West Midlands Academic Health Science Network

1. West Midlands Academic Health Science Network Tony Davis West Midlands AHSN interim board

2. Background • Innovation, Health & Wealth – publishedDecember 11 set out a plan for spreading innovation through the NHS • Focus that innovation is vital in order to transform healthcare • Aim to rapidly spread change to improve quality, safety and productivity

3. Role and purpose of AHSNs • Improve the identification, adoption, spread, speed of innovation and good practice in the NHS • Provide the opportunity to align education and training, clinical research, informatics, innovation and healthcare delivery • Enable the NHS and academia to work collaboratively with industry • Overall purpose to improve patient outcomes and create wealth • Succeed where others have not

4. West Midlands - background • 5.6m diverse population • Inequality in health outcomes and healthcare delivery • Academic & clinical excellence, established regional networks and collaborations • Industrial heritage that will drive wealth creation

5. WM AHSN aims • To transform the identification, adoption spread and spread of innovation and good practice • To align healthcare delivery, research, education and training • To drive wealth creation through the development of a regional industry portal enabling access to the NHS, driving adoption and publishing evaluation • To improve outcomes - driventhrough use of digital platforms

6. Strategy & vision – 6 enabling themes • Develop a novel and comprehensive digital framework • Establish regional clinical trials platforms - support for acceleration, reducing bureaucracy, improving efficiency and cost effectiveness • To promote and accelerate innovation, evaluation and adoption • To drive and develop patient-centric integrated care pathways - bridging primary, secondary & social care • Focus on education & training - delivering a fit for purpose workforce in partnership with LETB • To create wealth - proactive support for regional medical technology industry engagement

7. Initial focus on 3 clinical priorities • Mental health • In the young • Dementia (carers, community management) • Long Term Conditions • Diabetes & obesity • Musculoskeletal disease • Drug safety • From hospital to primary care • Abolishing prescribing errors across the region

8. Organisations involved in AHSN development to date • University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust • University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust • University of Birmingham • Keele University • Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust • University Hospital North Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust • University of Warwick • Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust • West Midlands South CLRN • Medilink West Midlands

9. Organisation & governance

10. AHSN board – from September 2013 • Chair • MD • COO • Spoke chairs x 3 and hub chair x 1 • HEIs x 3 • MH / community trust CEO • Commercial representative • LETB (non voting) • CRN (non voting)

11. Current position • Designated without condition on 13th May 2013 (7 of the 15 had conditions) • £4.63 million funding for 2013/14 – given in two parts (£3.2m in July and £1.43 later) • Discussions regarding on further funding on-going

12. Our hope 5 years on… • To have an integrated & innovative health network – not just in words • To be the first UK regional digital healthcare economy • To be the known place for industry for NHS access, evaluation and adoption • To be significantly on the road to reversing health inequality and to have significantly improved outcomes for the region

13. Questions?