News and blogs
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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Culture Camp: Learning to live with friction and discomfort
7 April 2021COVID-19 has impacted on how we live and work and so we ask: ‘What do we need to do now to create the culture in our organisations and across our systems that keeps people resilient, connected, and innovative?’
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Business leader to head SEED healthcare alliance in Lancashire and South Cumbria
21 October 2020The former managing director of BAE Systems Corporate Services, Steve Fogg, has been appointed as chair of the SEED alliance - a multi-sector collaborative set up to contribute to ‘health and wealth’ in Lancashire and South Cumbria.
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The invisible tipping point
24 September 2020In Malcolm Gladwell’s book ‘The Tipping Point’ he states, “Ideas and products and messages and behaviours spread like viruses do,” which is a truly insightful observation.
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Leaving with pride – last words from Liz
23 September 2020After seven and a half productive and happy years at the Innovation Agency, I am moving on to be the Managing Director of Leeds Academic Health Partnership. This is a similar role to my current one and I applied for it as I have a passion for working in collaboration with partners to achieve better health and well-being for the people we serve.
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Using digital technology to support vulnerable residents during lockdown
18 August 2020As 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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Seven lessons from digital transformation during COVID-19
12 August 2020Personal 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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How digital solutions saved our skin during Covid19
31 July 2020As 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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Visors, ventilators – and innovation
23 July 2020After 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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Neonatal telemedicine: Dr Chris Dewhurst
20 July 2020Liverpool 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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