Vertual, a successful Hull-based company who is dramatically cutting NHS training costs via pioneering virtual reality technology that helps improve cancer survival rates, is set to go global thanks to the dedication and determination of a team of NHS and university computer science specialists from across the region.
The system allows accelerated and safer training of clinical professionals, whilst instilling confidence and clinical experience in students:
Professor Beavis continued: “Noreen Sinclair, Principal Lecturer in Radiography at London South Bank University told me that typically it takes students about six months to become proficient in setting a patient up on a couch, but this year, following one weeks training and 2 weeks experience using VERT they were able to do this. So this is a huge benefit.”
Gaining Hull recognition on a global scale, Vertual is now taking the VERT invention international with a sales network spanning North America, Europe and Australasia and has received substantial interest from a variety of other countries – do we know which they are otherwise I would advise not putting in.
The team attributes part of the success of the project to the constant encouragement and support from the University of Hull and Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust. Their attitude and drive is resonant of the forward direction Hull is taking in all forms of regeneration including Healthcare Technologies.
John Holmes, Chief Executive at Hull Forward, the city’s Economic Development Company (EDC), said: “Hull has a flourishing and extremely innovative Healthcare Technologies sector, and Vertual is an excellent example of our key strengths in this area. Working alongside world leading companies who have operations in Hull, such as Smith and Nephew, Seven Seas and Reckitt Benckiser, as well as engagement with our SME base, Hull Forward will capitalise on the city's strengths to improve its healthcare provision and provide a driving force for the local economy."
For more information see www.vertual.co.uk