S20 Ep1: Making Lancashire and South Cumbria a healthier place to live
Three of the leaders of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System talk about what needs to be done to improve health and wellbeing in the region. Chief Officer, Dr Amanda Doyle OBE; Executive Director of Transformation, Talib Yaseen OBE; and Executive Medical Director, Andy Curran talk about the area's challenges and the opportunities created through cross-sector collaborations.  ...
27m Mar 11, 2020
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S20 Ep3: Removing the ‘impossible’ tumour
When six year old Leah Bennett was found to have a tumour which wrapped around her spine, arteries and organs it was described by surgeons in three centres as ‘impossible’. We hear from Leah, her dad Stephen and Alder Hey paediatric surgeon Joanne Minford how the impossible became possible, with the help of a 3D model – and a huge team at Alder Hey, including a vascular specialist from Liverpoo...
30m Mar 05, 2020
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S20 Ep2: Staff engagement, social media, team work and rugby
Aaron Cummins, CEO of University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay talks about his leadership tactics. 
20m Feb 07, 2020
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S19 Ep12: Innovations in reducing respiratory emergencies
Innovators describe the changes they've made which have reduced unplanned admissions and emergencies for patients with long term respiratory conditions.  The interviewees, who were speakers at the Innovation Agency's 21st Ecosystem event, are: Dr Sarah Sibley of Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital; Katie Burnett of Health Education England; Dr Jennifer Hoyle of Greater Manchester Strategic Clini...
27m Jan 20, 2020
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S19 Ep11: John Black and Carol Liddle describe their patient journeys
@LiddleCarol
18m Dec 19, 2019
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S19 Ep11: Increasing flu vaccinations among high-risk patients
Dr Jennifer Hoyle, Consultant and Occupational Lung Disease Lead, Northern Care Alliance More than a quarter of all COPD admissions in Greater Manchester are for flu. Dr Hoyle and her colleagues explored how to overcome the barriers to taking the flu vaccination and launched a project to promot uptake in secondary care settings. The project is proving so successful the team now plans to extend ...
21m Dec 19, 2019
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S19 Ep11: Respiratory innovations
Dr Julia Reynolds of the Innovation Agency describes some of the innovations in respiratory care introduced in the North West Coast, including an NHS Test Bed to explore technology that supports COPD patients; and the challenge to ensure the best technology is widely adopted.
18m Dec 19, 2019
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S19 Ep11: AI-powered remote monitoring of COPD patients
Paul McGinness, Director, Storm ID  @paulmcginness Working with the NHS in the Glasgow area, Storm ID’s artificial intelligence monitoring system aims to deliver supported self-management for patients and meaningful data to the care team. The aim is to create a continuous service that prevents one hospital readmission per patient per year.
18m Dec 19, 2019
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S19 Ep11: The workforce matter: understanding the value of physician associates
Kate Burnett, Head of School, Physician Associates Scheme, Health Education England @NHSHEE_Nwest The health service struggles to value and empower its workforce, but a new breed of healthcare professional – the physician associate – may be at least part of the solution. Physician associates work to the medical model and the skills and attitude they bring may deliver tangible improvements in care.
10m Dec 19, 2019
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S19 Ep11: Cheshire and Merseyside respiratory improvement programme
Dr Sarah Sibley, Clinical Lead Community Respiratory Service, Liverpool Heart and Chest NHS Foundation Trust @DrSarahSibley1 Estimates suggest that the lives of up to 234 patients with respiratory disease in Cheshire and Merseyside could be saved each year by doing things slightly differently. Physician associates add flexibility to the workforce and can help in both the primary and secondary s...
15m Dec 19, 2019
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S19 Ep11: How technology at home is improving respiratory care
Janet Davies, Programme Lead, Technology Enabled Care, Healthy Lancashire and South Cumbria @JanetDavies1 An NHS Test Bed in Lancashire and South Cumbria shows that a combination of digital and traditional care for respiratory patients can be highly effective. However, one size does not fit all, patients benefit most from personalised care plans, and giving patients information in a variety of ...
11m Dec 19, 2019
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S19 Ep11: Q&A with Liz Mear, Binita Kane, Carol Liddle, Jennifer Hoyle, Julia Reynolds and Paul McGinness
7m Dec 19, 2019
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S19 Ep11: Q&A with Liz Mear, Kate Burnett, Sarah Sibley and Janet Davies
8m Dec 19, 2019
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S19 Ep11: Innovation in integrated care
Dr Binita Kane, Health Innovation Manchester and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, speaking at the Innovation Agency's 21st Ecosystem event.  The devolution project in Greater Manchester allowed for a reassessment of priorities. Health Innovation Manchester worked with health and care and industry partners to determine those priorities: the system agreed that a radical shift was neede...
23m Dec 19, 2019
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S19 Ep10: The Wirral Community teletriage service
Alison Smith, RN, and Emma James, RN, Wirral Community NHS Foundation Trust @wirrallct Teletriage is a 24-hour system offering clinical support to care homes. Its benefits are clear, and include a 78 per cent reduction in NHS 111 calls from care homes. Care home feedback has also been positive, with 93 per cent of staff saying its use has improved the care experience for residents.
14m Oct 01, 2019
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S19 Ep10: Using telehealth to support care homes, Mersey Care
Peter Almond, Programme Manager, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust  @Mersey_Care While telehealth has only recently been introduced in the Mersey Care area, patient-reported outcomes are promising: there has been a 40 per cent reduction in the need to visit hospital or a GP. Now a new model of provision sees community matrons, care home staff and GPs joining forces to deliver better care. 
13m Oct 01, 2019
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S19 Ep10: Sunderland Well Connected Care Homes, TECS
Rachael Forbister, TECS Programme Manager @RForbister A number of initiatives, including the introduction of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) assessment in care homes, and the use of the ‘blue box’ toolkit, has prompted a significant fall in the number of non-elective hospital admissions in Sunderland.
18m Oct 01, 2019
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S19 Ep10: Alzheimer’s Society care home research and innovation
Colin Capper, Head of Research Development and Evaluation, Alzheimer’s Society @CapperColin Involving care homes in research may help reduce the lag between breakthroughs in the lab and the adoption of new technology on the front line. We also hear about Jelly Drops, sweets that contain 90 per cent water that can keep people with dementia hydrated.
17m Oct 01, 2019
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S19 Ep10: The art of the possible and the patient journey, TSA & Cascade3d
Nathan Downing, Lead Associate, Business Strategy and Service Transformation at TSA, and Gerry Hodgson, CEO of software company Cascade3d @TSAVoice Nathan Downing says the TSA is the representative body for technology enabled care (TEC) services. One of its guiding principles is to focus on people’s needs and how technology can meet them, rather than focus on the capabilities of the technology ...
23m Oct 01, 2019
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S19 Ep10: Regulated care perspective from Lancashire County Council
Lisa Slack, Head of Quality, Contracts and Safeguarding Adults, Lancashire County Council @LancashireCC The county council’s quality strategy aims to ensure there is equitable choice of high-quality provision and an increase in ‘good’ and ‘outstanding’ care homes: that requires effective leadership and improved relationships with providers.
19m Oct 01, 2019
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S19 Ep10: Phil Jennings introduction to ECO20: Empowering care homes
4m Oct 01, 2019
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S19 Ep9: Wayne Kirkham - Lancashire and South Cumbria GP digital retention
Lancashire and South Cumbria - GP digital retention Wayne Kirkham, Primary Care Senior Programme Manager, NHS England and NHS Improvement (North West)
13m Jul 12, 2019
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S19 Ep8: Dr Chris Mimnagh – The secret of general practice in the North West: e-consultations
The secret of general practice in the North West: e-consultations Dr Chris Mimnagh, GP informatician, Wingate Medical Centre, Liverpool @chrismimnagh
18m Jul 12, 2019
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S19 Ep7: Professor George Crooks - Data as the key to transforming healthcare: how can everyone win?
Data as the key to transforming healthcare: how can everyone win? Professor George Crooks, Chief Executive Officer, The Digital Health and Care Innovation Centre  @dhiscotland
26m Jul 12, 2019
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S19 Ep6: Dr Martin Myers - The use of point of care testing to deliver tier one diagnostics anywhere
The use of point of care testing to deliver tier one diagnostics anywhere Dr Martin Myers MBE, PhD, FRCPath, Consultant Clinical Biochemist, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
23m Jul 12, 2019
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S19 Ep5: Terry Whalley - The importance of point of care testing in new models of care
Terry Whalley, Director of Delivery, Cheshire and Merseyside Health & Care Partnership @TerryWhalley
16m Jul 12, 2019
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S19 Ep3: Philip Edwards, Patient Experience Speaker - The patient journey
7m Jul 12, 2019
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S19 Ep4: Dr Masood Nazir - How digital is supporting the delivery of stronger primary care
Dr Masood Nazir, GP and Associate CCIO for Primary Care Digital Transformation Programmes, NHSX  @Masood_Online
25m Jul 12, 2019
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S19 Ep2: Una Davey - ECHAlliance update: joining the dots of care closer to home
Una Davey, Network Project Manager, ECHAlliance @una_davey
9m Jul 12, 2019
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S19 Ep1: Alan Davies - Welcome and introduction
ECO 19: Care closer to home Alan Davies, Director of Digital, Innovation Agency @innovationnwc
9m Jul 12, 2019
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S18 Ep3: Consultant psychiatrist Dr Johannes Cronje describes a different approach to recruitment at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Consultant psychiatrist Dr Johannes Cronje of Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust describes ‘Selling the sizzle not the sausage’ – a different approach to recruitment. Their traditional method of placing ads in a national journal was expensive and not having the desired impact. They worked with The Guardian on sponsored editorials, using testimonials from staff and supporting with a range of prom...
15m May 17, 2019
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S18 Ep2: How ‘We are WUTH’ helped increase nurse recruitment by 168 per cent - by Mike Baker
Mike Baker talks about a spin-off of the ‘We are the NHS’ campaign which had a big impact on recruitment, particularly of nurses. Mike, Associate Director of Communications at Wirral University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, delivered an intensive two-week campaign across different social media campaigns using the slogan We are ‘WUTH’. It resulted in a 168 per cent increase in completed appli...
11m May 17, 2019
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S18 Ep1: 'We are the NHS' - Ian Hampton tells why it has been the biggest highlight of his career in NHS comms
NHS England Lead Campaign Manager Ian Hampton describes the biggest highlight of his career – leading on the creation and delivery of the ‘We are the NHS’ campaign.

He tells how the NHS’s first recruitment campaign for over a decade was delivered at break-neck speed and how retaining a focus on specific audiences directed the creative development. It was important to retain an impartial and ev...
19m May 17, 2019
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S1 Ep7: Ecosystem 18 – David Harris – aligning capability to need
Recorded on 27 March 2019 during Ecosystem 18 at Haydock Park Racecourse. David Harris, Director of People and Organisational Development at Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, talks about the need to acknowledge complexity when addressing a system of ever-changing health and care needs. Ecosystem 18 was part of a series of events promoting digital health innovation in healt...
21m Mar 28, 2019
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S1 Ep4: Ecosystem 18 – Karen Partington – need to think differently
Recorded on 27 March 2019 during Ecosystem 18 at Haydock Park Racecourse. Karen Partington, Chief Executive Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, asks how do we fully exploit new technology? How do we train patients to expect something different from their healthcare? And how do we accommodate the needs of various age groups in our workforce – traditionalist, baby boomers and Gen...
16m Mar 28, 2019
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S1 Ep3: Ecosystem 18 – Jen Gilroy-Cheetham – the patient journey
Recorded on 27 March 2019 during Ecosystem 18 at Haydock Park Racecourse. Jen, a programme manager at the Innovation Agency, fell seriously ill two years ago and recalls how her care left her feeling unsafe. She makes a plea for a different way of doing things, in which staff work as a team, a patient’s feelings are acknowledged and it is clear who is in charge of an individual’s care. Ecosys...
7m Mar 28, 2019
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S17 Ep6: Ecosystem 18 - Helen Birley - creating a hospital coordination centre to improve patient flow
Recorded on 27 March 2019 during Ecosystem 18 at Haydock Park Racecourse . Helen Birley, Clinical Lead for the Coordination Centre at the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, talks about how the experience of an elderly patient who had a 106-day hospital stay prompted a review that led to the development of the coordination centre. This ‘air traffic control’ system uses teletrack...
17m Mar 28, 2019
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S17 Ep9: Ecosystem 18 – Dr Karen Stansfield – new developments and innovations in education
Recorded on 27 March 2019 during Ecosystem 18 at Haydock Park Racecourse. Dr Karen Stansfield, Associate Dean of Enterprise at the University of Salford, talks about how, by working across disciplines and by collaborating with industry, the university aims to produce more empowered graduates with appropriate skills and so boost retention rates. Ecosystem 18 was part of a series of events prom...
12m Mar 28, 2019
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S17 Ep2: Ecosystem 18 – Andy Bleaden – ECH Alliance Update
Recorded on 27 March 2019 during Ecosystem 18 at Haydock Park Racecourse. Andy Bleaden, International Projects Manager for the ECH Alliance, gives an update on the alliance’s work. Providing European-wide networking opportunities, the alliance aims to break down the silos separating providers from suppliers and bring together stakeholders from all sectors, including patients and charities. Ec...
12m Mar 28, 2019
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S17 Ep1: Ecosystem 18 – Dr Liz Mear
Recorded on 27 March 2019 during Ecosystem 18 at Haydock Park Racecourse. Dr Liz Mear, Chief Executive the Innovation Agency, welcomes attendees to the eighteenth Ecosystem, focussing on digital innovation and workforce strategies. Ecosystem 18 was part of a series of events promoting digital health innovation in healthcare, run by the Innovation Agency, the Academic Health Science Network fo...
3m Mar 28, 2019
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S17 Ep8: Ecosystem 18 – Ian MacIntyre – making technology less intimidating
Recorded on 27 March 2019 during Ecosystem 18 at Haydock Park Racecourse. Ian MacIntyre, Head of Digital with the NHS Leadership Academy, talks about changing ways of thinking in healthcare to adapt to new technology: we should talk about opportunities, not threats. We should understand our user community’s attitudes towards technology and create a non-threatening environment in which to talk ...
13m Mar 28, 2019
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S17 Ep5: Ecosystem 18 – Dr Wilson Wong – disruptive thinking about the future of our workforce
Recorded on 27 March 2019 during Ecosystem 18 at Haydock Park Racecourse. Dr Wilson Wong, Head of Insight and Futures with the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), talks about new approaches to managing our workforce: how do we know that technology won’t have a negative impact on our workforce? How do we ethically store data? How do we protect our workforce, and how do we e...
27m Mar 28, 2019
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S17 Ep10: Ecosystem 18 – Colin Lewry and Fiona Lord – WRaPT and innovative workforce redesign
Recorded on 27 March 2019 during Ecosystem 18 at Haydock Park Racecourse. Colin Lewry, WRaPT Director, and Fiona Lord, WRaPT Manager, Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, talk about their secure online modelling tool that takes users through the steps needed to understand workforce planning. It stores data in such a way as to allow modelling of any number of complex future scenarios. While th...
14m Mar 28, 2019
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S16 Ep11: Health, wellbeing and the environment - Steve Gowland and Sarah Holden - enhancing environments, enabling communities
Recorded on 28 January 2019 during 'health, wellbeing and the environment' at The Isla Gladstone, Liverpool. Steve Gowland, Public Health Lead (Wellness & Mental Health) Sefton Council, and Sarah Holden, Head of Public Health Services St Helens Council, give examples of local environmental and community initiatives. 'Health, wellbeing and the environment' was part of the Liverpool City Region...
27m Jan 31, 2019
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S16 Ep13: Health, wellbeing and the environment - Clare Mahoney - can social prescribing help tackle the inverse care law?
Recorded on 28 January 2019 during 'health, wellbeing and the environment' at The Isla Gladstone, Liverpool. Clare Mahoney, Senior Transformation Manager Social Model of Health Liverpool CCG, talks about building data capabilities that help us determine whether we are reaching those who are furthest away from care and support. 'Health, wellbeing and the environment' was part of the Liverpool ...
16m Jan 31, 2019
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S16 Ep7: Health, wellbeing and the environment - Jo Ward - The Social Prescribing Network and the creative health agenda
Recorded on 28 January 2019 during 'health, wellbeing and the environment' at The Isla Gladstone, Liverpool. Jo Ward, North West Social Prescribing Network Co-Chair, talks about social prescribing and arts and culture. 'Health, wellbeing and the environment' was part of the Liverpool City Region's Year of the Environment. The event was organised in partnership by the Innovation Agency, Cheshi...
20m Jan 31, 2019
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S16 Ep6: Health, wellbeing and the environment - Dr Simon Abrams - The Everton Health and Wellbeing Hub
Recorded on 28 January 2019 during 'health, wellbeing and the environment' at The Isla Gladstone, Liverpool. Dr Simon Abrams, Principle GP Everton, talks about The Everton Health and Wellbeing Hub: a vision for health, putting wellbeing ideas into practice. 'Health, wellbeing and the environment' was part of the Liverpool City Region's Year of the Environment. The event was organised in partn...
15m Jan 31, 2019
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S16 Ep4: Health, wellbeing and the environment - Andrew Darron - improving wellbeing through community gardening
Recorded on 28 January 2019 during 'health, wellbeing and the environment' at The Isla Gladstone, Liverpool. Andrew Darron, Chief Executive Groundwork Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside, talks about practical examples of improving wellbeing through community gardening. 'Health, wellbeing and the environment' was part of the Liverpool City Region's Year of the Environment. The event was organ...
21m Jan 31, 2019
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S16 Ep9: Health, wellbeing and the environment - Craig Lister - it's not rocket science!
Recorded on 28 January 2019 during 'health, wellbeing and the environment' at The Isla Gladstone, Liverpool. Craig Lister, Green Gym Managing Director, The Conservation Volunteers, talks about social prescribing: 'it's not a new thing, it's ancient'. 'Health, wellbeing and the environment' was part of the Liverpool City Region's Year of the Environment. The event was organised in partnership ...
13m Jan 31, 2019
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S16 Ep12: Health, wellbeing and the environment - Dave Sweeney - maximising place and environment
Recorded on 28 January 2019 during 'health, wellbeing and the environment' at The Isla Gladstone, Liverpool. Dave Sweeney, Executive Implementation Lead, Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership, talks about maximising place and environment. 'Health, wellbeing and the environment' was part of the Liverpool City Region's Year of the Environment. The event was organised in partnershi...
25m Jan 31, 2019
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