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I worked in the local NHS during the 2009 pandemic and was in an NHS regional role during the cyber attack in 2017 – two major business continuity scenarios. This crisis is very different because of its prolonged duration and its scale.

Covidblogs

As well as being Associate Director for Psychology Professions at Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT, I am on a year’s secondment to Health Education England, setting up Psychological Professions Networks (PPN) across England in addition to the existing three networks (in the North West, South West, South East).

Covidblogs

The Innovation Agency is a partner in a £3.4m innovative data initiative in the North of England which will benefit patients nationally and help to address major health challenges.

The initiative is led by the University of Liverpool, with £1.2m investment from Health Data Research (HDR) UK and £2.2m from partner institutions.

A Liverpool firm has secured funding to develop a digital solution to support young people’s mental health during the Covid-19 crisis. Chanua Ltd was one of 18 selected from more than 1,600 businesses throughout the UK which applied to receive funding from the NHSX TechForce19 Challenge.

The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has catapulted us into a world of uncertainty.  A natural physiological response to perceived attack is that our bodies are hijacked by a defence hormone that automatically and unconsciously sends us into fight, flight, freeze or fawn mode.  Anxiety and fear have the potential to paralyse us into inaction, as unhelpful and fearful thoughts occupy our minds, leaving us in a state of distraction.

People confined at home because of Coronavirus (COVID-19) could soon benefit from new technology to combat the effects of social isolation.

Funding is being made available by NHSX through ‘Techforce 19’, for innovators who can find digital ways to support those who need help, including people requiring mental health support and those with social care needs.

A national NHS Discharge Medicines Service has been launched by the Department of Health and Social Care which builds on award-winning work in Cheshire and Merseyside.

A healthcare innovator from Liverpool has been selected to be a Fellow of the prestigious NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA).

Three North West Coast companies are celebrating after securing funding for health innovations. Two have each secured £100,000 from SBRI Healthcare to help develop products while the third is funded by Innovate UK to take part in a ‘real-world’ evaluation of technology.

The region’s top innovators and researchers in healthcare have been recognised at the North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards.