Healthcare businesses across the North of England are celebrating being named as winners of the Medilink Healthcare Business Awards 2021.
In association with Insider, these awards recognise the achievements of health sector organisations in what has been an extraordinary year.
Introducing the awards, which were held virtually this year, Kevin Kiely, chief executive of Medilink North of England, said: “Today’s ceremony is all about applauding the success of our life science industry. It gives us the opportunity to stop, and reflect on some of the great things that been achieved over the last year – not all Covid-related. So, I would like to congratulate all our shortlisted companies and those employees that have worked so hard to achieve in some cases what was considered the impossible.”
Partnership with Academia
Winner: AI Rehab with University of Central Lancashire
AI Rehab designs and manufactures remote monitoring wearables for patients with hip and knee conditions. It was developed by a surgeon who tapped into mentoring from UCLan to help to turn his business idea into reality.
Shortlisted:
Itecho Health with Nexus
University of Manchester with Reason Digital
AMAP: Institute for Automotive and Manufacturing Advanced Practice
AWRC: Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre – Sheffield Hallam University
Brandon Medical with University of Huddersfield
This year’s judging panel was:
Gareth Lloyd-Jones, board chair, Medilink
Kevin Kiely, chief executive officer, Medilink North of England
James Lawford-Davies, partner, Hill Dickinson
Josephine Dixon-Hardy, director of Medical Technologies Innovation, University of Leeds
Paul Hatton, director of research for the School of Clinical Dentistry at the University of Sheffield
Michael Kipping, innovation lead, Innovate UK, part of UK Research & Innovation
Neville Young, director of enterprise & innovation, Yorkshire and Humber AHSN
Heath Snyder, partner, FRP Advisory
Vanessa Stainthorpe, partner, HGF
Headline sponsors of the Medilink Healthcare Business Awards are Health Innovation Manchester, the Innovation Agency, Yorkshire & Humber AHSN, and the North East and North Cumbria Academic Health Science Network. For more about the event, click here.
