In response to the coronavirus [COVID-19] epidemic, people are adapting usual practice, adopting new approaches and being highly inventive. The South West Academic Health Science Network (SW AHSN) is working quickly to gather this learning to share with the wider health and care community and help to spread what is working. Perhaps you or your Read More
New digital innovations tested for vulnerable people during COVID-19 outbreak
People who are particularly vulnerable or isolated as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak could soon benefit from a range of innovative digital solutions. NHSX and the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) have announced 18 digital solutions that have been awarded funding under the TechForce19 challenge, designed to deploy technology to Read More
Testing platform supports target of 100,000 COVID-19 tests per day
A new online platform has been set up to support the drive to achieve 100,000 coronavirus tests per day by the end of April. The Testing Methods Sourcing Platform, a partnership between the Department of Health and Social Care, the UK Bioindustry Association, British In Vitro Diagnostics Association and the Royal College of Pathologists, can Read More
New tech challenge launched to offer digital support during COVID-19 pandemic
Tech challenge launched to combat effects of social isolation; Innovators urged to find ways to deliver mental health and social care support digitally; £500,000 worth of Government funding available to start work within weeks. People confined at home because of Coronavirus (COVID-19) could soon benefit from new technology to combat the effects of social isolation. Read More
How is the AHSN Network supporting the response to COVID-19?
Now that our partners across the NHS and social care are mobilising at scale in response to the developing COVID-19 pandemic, the role of England’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) is to support them by helping them take full advantage of the most relevant innovations and technologies that can improve care for patients and Read More