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Eight start-up companies have done all they can to convince an expert panel that their innovation is worthy of ongoing support. Their pitches on 29 November marked the culmination of the first Oxford AHSN Accelerator programme. Programme partners BioCity will now decide which of the business ventures offers the strongest sustainable solution to a proven […]

We’re looking forward to highlighting some key health economic and outcomes research projects at the ISPOR Europe 2019 conference in Denmark this week including industry-NHS collaborations in real world evaluation, market access and novel digital tools for health economies. We’re showcasing an example of our ‘lean assessment process’ methodology for a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease […]

An initial cohort of eight start-up companies have begun their journey through the new Oxford AHSN Accelerator programme. They were selected after successfully pitching their ideas to a panel of industry leaders, investors and senior AHSN staff. Their innovations relate to drug discovery, diagnostics, digital health and service delivery. By the end of November the […]

A ‘how-to’ guide to help accelerate the spread of ‘game-changing’ mechanical thrombectomy (MT) treatment for acute stroke has been launched by national stroke experts including Professor Gary Ford, Chief Executive of the Oxford AHSN. Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Ischaemic Stroke: an Implementation Guide for the UK has been developed by Professor Ford and Professors Martin James […]

Professor Gary Ford, Chief Executive of the Oxford Academic Health Science Network, has been elected as Vice Chair of the AHSN Network which brings together the 15 AHSNs which cover England. He takes on the additional role in August alongside new AHSN Network Chair Piers Ricketts, Chief Executive of the Eastern AHSN who was previously […]

The announcement today of a new national network focusing on applied health and social care research has been welcomed by the Oxford Academic Health Science Network (Oxford AHSN). The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) are based on the same regions as England’s 15 AHSNs and will work closely with them. […]

The Oxford AHSN has launched its Innovation Exchange for innovators offering solutions to NHS needs. The initial call is for innovations to help older people to live independent, fulfilled lives under the Healthy Ageing heading. The Innovation Exchange can be accessed here. Each AHSN in England is running an Innovation Exchange to identify, select and support […]

A tool developed by AHSNs which aims to save lives by making it easier to spot the signs of sepsis has won a national patient safety award. The Suspicion of Sepsis (SOS) Insights dashboard took the Best Emerging Solution prize at the HSJ Patient Safety Awards. It was developed by Imperial College Health Partners and […]

An Oxford initiative to improve safe prescribing of anticoagulants in primary care has won a national prize. Dr Susie Shapiro, a Consultant Haemotologist at Oxford University Hospitals, received the patient safety award at the Royal College of Pathologists Excellence Awards. It followed a collaboration between the OUH, Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group, the Oxford AHSN and […]

By Dr Manu Vatish, Consultant Obstetrician, Oxford University Hospitals, and Senior Clinical Fellow with the University of Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health. Pregnant women should be able to rely on the NHS for the best available care for them and their babies. But that doesn’t always happen. I set out to achieve […]