This edition brings a range of news including a round up of reactions to the NHS Long Term Plan, a great blog by Guy Boersma, our MD, on artificial intelligence, and details of a consultation on a new national patient safety strategy.

As well as bringing you seasons greeting from all at KSS AHSN, there's a range of news and views from across the region on everything from Artificial Intelligence to genomics, maternity services and an app for carers and care workers.

The KSS AHSN Alliance for Atrial Fibrillation team picks up a prestigious award! The Darzi Fellow application deadline approaches and there's a new video from the AHSN Network on this year's Health and Care Innovation Expo.

World Diabetes Day gets off to a great start thanks to a Government announcement. We also sneak a peek at what we're up to during Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Week, and take a look at the HSJ Value in Healthcare Awards.

Darzi recruitment is set to start on Monday, and the NHS Innovator Accelerator Alumni goes live. We also hear about the Brighton and Hove CCG nursing team's success at the Nursing Times awards.

The diabetes HotHouse is calling for applications! A reminder about Darzi deadlines and some encouragement for submitting entries to this years HSJ Value awards feature in this week's edition

We are excited to announce #Darzi19 is live! Sponsor recruitment is open and information on the programme is available here.

This bumper issue highlights some of the most prominent local and national initiatives in health and care. Read on

Accelerating Artificial Intelligence in Health and Care: State of the Nation report is live! Read about the findings and the new code of conduct the government launched right here

A collaborative state of the nation report on AI, written by KSS AHSN, Department of Health and Social Care and Office of Life Science is to launch at Expo next week! Find out more.

In this edition we look forward to the Health and Care Innovation Expo in Manchester on 5 & 6 September and we offer our guest blog slot to Nuffield Trust and Richard Darch who discuss reinventing the hospital.

We are celebrating 70 years of the NHS! Find out about our #NHS70 Celebrations and have a read of our annual review.

An update from the AHSN Network AI Initiative, which was formed in 2018 and launched its inaugral 'state of the nation' report at Expo in September.

A new series of dates for our highly popular Market Insight Briefings and Innovation Surgeries have been announced for 2019.

Guy Boersma, MD of KSS AHSN, speaks about AI and its adoption in the NHS at Westminster Health Forum's 'Future of Digital Technology' event.

The KSS AHSN Alliance for AF has picked up a prestigious award for its Detect Protect Review project!

In celebration of AF Awareness Week (November 19-25) KSS AHSN is working with a pilot group of GP surgeries in Surrey to support practice staff in better identifying and treating high risk patients with AF.