Category Archives: ahsn

In this week’s edition:   Opportunity to Get Involved in the Systems Leadership, Local Vision Programme SEHTA AGM & Medical Technologies Evaluation Conference – Update The 2014 NHS Leadership Recognition Awards – nominations are now open! Funding Opportunity for Innovations … Continue reading →

On 17 June we held a direction-setting, consensus-building conference about preventing emergency admissions and integrated care. Among the highlights of a full day was the publication of a joint report from The Quality Observatory and Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health … Continue reading →

Data, analysis, action!   This week NHS England issued a patient safety alert about standardising the early identification of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI).It’s estimated that 20% of emergency admissions into hospital are associated with AKI. It contributes to around 100,000 deaths annually, … Continue reading →

Research prize launch! With just under a month until our 17 June Partnership Day, we’re delighted to launch a competition for the best recent clinical or social care research paper with important relevance to preventable emergency admissions. Entries must be … Continue reading →

Variation dangers  Last week a report highlighting variations in the quality of care received by heart failure (HF) patients prompted heart specialists to warn of the risks this creates. Often these patients are elderly with multiple long term conditions. This … Continue reading →

Data reveals AKI prevalence Many of you will have heard the recent item on Radio 4’s Today programme about the new study into the prevalence of acute kidney injury (AKI). Publication of The economic impact of acute kidney injury in … Continue reading →

Issues, trends and opportunities Complex and persistent issues like emergency admission rate rises and the relationship with A&E attendance trends require a close and careful understanding of the data to understand where the opportunities and barriers lie. Connecting attendances and … Continue reading →

Uniting for patient safety Like the rest of the country, Kent and Medway and Surrey and Sussex are working towards consistently high quality care. The opportunity for further improvement across England has been reinforced consistently in the recommendations of the … Continue reading →

NHS Innovation Challenge success I’m delighted to share the news that a team based with Jeremy Bland at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust has won an NHS Innovation Challenge prize for diagnostics. The award is for their work … Continue reading →