform Ageing programme, whose partners include the SW AHSN, Design Council, UnLtd, and the Centre for Ageing Better.  Read More

Forward-thinkers in health and social care across the South West have been given an exclusive lesson in unleashing large-scale change at the first Spread Academy, launched by the South West Academic Health Science Network (SW AHSN) in partnership with the renowned US-based Billions Institute. Over 80 professionals, including NHS leaders, a dietitian, and an ex-rocket engineer, were  Read More