Supporters
If you are interested in supporting the Medipex NHS Innovation & Awards and Showcase, please email us to find out more. Please see below further details of the organisations who have already pledged their support for 2025:
NIHR HRC in Paediatrics and Child Health
The NIHR HRC in Paediatrics and Child Health is one of the 14 HealthTech Research Centres (HRC's) funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR). The HRCs act as centres of excellence located in leading organisations across England that work to accelerate the development of healthcare technologies to improve the effectiveness and quality of health and care services. The NIHR HRC in Paediatrics and Child Health is the only HRC dedicated to child health and paediatrics and is hosted by Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. The HRC works across academic, industrial, and clinical sectors to support the development and adoption of child health technology.
Get in touch with NIHR HRC in Paediatrics and Child Health
X: @NIHRChildrenHRC
LinkedIn: @child-health-technology-conference
Medilink North of England
Medilink are a professional association and specialist consultancy for the life science sector in the North of England. We work with industry, the NHS and academia to stimulate innovation, drive growth and improve patient care. We provide hands on expertise on product development, commercialisation, regulatory support and international market access. As part of the Medilink UK network of not-for-profit regional organisations, we are dedicated to improving healthcare and supporting tech organisations to prosper.
Get in touch with Medilink North of England
X: @MedilinkNOE
LinkedIn: @medilink-noe
https://medilink.co.uk/
Nexus Leeds
Nexus is a vibrant community for innovators and entrepreneurs with a physical base on the University of Leeds campus. We offer support to pioneering businesses that share a commitment to making a positive impact on health. Whether through digital products, medtech innovations or data-driven services with the potential to transform healthcare delivery. We introduce these businesses into Leeds' thriving health ecosystem, where we can help them research and develop products, build viable commercial propositions and open the door for wider deployment through the health services.
LinkedIn: @nexus-leeds
www.nexusleeds.co.uk
P3 Medical Ltd
P3 is a privately-owned medical device company based in Bristol which was established by Simon Talbot in 2002. The business has sales of around £7million and employs 100 people. The majority of P3’s products are single-use devices used in surgical procedures. The company supplies most acute hospitals in the UK and exports to around 60 countries worldwide. P3 has developed devices through a range of methods from in-house developments through to formal collaborations with universities, trusts and clinicians. The business also acts as an exclusive UK distributor for a number of leading international medical device companies.
X: @P3Medical
LinkedIn: @P3-medical
www.p3-medical.com/UK
Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria
Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria supports the health and care system to accelerate innovation which improves people’s health and the regional economy.
We work closely with the NENC ICS and our Member Organisations, including the NHS Trusts and Universities, across the NENC to help them identify, evaluate, adopt and disseminate transformative innovation. We work a lot with industry too, as a source of innovation and also to help industry access the expertise within the NHS that is so crucial to the development, testing and deployment of products and services that are the basis of the UK’s Life Sciences sector.
Get in touch with Health Innovation NENC
X: @HI_NENC
LinkedIn: @hi-nenc
https://healthinnovationnenc.org.uk/
Kirk Newsholme
Kirk Newsholme is a Leeds-based independent firm of Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors established over 30 years ago. Currently a team of 60+ and operating from a single office at Thorpe Park (LS15), a number of our directors have ‘large firm’ expertise but have chosen to work in a more hands-on, client-focused environment.
We provide a full range of accounting, audit, tax and financial planning services to an enviable client base dominated by owner-managed and family businesses, predominantly across the Yorkshire region.
We pride ourselves on being of a size where we can offer a full and diverse range of services whilst still maintaining exceptional levels of client service.
X: @KirkNewsholme
LinkedIn: @kirk-newsholme
www.kirknewsholme.co.uk
Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber
Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber is one of 15 health innovation networks set up by NHS England to operate as the key innovation arm of the NHS.
Across the country, we act as a bridge between health care providers, commissioners, academia and industry. By connecting these sectors, we help to build a pipeline of solutions for the NHS from research and product development through to implementation and commercialisation.
Locally we work in partnership with our regional health and care community and develop projects, programmes and initiatives that reflect the diversity and meet the needs of our local populations and health care challenges.
Get in touch with Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber
X: @HealthInnovYH
LinkedIn: @health-innovation-yorkshire-and-humber
Website: www.healthinnovationyh.org.uk
BlueSky: @healthinnovyh.bsky.social