News and blogs
Pharmacy referral service goes national
5 March 2020A 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.
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Liverpool innovator named NHS Innovation Accelerator Fellow
5 March 2020A healthcare innovator from Liverpool has been selected to be a Fellow of the prestigious NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA).
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Funding boost for health innovations in the North West Coast
2 March 2020Three 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.
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Winners of North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards
28 February 2020The region’s top innovators and researchers in healthcare have been recognised at the North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards.
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Why we need to ‘level up the North’
27 February 2020The ten-year-on update of the Marmot Review, Health Equity in England, has presented us with some shocking statistics.
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Health Innovation North West Coast announces chosen charities for 2020
24 February 2020The Innovation Agency is proud to announce its chosen charities for 2020: James’ Place in Liverpool, and North West Cancer Research.
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Cheshire and Warrington businesses to excel in health
21 February 2020Businesses in Cheshire and Warrington are to benefit from a new support programme that will help them promote their products and services to the NHS.
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Meet the innovators: Elliot Street
17 February 2020Elliot and a fellow student built a medical training device in a bedroom – and now they run a business which produces and exports different models to 100 hospitals worldwide. The Innovation Agency, AHSN for the North West Coast, helped them to access major funding which accelerated their growth.
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Kitty fund for Q members
17 February 2020Karla Rimaitis invites Q members based in the North West Coast region to apply for funding to help grow and support their quality improvement work.
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Health Innovation North West Coast exceeds national stroke prevention targets
14 February 2020Around 80 strokes will be prevented in the North West Coast each year thanks to a programme to detect and treat irregular heart rhythms.
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