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Karla Rimaitis invites Q members based in the North West Coast region to apply for funding to help grow and support their quality improvement work.

Around 80 strokes will be prevented in the North West Coast each year thanks to a programme to detect and treat irregular heart rhythms.

A business support programme in Cheshire and Warrington will see small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with healthcare innovations receive guidance on access to the NHS, funding and investment opportunities.

Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Lancashire with an interest in healthcare will benefit from a new programme that offers guidance on funding and investment opportunities.

TED, the global community that brings together the world’s leading thinkers to share ideas, created TEDx, a programme of local, volunteer-led events that bring together people to share a TED-like experience – and so TEDxNHS was born.

Twenty-eight organisations have been shortlisted for this year’s North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards. The winners will be announced during an event at the Park Royal Hotel Warrington on 28 February.

Pharmacy customers in Knowsley are being offered a free pulse check as part of a project to reduce the number of strokes in the region. Ten community pharmacists in Knowsley are helping to detect atrial fibrillation – an irregular pulse which can lead to life-threatening strokes.

Exciting health innovations from across Europe are being introduced to organisations in the North West Coast thanks to an international programme involving the Innovation Agency.

Hello My Name is Mandy, I am a biomedical scientist and I work in Patient Safety at the Innovation Agency. I know that I am truly lucky, working across the whole North West Coast to help frontline services improve. My role gives me a unique view of the NHS services I work with, and to lots of really exciting innovations that are coming through to help us improve NHS care even faster.

Cheshire-based Bruin Biometrics (BBI) Europe Limited were winners at the annual Bionow awards.