2005
2005
Innovative Device & Technology Category
1st - Portable Wheelchair - Dr James Edwards, South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust
Joint 2nd - SurgebaseTM - Mr Gordon Carlson, Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trusts
Joint 2nd - Compact Pre-filled Syringe - Dr James Rippery, Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust
Highly Commended - Bowel Pump - Mr Paul Fulford, Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust
Highly Commended< - Virtual Ureteroscopy - Dr Alison Brady, South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust
Highly Commended - Novel Kinaesthesia Device - Simon Kaye & Michael Callaghan, Welcome Trust Clinical Research Facility
Innovative Services Category
1st - Expediting Aspiring Following Ischaemic Stroke - Sarah Roberts, Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust
2nd - The Changing Workforce Programme - The Changing Workforce Team, St Helens & Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust
3rd - Progress in the Palm of Your Hand - Using PDA's to Provide a Unique Brain Injury Service - Beth Fisher, Cheshire West PCT
3rd - 'Not Missing the Point' - A Care Pathway for Needlestick Injury - Jon Allan, Wirral Hospital NHS Trust
Highly Commended - Young & Pregnant Service - Janine Brook, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Innovative Devices and Technologies
Joint 1st- Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust - A Technology to Facilitate the Selection of Anticancer Drugs Specific to Individual Cancer Patients
Joint 1st - Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust - Medical Device for the Rehabilitation of Swallowing Disability After Stroke
3rd - Christie Hospital NHS Trust - A Software Technology Enabling 3D Modelling of Tumours
4th - South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust - A Powered Wheelchair Design
Innovative Services
1st - Wyre PCT - Prescribing Support Assistant Scheme
2nd - Manchester Mental Health and Social Care NHS Trust - SAFIRE - Swift Assessment for the Intensive Resolution of Emergencies (for Mental Health Patients Presenting in a Crisis at A&E)
3rd - Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust - A Post Diagnostic Counselling Service for People with Dementia
4th - Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust - Raising Public Awareness of Smoking and Blindness
If you are using a computer that has Flash installed click on the video above to view the highlights of the North West NHS Innovation Awards Ceremony 2008 held at the Last Drop Village Hotel, Bolton. Alternatively, if you are using a computer that has not got Flash installed click here to view details of past winners.
Highlights of North West NHS Innovation Awards 2009
Over 100 people from within the NHS, healthcare, and private sector came together last on Wednesday 11 November to celebrate the North West NHS innovation Awards 2009 at Manchester Art Gallery. Click on the video above to view highlights of the ceremony. Alternatively click here to view the winners.
Now in its seventh year the North West NHS Innovation Awards is the only scheme dedicated to rewarding North West NHS innovators. Previous year´s awards have highlighted the vast amount of innovations that are taking place and being developed in NHS Trusts across the North West. It really does show that our region is at the forefront of NHS innovation and we hope this continues.
Richard Deed, Innovation Unit Manager, TrusTECH