What can EMAHSN do for

ageing research?

Professor Rachel Munton, Managing

Director

EMRAN launch

Weds 25th February 2015

What can EMAHSN do for

ageing research?

Our respective work programmes and areas

of expertise within EMRAN & EMAHSN

How can we best work together to optimise

research opportunities, approaches and

impacts?

How can EMAHSN help in putting research

outcomes onto practice?

About AHSNs

The 15 regional Academic Health Science Networks

connect academics, NHS, researchers and industry to

accelerate innovation and facilitate the adoption spread

of proven ideas and technologies across large

populations.

We are catalysts and facilitators of change across

whole health and social care economies, with a clear

focus on improving outcomes for patients.

We open doors and create a more conducive

environment for relevant industries to work more

effectively with the NHS and other parts of the UK

healthcare sector.

About AHSNs cont’d

The diversity of AHSN priorities reflects the many

challenges of improving health and wealth in each

region.

However all 15 share a focus on:

Promoting economic growth [e.g. SBRI programme]

Diffusing innovation and putting proven research into

practice

Improving patient safety

Improving quality and reducing variation

Optimising medicine use

Four key objectives

of EMAHSN

Build a culture of partnership,

collaboration, inclusivity in

addressing local and national

priorities

Create wealth through co-

development, testing, evaluation

and adoption of new products and

services

Speed up adoption of

innovation to improve clinical outcomes and

patient experience

Focus on needs of patients and

local populations, promoting

health equality

INVENTION EVALUATION ADOPTION DIFFUSION

NIHR

Infrastructure

BRCs, BRUs, CRFs

NIHR

Infrastructure

CLAHRCs

AHSCs AHSNs

NHS

Patient Care

NHS

Patient Care

NIHR

Infrastructure

Clinical Research Network

NIHR

Programmes

MRC

Programmes

Research and Innovation Landscape

INVENTION EVALUATION ADOPTION DIFFUSION

NIHR

Infrastructure

BRCs , BRUs etc

NIHR

Infrastructure

CLAHRCs

AHSCs AHSNs

NHS

Patient Care

NHS

Patient Care

NIHR

Infrastructure

Clinical Research Network

NIHR

Programmes

MRC

Programmes3. “AHSNs will have a complementary role in the translation

process by focusing on the adoption and spread of innovative clinical practice that are of proven cost-effectiveness, across

whole healthcare systems, linking back with the research and development community.”

Research and Innovation Landscape

Specific AHSN research related

activity – from NHS England

licence measurements

Measurement 5: summary of research

evidence that has successfully been

implemented and translated into practice,

and provide evidence of working with NIHR

CLAHRCS

Measurement 12:work with their Clinical

Research Networks and demonstrate how

they have supported delivery of their

metrics

Specific AHSN research related

activity – from NHS England

licence measurements

Measurement 13: demonstrate how the AHSN has

supported the delivery of NIHRS objectives. AHSNs

may seek to engage in additional research activities

beyond those agreed within NIHR objectives –in this

case the AHSN must demonstrate how the research

aligns with the AHSNs clinical or service priorities,

expenditure, clinical and ROI activities

Measurement 14: reflect the breadth and depth of the

AHSNs academic partnerships ensuring that academic

collaboration is not fixed around a single institution

Our purpose

.....is to “ignite innovation” by

bringing together the NHS, universities,

industry and social care to transform the

health of our 4.5 million East Midlands

residents to improve health and wealth

outcomes

Our values

We place the quality and safety of patient care

above all other aims

We work collaboratively to facilitate vibrant relations

across sectors acting as an “honest broker”

We agree our key priority areas with stakeholders

We demonstrate our reputation for delivery, impact

and responsiveness

EMAHSN:

Transforming the health of

4.5m East Midlands

residents and stimulating

wealth creation

Name: Rachel Munton

Phone: 0115 8231300

Email: rachel.munton@nottingham.ac.uk

www.emahsn.org.uk

@EM_AHSN