News and blogs
BBC presenter to host celebration of health achievements
21 February 2023BBC TV’s North West Tonight presenter Roger Johnson will host the North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards.
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NHS ‘linchpin’ retires after 45 years
17 February 2023A Runcorn woman who has worked in local hospitals and NHS offices for 45 years was showered with tributes as she retired from the health service.
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Funding for innovations to prevent drug overdoses
15 February 2023Innovative healthcare companies in the North West Coast can bid for a slice of a £5m fund to help prevent fatal drug overdoses.
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Collaboration with Intermedical announced to improve asthma diagnosis
10 February 2023A new opportunity will increase access to fast and accurate asthma testing in primary care and reduce health inequality.
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Advanced asthma therapies feature in new videos and podcast
7 February 2023Videos and a podcast produced by the Innovation Agency to promote ways of using advanced asthma therapies have been released.
The project was conducted to publicise a high-risk asthma case finding programme offered by the Liverpool Severe Asthma Service (LSAS) from Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust.
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New elective surgery hub will treat an extra 6,000 patients a year
1 February 2023We were delighted to open the new Cheshire and Merseyside Surgical Centre as a major step forward in addressing the backlog of surgery caused by the pandemic.
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Entries open for the North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards 2023
30 January 2023The search is on for the region’s most successful researchers and innovators, with the launch of the North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards 2023. The awards are organised by the Innovation Agency; NIHR Clinical Research Network: North West Coast (CRN:NWC) and NIHR Applied Research Collaboration: North West Coast (ARC:NWC).
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AHSNs and NIOX® working together to improve access to faster and more effective asthma diagnosis
12 January 2023More patients are set to benefit from faster and more accurate testing for asthma thanks to a new collaboration between the AHSN Network and NIOX®.
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Technology can improve care, but can be a barrier
9 January 2023The Innovation Agency supports the development of many transformational and innovative solutions, often with the potential to address challenges faced by our local mental health system.
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Supporting adoption of the pre-term birth optimisation bundle
4 January 2023When I joined the maternity and neonatal safety improvement programme (MatNeoSIP) eighteen months ago, I was excited to be part of a collaborative programme that would support improvements across the North West Coast.
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