The Vision for the Wessex AHSNMartin Stephens, Interim Managing Director | Wessex AHSN

An introduction

Martin Stephens May 2013

An Introduction Agenda

• Our network

• Our vision

• Our priority areas

• Our operational programmes

• Working together

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AHSNs: Geographical Spread

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Our network

3

Our vision

To bring discovery and innovation into the Wessex health system so that the population has better health and benefits from a thriving health innovation sector

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Our operational programmes

• A Network-wide Quality Improvement Programme

• Centre for Implementation Science

• Clinical Research Network integration

• Life Sciences Working Group

• Collaboration on Education and Training

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Our priority areas

• A "Whole System” approach for Older People – particularly in managing dementia

• Better Services for People with a Long Term Condition – respiratory

disease

• Better Health and Life Chances through Better Nutrition

• Reducing Alcohol Misuse

• Optimising Medicines and Eliminating Waste

• Timely Delivery of High Impact Innovations and implementation of NICE Technological Appraisals

• Ensuring Patient Centred Information is at the Core of Our Wessex

Healthcare System

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NICE technology appraisals

• Where are we on the Autumn 2012 TAs?

• Do we have systems in place to get TAs adopted?

• Are our formularies published?

• Stickiness clinics

• Novel oral anticoagulant review

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Working together

Overarching engagement

Programme engagement

Specific project or topic work

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