A ‘how-to’ guide developed to help accelerate the spread of ‘game-changing’ treatment for severe stroke has been launched by national stroke experts, including a South West physician. The guide to implementing mechanical thrombectomy (MT) – an emergency treatment to remove a blood clot in the brain – has been developed by a group of professors  Read More

A project supported by the South West Academic Health Science Network (SW AHSN) that could revolutionise care for Parkinson’s patients and staff has been launched at a national event. Entitled Developing Home-based Parkinson’s Care, and led by the University of Plymouth and University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHPNT), the project will focus on co-designing a  Read More

What would you do with extra minutes, hours, days, and years of life? The South West Academic Health Science Network (SW AHSN) 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  Read More

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