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Blood pressure tests help east Lancashire communities
19 January 2022Yusuf M Sidat has his blood pressure taken by Debbie at the Masjid E Sajedeen Mosque in Blackburn
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Coaching Academy celebrates four years
18 January 2022This Q&A with Juliette Kumar, Associate Director of Culture and Workforce, shares her reflections on how the Coaching Academy has developed and what’s in store for the next four years, and beyond.
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Finding the space to breathe: tools to support innovation in asthma diagnosis and management.
29 December 2021Finding the space to breathe:tools to support innovation in asthma diagnosis and management
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Cheshire innovator develops device to tackle snoring
15 December 2021A healthcare innovator from Cheshire has developed a device he believes can significantly reduce snoring.
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NHS leader who helped launch AHSNs joins the Health Innovation North West Coast
9 December 2021A former NHS trust chief executive who set up one of the country’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks eight years ago, has joined the Innovation Agency as a non-executive director.
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Report into remote consultations published
8 December 2021The Innovation Agency has published a wide-ranging report, commissioned by NHS England and Improvement North West, into the use of remote consultations for outpatients.
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Health Innovation North West Coast’s role in new £10.5m investment company for health innovators
6 December 2021The Innovation Agency played a leading role in creating a new company which will provide funding and support for early stage innovations in healthcare in Liverpool City Region.
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National success for our Excellence in Supply winners
1 December 2021Fresh from their success at the NHS in the North Excellence in Supply awards, three winners have now received national recognition for their work.
The Health Care Supply Association (HCSA) presented awards as part of the association’s annual conference held this year in Harrogate
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Our offer to help improve safety in care homes
26 November 2021For the last nine months I have been on a journey to help care homes improve the way they handle medicines, which is an important part of keeping residents safe.
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Pioneering screening could reduce life threatening cholesterol levels
22 November 2021A GP surgery in Warrington has become the first in the country to begin screening to detect a life threatening, inherited condition.
The Eric Moore Partnership Medical Practice has begun offering tests for the familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) which can lead to extremely high cholesterol levels.
The Innovation Agency is spearheading a programme which sees both parents and children screened.
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