Yorkshire’s trailblazing MedTech companies put the region on the map as UK leaders in innovation
The region’s burgeoning technology sector was celebrated recently when the Leeds office of law firm Mills & Reeve launched the Top Tech Yorkshire.
The response to the initiative was fantastic and a high number of entries were submitted from a diverse range of companies that are disrupting many industries, particularly those operating in the health and medical sectors.
One of the MedTech companies featured in the Top Tech Yorkshire report was Leeds-based Doc Abode whose workforce software is designed to improve urgent and primary care access.
Doc Abode is a clinically-led digital start-up founded by Dr Taz Aldawoud, a GP with years of NHS senior management experience. Doc Abode supports NHS healthcare providers to deliver more responsive, cost-effective care by safely connecting and matching a multi-disciplinary clinical workforce to NHS patient needs, in real time based on availability, proximity and expertise.
Elsewhere, Byron George, interim CEO at PCMIS (Patient Case Management Information System), hailed the region as a trailblazer for digital health technology when his company was named in the Top Tech Yorkshire.
The leading clinical data management system was developed by the University of York to support healthcare workers across the UK and Australia.
The first ‘evidence-based’ clinical system for mental health, PCMIS is designed to collect and analyse patient and service data to provide real-time information and reporting to mental health professionals.
Also featured was Synap. Founded by former medical students at Leeds Medical School, Synap is an intelligent online learning platform. The company raised £180,000 in crowdfunding to further develop the platform and has seen overwhelming demand from SMEs, corporates and educational institutions to deploy it as a white-labelled training solution for their staff, students and partners.
Among those companies that were highly commended was Medicalchain, which is a decentralised platform that enables secure, fast and transparent exchange and usage of medical data. It uses block chain technology to create user-focused electronic health records and maintains a single true version of the user’s data.
Also highly commended was ViCardio, which was setup in early 2018 to commercialise the first consumer product of its revolutionary blood pressure sensing technology. Leeds was chosen as a base to work with the rich network of tech, design, digital and other commercial partners that the region offers. The business was founded as a joint venture with Headingly-based Nephos Solutions.
Huddersfield-based Healthcare Engineering was highly commended for its SmartER products that have the potential for impacting on hundreds of millions of patient journeys and improving healthcare and accessibility while reducing cost.
Paul Johnson, corporate partner at the Leeds office of Mills & Reeve, said: “The region is acknowledged as a leader in MedTech and boasts some of the most talented and highly-skilled individuals at world leading and cutting-edge technology companies.
“While Top Tech Yorkshire was designed to celebrate the region as a growing hub for technological development, we also wanted help companies gain access to and build a network to help address some of the challenges facing companies, particularly attracting funding to commercialise their products and services.
“Top Tech Yorkshire, and our monthly networking event, Tech Tuesday, are designed to help further develop the wider tech ecosystem to enable companies to grow their network and access vital opportunities.
“We are delighted with the success of Top Tech Yorkshire and look forward to launching the initiative again next year.”
To download the Top Tech Yorkshire report, click here
