

Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CMFT) have announced a call for proposals for the CMFT Clinical Need Award 2012.
University Hospital of South Manchester continues to scope for unmet clinical needs through its partnership with MIMIT. To drive this agenda forward the Trust is launching the Mini Miner concept to increase awareness at a local level throughout the clinical areas.

Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC) has joined forces with the National Innovation Centre and the four other Academic Health Science Centres in England (Cambridge, Imperial, Kings and UCL), to scope, validate, prioritise and seek solutions to unmet healthcare needs. The first priority of the collaboration has been to address unmet healthcare needs in relation to Hospital Acquired Infection. This initiative, led jointly by Manchester: Integrating Medicine and Innovative Technology (MIMIT) and the University of Manchester Intellectual Property (UMIP) in collaboration with TrusTECH, has resulted in Manchester taking the lead in scoping unmet needs across all Academic Health Science Centres and MAHSC receiving two out of the three national funding awards made via this scheme.

Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC) and The University of Manchester sign Memorandum of Understanding with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).
David Maddison has been appointed Designer-in-Residence to UMIP and through his role supports MIMIT’s technology commercialisation process by offering advice and guidance from a product design and production perspective.
MIMIT has recently embarked on collaborations with The Edward Centre for Health Care and Research, a not for profit organization founded by Yuan Zhen UK Investment Ltd and is dedicated to improving the lives of the elderly through innovative studies focused on senior health care and well being.