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

The NHS spends approximately £6 billion a year on medical technology, also known as MedTech, such as medical devices, equipment and digital tools. It is an industry that accounts for more than 86,000 jobs in the UK, almost a third of which are in small companies, and supports an additional 24,600 service and supply roles.

People in the North West Coast with epilepsy will avoid unnecessary admissions to hospital thanks to a project giving paramedics instant access to their patient information.

A new code of conduct has been launched to enable the development and adoption of safe, ethical and effective data-driven health and care technologies.

I am a doctor on the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur programme who is very grateful to be granted a rotation working between public health and digital health due to the incredible support of Dr Liz Mear, chief executive of the Innovation Agency.

The Innovation Agency is part of a new coalition led by Public Health England and NHS England to improve the detection and treatment of atrial fibrillation, high blood pressure and high cholesterol – A, B and C.

As February is the month of love, Dr Julia Reynolds at the Innovation Agency gets to the heart of the matter of atrial fibrillation – an irregular heart beat which can lead to stroke

I was very pleased to see the prevention of strokes taking a high priority in the Long Term Plan.  Preventing stroke has been a particular passion of mine since I was a ‘wet behind the ears’ teenager on a work placement prior to joining the training programme to be an Occupational Therapist (OT). 

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.