Join our webinar on 12 June to hear more about our new programme with @healthinnovation-em.org.uk, introducing a digital pathway for treating tobacco dependency - with speakers from @england.nhs.uk @ashorguk.bsky.social & clinical leaders. Book here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e47dea...

Happy International Day of the Midwife 💙 We’re celebrating the incredible midwives across the West of England who are improving safety and experiences for women, babies and families every day. Thank you for everything you do 👏 #IDM2026 #Midwifery #NHS #HealthInnovation

📢West of England Academy: Change that works Join our 1-day course on 25 June 2026. Design change that works with people, not against them. 🎟️ Book now: https://www.healthinnowest.net/event/change-that-works-from-idea-to-action/ #HealthInnovation #NHS #BehaviouralScience #ChangeManagement #HealthTech

✨Join our West of England Academy Change Lab: leadership by design - a hands-on 2-day course for people in health & care who want to lead change differently. 📍Bath | 📅 9–10 June 2026 👉https://www.healthinnowest.net/event/change-lab-leadership-by-design/

📢 Our April newsletter is out now! Featuring: 🌟 Relaunch of the successful polypharmacy programme 🌟 New blog on redefining ‘the system’ 🌟 The latest episode of West Side Stories And more. Read: https://ow.ly/GNEP50YKpwy

We're excited to be launching a new strand on our West Side Stories podcast from the team at Black Maternity Matters It's called Black Maternity NATTERS! 😂 Listen here or via your favourite podcast platform: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2573895/episodes/19007259 #BlackMaternalHealthWeek #BMHW26

✨ Join us on Thursday 7 May 2026 at Somerset County Cricket Club to celebrate PERIPrem's impact on neonatal care! 👉 Book: https://www.healthinnowest.net/event/periprem-celebration-event-may-2026/ #PERIPrem #NeonatalCare #MaternityCare

During #BlackMaternalHealthWeek, Vanesther Hamer shares reflections from the Black Maternal Health Conference. Is this the shift of a movement from grassroots community action towards system accountability? https://www.healthinnowest.net/2026/04/from-community-activism-to-system-accountability/#BlackMaternalHealthWeek

What are the ingredients needed for the successful adoption and spread of health innovation? Join Tasha Swinscoe and Peter Carpenter on our West Side Stories podcast as they share their insights and reflections. https://www.healthinnowest.net/news-views/podcast-west-side-stories/

📢 New job opportunity: Senior Innovation Advisor - Band 7 Come and join our wonderful innovation team and help us provide a customised support service to innovators. 📅 Closing: Sunday 19 April 2026 ➡️https://www.healthinnowest.net/careers/job-vacancies/

In our latest blog, Logan Ryan challenges us to reconsider who needs equal seats at the table when we’re planning how to transform health & care services and unlock innovation: https://www.healthinnowest.net/2026/04/redefining-the-system-moving-from-transaction-to-co-creation-in-health-innovation/

Join our #BlackMaternityMatters Community of Practice tomorrow lunchtime. @jamologies.net will lead an intro to epistemic injustice, which can be used to understand the nature of many injustices that Black women & birthing people face when accessing healthcare: www.tickettailor.com/events/healt...

@arc-west.bsky.social has been such a key evaluation partner for us over the last decade and more - we will very much missing working alongside you.

During Brain Injury Awareness Month, we're supporting safer births and reducing brain injury risks with the ABC programme. 🔗 https://www.healthinnowest.net/news/working-together-for-safer-births-supporting-brain-injury-awareness-month-through-maternity-safety-improvement/ #BrainInjuryAwarenessMonth

Whether you’re an innovator, frontline worker, or part of a wider health and care team, our West of England Academy offers free resources, practical tools, and events to support your innovation development. Explore our Academy here: https://www.healthinnowest.net/our-work/west-of-england-academy/

Read our new evaluation following a pilot of the capsule sponge test to improve diagnosis of Barrett’s oesophagus and early-stage cancer in individuals with chronic reflux. https://www.healthinnowest.net/news/successful-pilot-of-test-to-detect-barretts-oesophagus-in-west-of-england-gp-practices

QualiTea is a new bite-sized podcast from our Academy. Each episode, we'll look at an improvement tool. In this episode, we're looking at Lotus Blossom - a structured brainstorming exercise used to expand on a central idea/problem. Listen ➡️ https://www.buzzsprout.com/2573895/episodes/18800974

Are you a GP or primary care prescriber? Would you like to build your confidence in stopping inappropriate medicines safely? Then we'd love to see you at our Polypharmacy Action Learning Set starting in June: https://www.healthinnowest.net/event/polypharmacy-action-learning-set-june-july-2026/

📢Coming up: Next in our webinar series:📢 'Tackling polypharmacy in primary care: Reflecting on learning from the IMPPP clinical trial' 📆Wednesday 25 March 2026 🕛1-2pm 🌐Online Contributors: Dr Jenny Scott, Dr Deborah McCahon & Prof Rupert Payne 👉 Register: tinyurl.com/2s4e4y3w #GPsky #PharmSky

📣 Join the Bristol Patient Safety Conference 2026! 📅 13 May, Online. Expert talks, workshops & 100+ projects showcased including Home: HOme Monitoring for Expectant & postnatal parents. ➡️ https://www.healthinnowest.net/event/bristol-patient-safety-conference-2026/ #PatientSafety #QualityImprovement

Registration is now open for the #BlackMaternityMatters course starting in Birmingham on 30 April, supported by our friends at Health Innovation West Midlands! Find out more about the 6-month course and how to register for a place: https://www.healthinnowest.net/bmm-birmingham/#BlackMaternityMatters

✨ New Health Innovation Network case study: PreCiSSIon cuts caesarean SSI by 25%, saving NHS £1.3M & improving outcomes for mothers & families. Read more 👉 https://thehealthinnovationnetwork.co.uk/case_studies/preventing-caesarean-birth-surgical-site-infection/ #HealthcareInnovation #MaternityCare

QualiTea is a new bite-sized podcast from our Academy. Each episode, we'll look at a different improvement tool. This episode focuses on TRIZ - which gives participants the chance to let their evil genius out of the bag! Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2573895/episodes/18648259

NEXT WEEK: SPCR Masterclass: Let’s talk dementia 🗓️ Tues, 17 Feb 2026 🕚 12noon to 1pm 💡 Supporting communication in research partnerships involving people with dementia 🔗 bit.ly/44pnKF0 @nihrsphr.bsky.social @nihrsscr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk

New e-learning is helping NHS staff implement Martha’s Rule - a vital patient safety initiative that ensures concerns about deterioration are listened to and acted upon. https://www.healthinnowest.net/news/new-e-learning-helps-nhs-staff-implement-marthas-rule/ #MarthasRule #PatientSafety #NHS

In this new episode of the @nihrspcr.bsky.social Public Involvement in Practice series, Jo Burgin, GP & Clinical Research Fellow, talks about public involvement in a project exploring inequalities in the awareness, diagnosis & treatment of genitourinary symptoms of menopause. 🔗 tinyurl.com/29bywbtm

We’re excited to share we're teaming up with @healthinnovwm.bsky.social to host a Black Maternity Matters course for the very first time in Birmingham! Registrations open soon but to be first to hear more & book your place sign up to our mailing list https://mailchi.mp/healthinnowest.net/49whg2e8h9

In the first episode of our new podcast, our Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Lead Ann Remmers looks back at her 50+ years in midwifery and reflects on the continuing success of #BlackMaternityMatters. Listen here https://www.buzzsprout.com/2573895/episodes/18618961-ep-1-ann-remmers-and-asha-dhany#BlackMaternityMatters

📅Events for the calendar!📅Do you work for a HPRU? If so, you may find these events useful. For more information, visit ▶️ hpruebs.nihr.ac.uk/events/

We're hiring: Clinical Lead – Maternity & Neonatal Programmes 🌟 Lead transformative #MatNeo safety work. 1-2 days/week. Passionate about safer care? Apply: https://www.healthinnowest.net/careers/job-vacancies/#MatNeo 📅 Closing: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 (may close early).

Learn more about an innovative pilot to improve earlier diagnosis of oesophageal cancer; part of the Cancer Innovation Programme, delivered in partnership by the SWAG Cancer Alliance and Health Innovation West of England. ➡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/somers...

#StrokePreventionDay Join us with Health Innovation South West & Health Innovation Wessex for our CVD Collaborative webinars. Sign up for updates 👉https://healthinnowest.us8.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=f0307060daac60c96aab19b07&id=e1be9a7216#StrokePreventionDay Together, we can make a difference!

We're hiring: Clinical Lead – Maternity & Neonatal Programmes 🌟 Lead transformative #MatNeo safety work. 1-2 days/week. Passionate about safer care? Apply: https://www.healthinnowest.net/careers/job-vacancies/#MatNeo 📅 Closing: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 (may close early).

📢 New blog! 📢 Antibiotic resistance isn’t a distant worry — it’s already reshaping modern medicine. A major 20‑year UK review reveals how quickly bacteria adapt, how MRSA was pushed back, and why E. coli now leads bloodstream infections. @bristoluni.bsky.social Read more ➡️ tinyurl.com/ynke2j34

🚀 Good news for data-enabled health research in our region! 💷We have secured £440k to lead 2 NHS SDE Network driver projects, including a national diabetes core dataset and streamlining SDE workflows using automation & AI. #HealthData #DiabetesResearch #SDE www.southwestsde.nhs.uk/transforming...

📢 Join our Academy workshop on confidence in facilitation! 🗓️ 10 March 2026, 10am-4:30pm, Bristol. Limited spots!🔗 https://www.healthinnowest.net/event/the-academy-developing-confidence-in-facilitation/ #HealthInnovation #FacilitationSkills #ProfessionalDevelopment #Collaboration #NHS

Our latest blog with @SGBQA/RAConsulting shares practical tips for navigating AI regulation. Read more: https://www.healthinnowest.net/2026/01/navigating-ai-regulation-in-uk-healthcare-practical-guidance-for-innovators/ #AI #NHSInnovation #MedTech #DigitalHealth #PatientSafety

📢 Join our free webinar on implementation economics! Providing an in-depth introduction to the economic evaluation of innovation. 🗓 11 Feb 2026 ⏰ 12-1pm 📍 Online ➡️ Register: https://www.healthinnowest.net/event/introduction-to-implementation-economics/

🌟NEW🌟 Meet the Innovator: Discover RateMyShift, the nurse-led platform helping staff share their shift experiences for better support. Read here 👉 https://www.healthinnowest.net/2026/01/from-assumptions-to-insight-lessons-from-ratemyshift/

Happy New Year from all the NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) across the country! 🎉 Here are our 25 most popular newsletter stories from 2025: mailchi.mp/nihr/nihr-ar... 🌟 What a variety! Scroll to the end to see the top-most clicked-on stories 🖱️

✨ Join our West of England Academy Change Lab: leadership by design - a hands-on 2-day experience for people in health & care who want to lead change differently. 📍 Bristol | 📅 25–26 Feb 2026 👉 https://www.healthinnowest.net/event/the-academy-change-lab-leadership-by-design/

Our MatNeo Clinical Lead, Ann Remmers has been awarded an OBE in the King’s New Year Honours List 2026 for services to maternal and neonatal care. Please join us in wishing Ann huge congratulations for this much-deserved honour 👏👏👏 Read more: https://www.healthinnowest.net/news/ann-remmers-obe/

Wishing you a very happy festive season from all at Health Innovation West of England! Thank you for all of your engagement and support this year, and we look forward to continuing to work with you on your innovation journey in 2026.

What are the 3 critical questions every innovator must answer to demonstrate value within health and care? Find out in this write-up of last week's webinar, lifting the lid on healthcare evaluation: https://www.healthinnowest.net/news/evaluation-the-key-to-successful-healthcare-innovation/

📢 New blog! In conversation with Jan Scott, Senior Programme Manager – Patient Safety. Jan reflects on her career, the work she’s passionate about & the impacts we’re striving to make. ➡️https://www.healthinnowest.net/2025/12/in-conversation-jan-scott-senior-programme-manager-patient-safety/

As the year draws to a close, it’s traditional to take stock and reflect on what we’ve achieved together before launching ourselves into the new year. Check out some of our highlights from 2025: https://www.healthinnowest.net/news/health-innovation-highlights-our-review-of-2025/

If you work in or with perinatal services in the South West & are passionate about reducing health inequalities, join our Regional Perinatal Equity Network. Our next event is Wednesday 14 January: https://www.healthinnowest.net/event/regional-perinatal-equity-network-11/ Please join us!

Check our new animation about #MarthasRule, helping explain and promote this vital #NHS #PatientSafety programme to both members of the public and healthcare professionals. Please help us to share! https://vimeo.com/1133093696?fl=pl&fe=sh

We've launched a new webinar series, lifting the lid on real-world evaluation for healthcare innovators. Tomorrow's intro session (17 Dec) will help you better understand why evaluating impact is so important. Book here: https://www.healthinnowest.net/event/introduction-to-real-world-evaluation/

🎬 New films launched today! United for Health: a collaboration with South Asian community group Dhek Bhal and @bristoluni.bsky.social, highlighting why involving minoritised communities in research matters. Project funded by @hellobrigstow.bsky.social www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/united-for-h...