The region’s most pioneering health sector organisations have had their achievements recognised at the Medilink North of England Healthcare Business Awards 2019.
The event, held at the Hilton Leeds City, celebrated the outstanding achievements made across the North of England from healthcare organisations. Areas of commendation included export, innovation, partnership with the NHS and academia and business growth.
Health Innovation Manchester, the Innovation Agency and the Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network were headline sponsors of the evening and individual awards were also sponsored by Nexus (University of Leeds), HGF and Baxter Hoare Travel. Networking booklets were sponsored by Grow MedTech.
The winners are as follows:
Innovation Award – Trio Healthcare
Export Achievement Award - Paxman
Advances in Digital Healthcare Award - Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Primary Care Award – Damibu
Acute Care Award – Sky Medical Technology
Start Up Award – NeedleSmart
Partnership with Academia Award – Femeda
Outstanding Achievement Award - Steeper Group
Vanessa Stainthorpe of HGF presents Lloyd Pearce of Trio Healthcare with the Innovation Award.
Kevin Kiely, Chief Executive Officer of Medilink North of England, said: “I’d like to congratulate all of those shortlisted for our awards this year and especially the winners.”
“The hard work of these companies has a huge impact in the region’s economic growth, affecting the health and well-being of the general public, and delivering transformative healthcare.”
Winners of the Medilink North of England Healthcare Awards 2019 will be put forward as nominees for the Medilink UK Awards where they will compete against finalists from across the UK wide Medilink network. The Medilink UK Awards will be held on 15th May 2019 at the MedTech Innovation Expo.
