A new set of standards based on best practice aims to lead to better care for adults with uncontrolled and severe asthma. The consensus pathway was created by the NHS Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC) Rapid Uptake Products (RUP) asthma biologics programme which is led by the Oxford AHSN on behalf of the AHSN Network. Up […]
A new report published today reveals England’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks benefited more than 480,000 patients and generated £455 million of investment for the UK economy in the 12 months from April 2021 to March 2022. The AHSN Network Impact Report for 2021/22 summarises work undertaken by AHSNs on national initiatives and other areas […]
The Oxford AHSN and partners from the NHS and industry have won £115,000 from the NHS Digital Partnerships Award fund. It will support development of a home monitoring system that detects and analyses night-time seizure-like activity to aid epilepsy diagnosis, management and treatment. The Oxford AHSN is working on this project with Neuro Event Labs, the […]
The Oxford AHSN is hosting a free webinar on implementing mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischaemic stroke in the UK. The webinar is linked to the forthcoming publication of the second edition of a practical guide to implementation. The three editors (Professor Gary Ford – Oxford, Professor Martin James – Exeter, Professor Phil White – Newcastle) […]
Over the last three years the Oxford AHSN Accelerator launchpad programme has helped more than 100 innovators start to turn their ideas into viable business ventures. The latest intensive eight-week programme finished on 6 December when five SMEs presented their business model to a panel of experts from the NHS and industry. They included Sarah […]
The Oxford AHSN and partners have developed a new metric to help identify patients that are being prescribed quantities of prednisolone which might constitute a health risk. Prednisolone is a short course steroid, which can be crucial in treating respiratory illnesses. However recent studies have shown that prescribing too many short course steroids could cause […]
UPDATE April 2022: This initiative is now live at hospitals in Buckinghamshire, Oxford and Reading A regional collaboration which harnesses digital innovations has won national funding to develop new care pathways that are better for patients and save valuable time. This programme will play a key part in helping to get routine NHS services back […]
New health minister Lord Kamall met a host of healthcare innovators on a fact-finding visit to Oxford organised by the Oxford AHSN. Lord Kamall and Matt Whitty, Chief Executive of the NHS Accelerated Access Collaborative and Director for Innovation, Research and Life Sciences at NHS England, met key figures from the NHS, industry and research […]
Six start-up companies will this month join the Oxford AHSN Accelerator programme. The programme – now in its third year – offers a unique launchpad for healthcare innovators with an idea they want to bring to market. Eleven companies pitched for a place on the programme to a judging panel made up of industry leaders […]
The Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC), in partnership with NHSX and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), plans to make £140 million available over four years through the Artificial Intelligence in Health and Care Award. This is to accelerate the testing and evaluation of the most promising AI technologies which meet the strategic aims set […]