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  • Health Innovation Wessex publishes its 2023-24 business plan

    12 October 2023

    Health Innovation Wessex (HIW), formerly known as Wessex Academic Health Science Network (AHSN), has published its latest business plan, summarising its priorities for 2023-24.The plan demonstrates how HIW will continue to work with partners and innovators to support local health and care systems, driving the evaluation, adoption and spread of i... Read more >


  • New pilot to improve cancer outcomes and tackle inequalities launches in Dorset

    6 October 2023

    Wessex AHSN, the Dorset Integrated Care System (ICS) Cancer Programme and Wessex Cancer Alliance have joined with C the Signs – an early cancer detection system – to improve cancer survival and tackle health inequalities, with the support of NHS England’s Innovation for Healthcare Inequalities Programme (InHIP).C the Signs will be used across GP... Read more >


  • Wessex AHSN becomes Health Innovation Wessex

    2 October 2023

    In 2023 we celebrated ten years since Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) were established by NHS England, to transform the way the NHS discovers, adopts and spreads evidence-based innovations to improve health outcomes.This milestone was recognised in May 2023 with an announcement from NHS England and the government’s Office for Life Scien... Read more >


  • Innovate Awards winners announced

    22 September 2023

    The second annual Innovate Awards were held on Thursday 21 September at a ceremony in London, attended by NHS leaders, innovators, and partners. The Innovate Awards, delivered in partnership between the AHSN Network and NHS Confederation, celebrate innovation in health and care.Technology thought-leader and Countdown arithmetician, Dr Anne-... Read more >


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    World Patient Safety Day 2023

    15 September 2023

    Working together with patients, families and the public is fundamental to identifying opportunities to innovate in ways that improve lives. The theme of this year’s World Patient Safety Day is ‘engaging patients for patient safety’ and here we share examples of where patients have significantly influenced the direction of Academic Health Science... Read more >


  • Wessex AHSN publishes its 2022-23 Annual Review

    7 September 2023

    Wessex Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) has today published its annual review, highlighting milestones and achievements from the 2022-23 financial year.The review demonstrates how Wessex AHSN has worked with its partners and innovators to support local health and care systems over the past year, improving patient outcomes and driving econo... Read more >


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Celebrating five years of Wessex innovation in polypharmacy training

We are delighted to launch this ‘Polypharmacy Action Learning Set: Five Year Synopsis’ repor...

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