People and Places
Awards celebrate the success of healthcare organisations across the North of England The Medilink North of England Healthcare Business Awards 2020 brought together pioneering healthcare organisations from across the North to celebrate their achievements and the contributions they have made to patient care.
“I’d like to congratulate our winners and our runners up, for all the hard work they have done in improving patient care and driving the Northern economy.” Kevin Kiely Chief Executive Officer of Medilink North of England and CEO of Medilink UK
Individuals and organisations from across the NHS, academia and industry competed in several categories, including primary care, acute care, digital health, exports and innovation. The winners were as follows: Innovation Award
Primary Care Award
Sky Medical Technology
Evergreen Life
Sky Medical Technology is a global medical devices company based in Cheshire. Developer of the innovative bioelectronics technology platform OnPulse, the business is helping clinicians solve some of healthcare’s biggest challenges.
Wellness and GP services app, Evergreen Life empowers everyone with access to up-to-date, personalised health and wellbeing information, helping you make informed decisions to increase your healthy and happy years.
Export Achievement Award
Cievert
Tissuemed Ltd in Leeds is a company specialising in the development, manufacture and worldwide sales of a unique surgical sealant technology.
Cievert provides the NHS with innovative software to better manage patients from diagnosis to recovery in oncology and beyond. Its software has helped treat well over 100,000 patients to date.
Advances in Digital Healthcare Award
Start Up Award
National Pathology Exchange (NPEx)
LightOx
NPEx enables laboratories to exchange requests and reports for send-away tests electronically and offers a globally unique and integral service, contributing to the future proofing and efficiency of diagnostics in healthcare.
LightOx is developing light activated drugs for the treatment of oral cancers. It aims to provide clinicians and patients with alternative options to surgery in pre-cancerous and early stage cancer.
Tissuemed
Partnership with Academia Award
Acute Care Award
University of Manchester and MIRA Rehab The University of Manchester’s research has real-world impact beyond academia. It is at the forefront of the search for solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems, seeking to be a global force for positive change.
Outstanding Achievement Award
Yourgene Health
Yourgene Health is an international molecular diagnostics group which develops and commercialises genetic products and services, enabling scientific advances to positively impact human health.
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