Are you a small business that would like to understand how commissioning works in the Liverpool City Region for the health and social care sector?
This workshop will focus on understanding the complexity of the NHS and how you as an SME can navigate your way through the commissioning landscape.
In addition there will be an opportunity to take part in a Q&A session with our speakers and networking.
Speakers include:
- Jenny Dodd, Associate Director of Transformation – Cheshire and Merseyside, Innovation Agency
- Adrian Quinn, Assistant Programme Manager – Digital, Innovation Agency
- Andy Cairns, Programme Manager (Commercial), Innovation Agency
- Mike Kenny, Associate Commercial Director, Innovation Agency

This event is part of a series of workshops run by the Innovation Agency, as a part of the Health Innovation Exchange, to support SMEs in the Liverpool City Region.
The Health Innovation Exchange, a three-year collaborative business support programme, part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), supports businesses in the Liverpool City Region to accelerate innovation and co-develop new or existing services, products or processes for the health and care sectors through collaboration with the NHS, academia and industry.
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