Eastern AHSN appoints new Chief Executive
Eastern Academic Health Science Network (Eastern AHSN) is pleased to announce that Piers Ricketts has been appointed as Chief Executive. Piers will take up the role in April following the impending retirement of Steve Feast, who has been the Managing Director of Eastern AHSN since January 2016.
Life sciences partnership in the East calls on government to back a new global accelerator
Life Sciences partners from across the East are calling on the government to support the creation of a new global accelerator based in the Eastern region, for the UK to take an overarching and strategic approach to the development of life sciences innovation.
New genomics projects innovate primary care for the Eastern region
Primary care services in the east of England will benefit from two innovative projects being planned to improve outcomes through personalised medicine, using genetics to enhance care delivery.
Thousands of patients to benefit from new tech for National Heart Month
The NHS is rolling out innovative new technology across the east of England to prevent 500 strokes and save 125 more lives, as part of a national campaign launched to help thousands of patients across the country.
Independent review recognises SBRI Healthcare programme as ‘the best role model’
SBRI Healthcare, an NHS England funded programme that supports innovative companies to solve healthcare problems, welcomes the release of an independent review by David Connell which examines how the UK government can maximise the impact of the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) as part of the government’s Industrial Strategy.
Supported self-care is key to improving health and wellbeing; reducing hospital admissions
Projects in the East of England have proven that a combination of supported self-care is empowering people to take back control of their health and wellbeing.
Competition hopes to find innovative solutions in mental health and technology in surgery
A new SBRI Healthcare competition is being launched by NHS England in partnership with the Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) to find innovative new products and services in mental health and technology in surgery.
Funding for innovations with the ability to transform cancer screening and diagnosis
A search for innovations with the ability to transform cancer screening, and facilitate earlier and faster diagnosis is underway. SBRI Healthcare - an NHS England investment fund led by the AHSN Network – invites entrepreneurs to apply for up to £1.1 million investment to develop innovations.
AHSNs to be relicensed as NHS ‘centrepiece for innovation’
NHS England has confirmed its intention to relicense England’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks.
Avoiding ‘slipperdom’: how can we better support communities to live and age well?
Over 200 people gathered at the Wellcome Genome Conference Centre in Cambridge to challenge the negative perceptions of growing older. The event, chaired by Councillor Colin Noble, Leader of Suffolk County Council explored how public services can better support residents to live well and age well.
NHS accelerator launches international call for high-impact innovations
A search for the world’s best healthcare innovations to help improve patients’ lives closes on 26 July. It seeks applications focused on key NHS priorities including mental health, primary care, and urgent and emergency care.
Conference looks at how to support communities to live well and age well
With a significant ageing demographic, the East of England is well positioned to be at the leading edge of accelerating the testing and scale-up of self-care technology and health services in a way which can help make ageing work better for everyone.
Opportunities to join Q – a national community of improvers – now open for applications
Opportunities to join Q for people working or volunteering in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, are now open. Q connects people with health and care improvement expertise across the UK to share ideas, enhance skills, and collaborate to make health and care better.
SBRI Healthcare supports technologies that aim to revolutionise primary care and GP services
The NHS is backing the co-development of novel technologies for primary care as part of its SBRI Healthcare programme. Innovations that could revolutionise GP Services have been funded to address the challenges of an ageing population.
Pressures in acute sector are target for SBRI Healthcare funding
SBRI Healthcare has announced £700K investment in innovations that target hospital efficiency.
Exciting research future on the horizon as Eastern leaders forge new partnership
As the region readied itself for the festive season, a very special meeting was taking place in the hallowed halls of the University of Cambridge. Seated around the table on the crisp winter’s morning were esteemed representatives from leading academic, health and research bodies across East Anglia. The heading on the agenda read “How can we better support a research ambitious Eastern region?”
SBRI Healthcare looks to improve young lives
With six percent of children in the UK living with disability, ingenious life-changing solutions can ensure they have the best start in life. SBRI Healthcare has announced it is to fund nine companies developing innovations that aim to provide children living with disability and long term conditions with the potential to live life to the full.
SBRI Healthcare awards £4 million to support older people with complex health needs
Five exciting innovations have received the financial backing of NHS England in a competition seeking solutions for positive aging.
£1.1 million available to innovators in latest SBRI Healthcare competition
SBRI Healthcare, an NHS England investment fund, today announced the opening of its autumn competition. Entrepreneurs are invited to apply for up to £1.1 million investment to develop and commercialise innovations with a focus on building general practice of the future.
New Atlas of Solutions in Healthcare aims to help speed up adoption of innovation
The UK's 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) have come together to deliver the AHSN Atlas of Solutions in Healthcare: an online tool that shares proven innovations that are making a positive difference both to people’s lives and NHS efficiency. Access the new tool at: atlas.ahsnnetwork.com
£1 billion savings opportunity and value to the UK economy from SBRI programme
SBRI Healthcare, an NHS England funded initiative to develop products that address unmet health needs, has released its annual report that shows how the programme has created a pipeline of innovations that could bring the NHS £1 billion of savings.
Join EAHSN at the Innovation Forum's Leaders Conference in Cambridge
Eastern Academic Health Science Network (EAHSN) sponsors the third annual Innovation Leaders Conference.
Health and Care Innovation Expo 2016 showcases SMEs
A packed two-day programme is planned for this year’s Health and Care Innovation Expo, which takes place at Manchester Central on 7 and 8 September 2016.
Healthcare innovators have two weeks left to apply for the 2016 NHS Innovation Accelerator
National and international healthcare innovators have two weeks left to apply for the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA), with the deadline for applications closing at 5pm on Monday 1st August 2016.
Cambridge children invent health solutions for the future NHS
Dozens of children took up the challenge to invent solutions to improve the health of local people in a competition organised by the Eastern Academic Health Science Network as part of the Health and Wellbeing Village at Cambridge Big Weekend.