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Date Title & Description Contributors
2023-12-15

  The future of primary care in Cheshire and Merseyside

The way primary care services are delivered is changing, with different specialists on hand via GP practices and with a growing number of diagnostic tests, screening and treatments available in community pharmacies.   We explore what’s in store for pr...
  Health Innovation North West Coast author
2023-10-05

  Improving urgent care for cancer patients

For anyone involved in an emergency or needing urgent treatment, the experience can be scary and prolonged. For those who have cancer, the prospect is far more daunting.  In Cheshire and Merseyside, health leaders have collaborated to create pathways ...
  Health Innovation North West Coast author
2023-07-24

  An academic activist – Gideon Ben-Tovim OBE

Gideon Ben-Tovim OBE talks about the passions and experiences which have shaped his leadership, as he prepares to step down after ten years as Chair of the Innovation Agency. A former researcher and author on race relations; Liverpool City Council Labo...
  Innovation Agency author
2023-06-30

  Transforming diagnostics – ‘the first piece in the jigsaw’

Changes to the way diagnostic tests and screening are carried out in Cheshire and Merseyside mean many more tests are being carried out in more centres around the region.  A system-wide transformation programme has streamlined processes and introduced...
  Innovation Agency author
2023-06-06

  New ERA for maternity safety

An entrepreneurial doctor whose company is backed by the Innovation Agency, has become an Innovation Fellow with the NHS Innovation Accelerator. Dr Michael Watts has helped to create a patient-centred, emergency-support software system designed to imp...
  Innovation Agency author
2023-05-02

  CVD innovations in primary care

This episode explores innovations in cardiovascular disease management being delivered to patients in primary care. In particular, the conversation focusses on lipids management and the introduction of a new treatment pathway which includes novel thera...
  Innovation Agency author
2023-03-28

  Using data to reduce health inequalities in Cheshire and Merseyside

The Innovation Agency is working with NHS Cheshire and Merseyside to help people at increased risk because of the combination of suffering a respiratory or cardiovascular condition and living in a cold home. It’s part of NHS England’s Innovation for He...
  Innovation Agency author
2023-03-24

  New service to identify killer gene

The family of a 29 year old Cheshire man who died suddenly from failure have been diagnosed with a genetic condition which causes abnormally high levels of cholesterol. The condition is familial hypercholesterolaemia, or FH; and the family of the late ...
  Innovation Agency author
2023-02-09

  Cardio Vascular Disease work across the North West Coast

A significant number of people across the North West Coast are unaware that they have high blood pressure. During the pandemic, the British Heart Foundation (BHF) reported that nearly half a million people in the UK missed out on starting medication to...
  Innovation Agency author
2023-02-07

  Liverpool Severe Asthma Service

Asthma presents a continuing challenge across primary care and research has shown that despite best efforts the numbers of patients who require optimisation and access to advanced therapies remains high. The Liverpool Severe Asthma Service (LSAS), whi...
  Innovation Agency author