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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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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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