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NHS Innovations East - another Outstanding Year of Innovations - Rewarded at the Awards Dinner | 16 April 2008

TV personality and well known General practitioner - Dr Phil Hammond compared the Annual Innovation Awards Dinner of NHS Innovations East, held this year in the American Aircraft Museum - Imperial War Museum, Duxford.

Twelve outstanding innovations, covering technology through to service delivery improvements were recognised as 200 distinguished guests gathered to celebrate Innovation in the NHS. Professor Alan Barrell, Chairman of NHS Innovations East welcomed Healthcare and Industry Leaders, including sponsors, Executives from the Strategic Health Authority, numbers of Chairman=en of NHS Trusts, including Dr Mary Archer from Addenbrooke's NHS Trust. Dr Maire Smith, Director of Innovation in the NHS Institute of Innovation and the South Cambridgeshire MP - Andrew Lansley, who is front bench opposition spokesman on Health were also present. Dr Neal McKay, Chief Executive of the Regional Strategic Health Authority paid tribute to Dr Peter Blenkinsop, CEO of NHS Innovations East and his team for the work done region wide in support of Innovation, Creativity and Quality in the NHS - at all levels. He also cited the regional Strategy for Health which is led by EEDA the Regional Health Authority. Dr Blenkinsop thanked all the "Innovators" - and remarked on the increasing quality of ideas coming forward each year. Sponsors included Siemens Medical, Smith and Nephew, Mills-Reeve, Boston Scientific, Barker Brettell and others. Sponsor representatives handed the awards to winners following short videos showing the inventions of the 20 finalists.

Detailed information about the Awards of NHS Innovations 2008 can be found on the website - www.HEE.org.uk. The website also has detailed information about the work of the organisation and the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.