About the programme

England’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) have a dual regional and national focus. As a collective, we deliver local work programmes based on the needs of regional systems and drive programmes that tackle national priorities and are expected to have a universal impact at scale.

In 2020/21 AHSNs started to deliver three new national adoption and spread programmes focused on:

• early intervention for eating disorders – supporting mental health teams to speed up diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders in young people aged 16-25,
• improved assessment for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children and young people,
• supporting primary care in preventing and managing cardiovascular disease (CVD) through interventions around lipid management and identifying and treating people with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH).

Find out more

Click on the links below to find further information on each of the national programmes, and how you can get involved.