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• China Reports

  Following a mission to China in April this year, Medilink's Managing Director, Kevin Kiely has put together a full report of his findings here.

  The report follows an in-depth report from 2008 that is also available here.

• Guide to Funding: For Yorkshire & Humber Healthcare Technology Companies

  This guide has been created to provide an overview of the various types of finance and funding available, including appropriate links - this is intended as a guide only.   The guide is only available for members of our website register for FREE now.
  Click here to download a copy.

• Ingenious Britain: Making the UK the leading high tech exporter in Europe – 2010

  The UK has an innate creativity, inventiveness and competitive spirit. There is a need to harness these attributes to develop new products that create nationwide wealth.
  
  This report by John Dyson explains the five key challenges that a future Conservative government must tackle if Britain is to generate and export more technology. Very simply: Culture, Education, Exploiting Knowledge, Financing High Tech and Supporting High Tech.

  To read the report, click here - Ingenious_Britain[1]

   

• Life Sciences 2010 - Delivering the Blueprint

  The UK Life Sciences industry welcomes the publication of Life Sciences 2010, which demonstrates the real progress that has been made since Government created the Office for Life Sciences under Lord Drayson’s leadership in January 2009. The creation of the Office resulted from a summit, held by the Prime Minister, at which worldwide industry leaders set out the need for firm action to ensure that the UK retains its position as a leading player in the global industry.
  
  To download a copy of the report, click here -Life-sciences-2010-delivering-the-blueprint

   

• Life Sciences 2009 - Blueprint

  In July 2009, the Life Sciences Blueprint was published, an ambitious and comprehensive package of actions to secure the UK as the location of choice for global Life Sciences investment in the future.
  
  Working in collaboration with academia and the NHS, the Life Sciences industry develops innovative medicines and medical technologies that bring benefits to patients here and around the world. It is a strong driver of economic growth and provides highly-skilled employment.

  To download a copy of the report, click here - Life-sciences-2009-blueprint

   

• Strength and Opportunity - Dec 2009

  The landscape of the medical technology, medical biotechnology and industrial biotechnology enterprises in the UK.
  
  The collaborative work between the regional and national support networks, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), the Department of Health (DH) and UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) has led to the creation of a database of companies active in the Medical Technology, Medical Biotechnology and Industrial Biotechnology sectors across the UK.
  
  This report, the first of an annual series, analyses the information contained in the database to present a picture of the real strength in these sectors across the UK.
  
  Industry Profile Report Dec 09 

   

   

   

• High Quality Care for All: Our journey so far - June 2009

  In 2007, the Prime Minister, Chancellor and Secretary of State for Health asked Lord Darzi to lead the NHS Next Stage Review to work with patients, public and NHS frontline staff to develop a vision of an NHS fit for the 21st century.
  
  One year on from the publication of High Quality Care for All, report below highlights the progress that has been made towards embedding quality at the heart of the service.
  
  To read the report, click here - Next-stage-review