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Innovation Agency Chief Executive Dr Liz Mear has been included in the 2019 Northern Power Women List.

She is one of a small number selected to join a list of influencers recognised for using power for good, challenging the norm and ensuring that everyone they work with recognises the benefits of having gender balanced organisations.

Thirty-six organisations have been shortlisted for the 2019 North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards.

Businesses eager to get their innovation into the health and care sector will be able to put their questions to NHS Buyers and Local Authorities in the North West as the “Ask the Buyer” event returns.

The Innovation Agency and fellow Academic Health Science Networks have been highlighted as key players in speeding up the adoption of innovations in the NHS.

Seeing the natural environment as a crucial source of wellbeing is something that we all intuitively know; we all feel better from a walk in the park or round a lake... and yet this is still an area of innovation for the health service.

A product design company in Chester has been awarded funding to develop a voice-operated app to treat anxiety in young people. 

The Innovation Agency is looking for volunteers in Lancashire and South Cumbria to get involved in health innovation in the region.

The Connected Health Cities (CHC) programme, led in the North West Coast by the Innovation Agency, has been named Healthcare Project of the Year at the 2018 Bionow Awards.

A campaign using the power of Rugby League to help reduce pressures on A&E departments has been named Best Primary Care Innovation at the 2018 HSJ Awards.

A digital story on ECO 16: Digital Health in the North.