At Eastern AHSN, we turn great ideas into positive health impact by supporting our regional NHS and the wider care system to adopt proven innovations including medicines, technologies and care pathways. We also work with industry to position their products most effectively for the NHS. Taken together, our activities support wealth creation, recognising the social determinants of health and the role of healthcare in the economic wellbeing of our population. We were established and are still largely funded by the NHS and the Office for Life Sciences as part of the AHSN Network, a national network of 15 organisations and more than 700 staff that acts as the innovation arm of the NHS. As a trusted partner to the NHS we work with colleagues to help understand their priorities and where innovation can have the biggest impact. This enables us to work closely with industry, universities, patients and the voluntary sector through our unique convening role to bring all these parties together in the service of the NHS, its staff and patients. Our emphasis is on the delivery and practical implementation at scale of innovations that have already been shown to work: we believe that health is improved by great ideas, but great ideas only make an impact when they are put into practice. We are an organisation of more than 50 people from diverse professional backgrounds. We support the NHS in areas of its greatest challenge and we help innovators and our life sciences industry to navigate the complexities of the NHS, generate value propositions and realise the value of innovations more quickly. Our business priorities Some of our time is spent supporting the adoption and spread of the national programmes delivered by the AHSN Network, but we also work on improving areas of health consistent with the priorities set out in the NHS Long Term Plan and Core20PLUS5, as well as specific areas of local need in the East of England. Click on the icons to jump to our impact in each area. Transforming systems Patient safety and quality improvement Reducing inequalities Evidence-based outcomes Mental health Cancer Cardiovascular disease (CVD) Supporting health innovators and commercial growth Our capabilities We are recognised for our specialist expertise in supporting health and care innovations. In addition to our core funding and project delivery work, we are often invited by our local NHS and industry partners to undertake further work in areas where our skills can make a difference to the NHS, patients and the public. Some of the specialist capabilities we have developed to address this need are shown below. Click on the icons to jump to our impact in each area. Evaluation Health informatics Patient and public engagement and involvement Environmental sustainability Gathering insight Our region Our region covers the integrated care systems of: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Norfolk and Waveney; Suffolk and North East Essex; Hertfordshire and West Essex; and Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes. Share this article If you want to learn more about how we can support you, visit our website or email, enquiries@eahsn.org. Up next: Our Chief Executive and Chair look at the huge impact of the past 10 years, since the development of Academic Health Science Networks, and whats still to be done.