London's Top NHS Innovators Announced

19 November 2008

London's top NHS Innovators were announced on Thursday 30th October at the NHS Innovator London Awards 2008. The winners were selected, from a short list of 5 per category, by an independent judging panel hand picked for their special expertise. Of the entries this year, David Chilvers, Chief Executive of NHS Innovations London said "We have been stunned by the quality and growth this year to 121 entries with 35 Trusts participating. The judges had a very difficult task ni selected the winners for each Category. These projects are a shining example of the first class innovation taking place in London NHS Trusts".

The NHS Innovator Awards are designed to reward individuals who constantly strive to provide a better service for patients whether through new advances in technology or new products to improve the level of patient care. The evening, held at Cafe de Paris in London, was hosted by Paul Dickenson, the BBC's Olympic commentator and the expert judging panel included Paul Marcun, Managing Director, Ethicon-Endo surgery; Dr Keith Powell, CEO, Polytherics Ltd; Kevin J Dean, Managing Director, Publich Healthcare Internet Business, Cisco Systems Inc; Peter FitzGerald, Managing Director, Randox Laboratories Limited; Angela Greatley, Chief Executive, Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health; and Richard Marley, Publishing Director, Academic and Professional Books Divison, Cambridge University Press. Randox Laboratories also kindly sponsored the event.

The Innovator of the Year Award was presented by Paul Corrigan, Director of Strategy & Commissioning for NHS London who commented "As a world City, London is a well spring for innovations in a whole host of different aspects of economic and social relationships. Health and health services are an important prt of that innovation and the promise of the NHS and its belief in health care for all means that we need to ensure that the fruits of innovation are not just shared with few but with everyone".

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And the winners were:

Medical Devices

Percutaneous Implantable Cardiac Support (PICS)

Professor Theodosios Alexander, Professor Martin Rothman & Dr Thomas Keeble

Barts and The London NHS Trust

ICT & Software

FRED & FREDA

Richard Webber, Paul Webster, Bill Fairclough & Rony Zaman

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Therapeutics & Drug Delivery

Radiolabelled Drug Production Service

Dr Will Drake

Barts and The London NHS Trust

Books, Interactive Media & Health Education

The Listen Ear Programme

Claire Topping, Karen Rowe, Janette Goss & Kirilly Woodroffe

Mental Health

Heart on Their Sleeves

Anthony Scrafton, Brenda McHugh & Neil Dawson

Medical Diagnostics & Laboratory

5-Fluorouracil (5FU) Pharmacogenetics

Dr Anthony Marinaki & Purine Team

Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

and..

INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR

FRED & FREDA

Richard Webber, Paul Webster, Bill Fairclough & Rony Zaman

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

For a full list of nominations visit our decidated NHS Innovator London Awards page