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MIMIT: How Far Have We Come?

MIMIT’s recent Away Day reestablished the MIMIT vision – and served as a reminder of just how far we’ve come.

The Away Day brought together MIMIT Site Miners and the MIMIT Team and Jackie Oldham, Director, took the opportunity to demonstrate precisely how much has been achieved. Project success has surpassed all expectations; 16 initiatives have been supported, three of which have received follow-on funding; two patents have been filed and one granted; and two CIMIT developments are to be trialled within Salford Royal Foundation Trust & Salford PCT. Funding is set to continue, with support from the NWDA and RCUK; applications for the latter's International Collaboration Award are currently being reviewed.

A close, mutually supportive relationship with NTAC, UMIP and TrusTECH has cemented a strong operational interface between MIMIT and these organisations. The MIMIT Site Miner community encompasses a wide range of expertise, giving MIMIT exclusive access to an unrivalled breadth of clinical, scientific and engineering knowledge.

The Future's Bright...
Planning has begun, in conjunction with Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, for a Surgical Technology Development Centre; and the MIMIT Industry Liaison Programme is in the development stages. With the appointment of Dr Siân Taylor and Dr Sandra Crosbie to work on the ILP, Professor Gus McGrouther as Clinical Director and more funded projects in the pipeline, the next 12 months are set to be equally as successful as the last.