By Samantha Strickland, Delivery Manager, South West Academic Health Science Network Since March 2020 the South West Academic Health Science Network (SW AHSN) has been working with its partners in health and care across the South West to spread innovative practice to support the health and wellbeing of communities in our region during COVID-19. This  Read More

A new King’s Fund report titled Technology and innovation for long-term health conditions uses four unique case studies to outline and discuss key themes of effective implementation of digital innovation.  The AHSN Network commissioned the King’s Fund to explore four different digital innovations in health services from the UK and the Nordic countries in order to  Read More

Do you have a digital idea for primary care settings challenged by COVID-19? This autumn we are partnering with NHS Devon Clinical Commissioning Group to host the Spread Academy (Digital Primary Care) – a virtual academy to support primary care teams across the South West to prepare their digital projects for spread and scale. Our  Read More

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall have visited St Austell Healthcare, a leading innovator in social prescribing within the South West Academic Health Science Network’s Institute for Social Prescribing. During their visit the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall were hosted by the social prescribing team who work as part of the  Read More

By Sarah Robens, Evaluation Lead and Spread Fellow, South West Academic Health Science Network For over five years, St Austell Healthcare, a general practice in St Austell, Cornwall, has been taking a different approach to providing primary care services to the 30,000 residents of the market town. Driven by the challenge of recruiting GPs, the  Read More