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Two projects run by the Innovation Agency are in the running for a top award after emerging as favourites in the HSJ Awards 2021.

Work to reduce the incidence of asthma in one area of Merseyside and a second to identify irregular heartbeats to prevent strokes have both been shortlisted as part of the awards, which recognise outstanding contribution to healthcare.

As difficult as the pandemic has been, the Enterprise and Growth Team here at the Innovation Agency have had our busiest year ever, working with nearly double the number of companies we worked with before COVID-19.

Reflecting on a year like no other in health and care has been a time to re-evaluate our role in supporting our local systems, partners and national NHS commissioners.

I love where I live: Wirral is an amazing place with wide-open sands and great views of the Welsh hills just over the River Dee. I’ve been grateful for having this on my doorstep, especially over the last 18 months or so.

Engineers more used to working on nuclear submarines, a specialist industrial manufacturer and staff from the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT), have collaborated to develop pioneering new Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) with support from the Innovation Agency.

A Warrington optometry company has won funding to develop digital vision charts for remote eyecare consultations – thanks to the support of the Innovation Agency.

LCR Health Matters, a Liverpool-based health-tech business support programme, has helped to raise more than £21 million for life sciences businesses across Liverpool City Region.

The Innovation Agency, the Academic Science Network for the North West Coast, is delighted to announce that a project it has supported has been shortlisted in two categories at this year’s HSJ Patient Safety Awards.

Hello, my name is Mandy, and I am a biomedical scientist. In April 2020, a couple of weeks into lockdown, I was redeployed to a national COVID-19 operational supplies team, joining colleagues from NHS England and Improvement and the Department of Health and Social Care.

Three Liverpool project bids backed by the Innovation Agency have won funding to help integrate innovative health products into everyday practice.