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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.

An initiative linking hospitals with community pharmacies in Cheshire and Merseyside to improve patient safety has won a national award.

Following the launch of NHS Employers’ #WonderfulWomenWhoDo campaign I have been reflecting on some of the wonderful women in my life.

A rugby fan from Widnes is urging people to be on the ball and “know their pulse” during Global AF Aware Week 2019. Launching on Monday, November 18, GAFAW19 is dedicated to raising awareness of atrial fibrillation (AF), an irregular pulse that affects millions of people worldwide and, if left untreated, can lead to stroke.

Over 500 patients have been identified with atrial fibrillation (AF) in the last six months thanks to an improvement programme involving 24 GP practices.

A host of health and care organisations and small businesses from across the North West Coast have collected honours in this year’s NHS in the North Excellence in Supply Awards. The awards, hosted by the NHS Northern Customer Board and the Innovation Agency, celebrate the work of businesses, third sector organisations and the NHS in collaborating to deliver great patient care.