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Millions of people across the North West Coast will benefit from improved health thanks to a project aimed at better managing patient data.

Connected Health Cities, which involved the Innovation Agency, was a £20m, four-year pilot funded by the Department of Health to unite local health data and technology to improve care for patients in the North of England.

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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We at the Innovation Agency are pleased to be working with the AHSN Network, the NHS Confederation and the Health Foundation on the NHS Reset campaign.  

A Lancashire company specialising in secure messaging for the health service has seen a four-fold increase in uptake of its product since the start of COVID-19.

Hospify offers a communications platform that allows healthcare professionals to communicate securely while sharing confidential information with other clinicians and patients.

The search is on for inspirational examples of businesses, third sector organisations and the NHS working together to improve patient care and support health and care staff during COVID-19. Nominations are now open for the NHS in the North Excellence in Supply Awards. The awards are open to any business that currently supplies goods, works or services to NHS trusts in the North of England, and to any NHS trust in the region.

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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At the time of writing, I have yet to read the Public Health England report entitled ‘Beyond the data – understanding the impact of COVID-19 on BAME communities’. This publication was delayed for reasons that are not entirely clear. But from the clips that I’ve seen on the news, it seems to say what I believe has been known for some time. It has also got me thinking about conversations that I’ve recently had with NHS staff. 

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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