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We collaborated with C&M ICS, expanded AI-based risk stratification tools, health coaching platforms, and remote monitoring technologies to support the “optimisation” of patients prior to surgery - followed by evaluation.  

Funding for virtual wards that had been allocated on the back of Covid was running out and the ICB needed to determine if virtual wards were offering value to the system, and therefore if they should continue.   

We have been undertaking a multi-year study to optimise point-of-care (POC) testing for acute respiratory infections in the community. In 2024-25 we continued to work with a GP practice on the Wirral. 

A person’s genetics can have a significant impact on the effectiveness of specific medications. This is where “pharmacogenetics” comes in.

Letter of intent signed with an international robotics and AI innovator.

A new project, led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), will enable the seamless translation of innovative vaccine and drug research into new medicines that will prevent disease, save lives and boost the regional economy.

Health Innovation North West Coast’s patient safety team have sustained their support for a programme to reduce the risks posed by opioid drugs during the past year.

Senior health and care leaders have adopted a set of recommendations to improve mental health services for children and young people (CYP) that resulted from a system-wide transformation design led by Health Innovation North West Coast.

Health Innovation North West Coast is playing a key role in shaping the innovation landscape in Lancashire and South Cumbria.

A pilot scheme to screen for a potentially life-threatening condition has been put on a permanent footing in Cheshire and Merseyside.