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INNOVATION SHOWCASE: IN THE COMMUNITY – BY SOUTH TYNESIDE AND SUNDERLAND NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

The South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust's innovation team is organising an event which will bring together NHS staff and all stakeholders engaged in community health services, such as charities, companies, researchers and patient groups, to learn about innovative initiatives in the community healthcare. The event will include exciting innovations that will have benefit to…

YORKSHIRE OPTICIANS TO TACKLE SHORTSIGHTEDNESS WITH INNOVATIVE EYEWEAR

The Yorkshire branches of an opticians have launched new contact lenses which will help sufferers of shortsightedness, also known as myopia. The lenses can be worn overnight and aim to reshape the cornea itself to ensure day-long clear vision, while MiSight daily disposables could correct the existing condition and the peripheral de-focus. Orto-K contact are…

SURE HEALTHCARE PARTNERS WITH AUTISM PLUS

A Hull-based healthcare provider and recruitment agency, Sure Healthcare, has partnered with Autism Plus, a charity supporting people with learning disabilities, mental health conditions and complex needs. The company will provide a dedicated team of consultants to meet the care needs for the charity, supplying a range of staff at assisted living facilities across the North of…

ALPHABIOLABS INVESTS £400K IN PRENATAL PATERNITY TESTS

AlphaBiolabs, the Warrington-based innovative lab, has invested £400,000 in additional laboratory equipment to meet soaring demand for its non-invasive prenatal paternity test. Its latest investment includes technology capable of new-generation DNA sequencing, and instrumentation which amplifies the visibility of DNA segments for analysis. In addition to anxious pregnant women seeking to learn the identity of their unborn…