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As a supervisor for Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, I normally help residents with their council tax and benefits enquiries in person or over the phone at our contact centre based in the old town hall.

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Personal stories told to the Innovation Agency about switching to digital ways of working in the eye of the COVID-19 storm reveal ingenuity, flexibility – and pride.

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As a consultant dermatologist I was already interested in innovation but the sudden onset of COVID-19 made it happen sooner rather than later.

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After receiving SBRI funding we have been working for the last 18 months on a laparoscopic simulator, the  LapAR™, which combines a box trainer set with the high fidelity of a virtual reality system, it is completely unique.

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Liverpool is unique for neonatal services because babies are born in one hospital, Liverpool Women’s, but if they need specialist services those are provided in a different hospital, Alder Hey. We have been working to develop a neonatal unit on the Alder Hey site for the last several years with a plan to open the unit in 2022/3.

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COVID-19 has caused innovation to happen at breakneck speed at Alder Hey. We have launched a telehealth service, working with a company called InTouch Health, which has transformed life for both patients and staff.

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When COVID hit we had to switch to telephone consultations for therapy outpatient appointments and we could no longer deliver ‘back to fitness’ classes, circuit and education sessions in a face to face way.

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I am 23 and had a kidney transplant just over a year ago; it was given to me indirectly by my step mum through a chain of people. It only has 28 per cent functionality but that’s 28 per cent more than I had before! I’ve been able to travel to Jordan, France and Spain climbing and adventuring; I really appreciate what I’ve got and the difference it makes is insane.

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I manage a team of eight people in communications and fundraising and some of us are now working from home for a lot of the time. I miss the day to day camaraderie with my team; but the upside is that I have more confidence in the team working independently because they are performing well without me breathing down their necks - and it’s even nicer when we do get together.

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Before COVID-19, most training was delivered in classrooms, either by us or training partners which covered weekly welcome inductions, yearly refreshers and practical sessions all supported with bite-sized specialist topics on eLearning.

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