Nottingham’s finest health and life science innovations will be on display at a special event in Westminster next week.

Taking place on Tuesday 25 October, Nottingham in Parliament Day, organised by The University of Nottingham, will showcase and celebrate the institutions, businesses and people that make Nottingham great.

Rooms, terraces and grounds around Westminster have been booked and a festival of events has been planned celebrating all that is great about Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, including a Health and Life Sciences Innovation Showcase.

The Showcase, led by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) will bring together leading organisations in the city and county’s health and life sciences sector to display the latest innovations and developments.

• The East Midlands Academic Health Science Network will be in attendance showcasing a range of health innovations developed locally - and now being spread throughout the East Midlands and the UK.
• Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute and the Human Factors Research Group at The University of Nottingham will showcase recent collaborative research projects investigating how hospital navigation and health information technologies can benefit clinical practice and contribute to improvements in patient safety and staff wellbeing.
• Nottingham CityCare will showcase the ground-breaking Small Steps Big Changes (SSBC) programme. Nottingham CityCare are the lead organisation for this Big Lottery funded programme. SSBC is a partnership programme with parents, City Council, health and community organisations and is focused on giving children the best start in life by providing a range of activities for new and expectant mothers, and helping children’s development in their crucial first three years.
• NUH’s award-winning maternity app for expectant mums, Pocket Midwife will be on display, as well as the work of Shared Governance, a Trust-wide programme that empowers frontline staff to work together and make decisions in the interest of better patient care.
• Potter Clarkson LLP, a leading firm of European Intellectual Property Specialists, will be offering advice on all aspects of IP from patents and trademarks through to dispute resolution.
• Walgreen Boots Alliance will demonstrate its ethos of innovation - from the discovery of Ibuprofen to the development of pharmacy-led vaccinations, and from outreach to schools on children’s eye care to positive outcomes for its sore throat test and treat service. It will highlight what it is doing in Nottingham to encourage innovation and partnerships through its investment and support for Medicity, a collaboration between Boots and BioCity, an incubator designed to provide a stimulating and supportive business development environment for innovators in consumer healthcare, medical technology, diagnostics and beauty products.

NUH Chief Executive, Peter Homa will formally open the Showcase. He said: “Nottingham is a special city and has so much going for it that makes it an attractive place to live and work. It is a beacon for research and innovation and home to the development of the MRI scanner and the anti-inflammatory drug, Ibuprofen.

“Nottingham in Parliament Day provides a unique opportunity to showcase some of the best health and life science innovations that have contributed to putting Nottingham and Nottinghamshire on the map. Innovation has never been more important in the NHS.

“Many of the challenges that lie ahead cannot be solved by one organisation or by one sector alone. One of the features that sets Nottingham and Nottinghamshire apart is its effective partnership working and desire to find innovative solutions from our frontline staff that will improve the lives of current and future patients and their families for the better.”

David Pearson, Corporate Director of Adult Social Care at Nottinghamshire County Council and STP lead for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire will also speak at the event. He said: “This event will really put Nottingham on the map and celebrate the diversity of its offer across a multitude of sectors - including public services. We have a long history of collaboration and are committed to working across organisational boundaries to deliver tangible benefits to those living and working here.

“The delivery of our Sustainability and Transformation Plan for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire will cement partnership working, drive innovation in the delivery of health and care services and support the wellbeing and independence of local people. These local changes and improvements are of great importance to people who live and work in Nottinghamshire, but also national politicians and policy makers.”

NUH staff will also be taking part in two other events on the day:

• Carol McCormick, FGM Specialist Midwife will speak at the ‘City of zero tolerance to female genital mutilation’ event
• Chair Louise Scull and Consultant Clinical Engineer Beth Beeson will both speak at the ‘Future of healthcare technologies: what is the secret to getting people better, faster?’ event

Speaker of the House of Commons, Rt. Hon. John Bercow MP said: “Nottingham in Parliament day is a great idea, not only because Nottingham is such a fine city but because all parts of our country should have a stake in democratic life and public policy-making. I’m really looking forward to 25 October and the novel ways in which Nottingham can make its mark.”

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Issued by Jack Adlam, Senior Communications Manager, NUH: 0115 924 9924 ext 63763 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

NOTES FOR NEWSDESKS

The following organisations are involved in the Health and Life Sciences Innovation Showcase:

• East Midlands Academic Health Science Network
• Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute
• Nottingham CityCare
• Nottinghamshire County Council
• Nottingham Hospitals Charity
• Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Potter Clarkson LLP
• The University of Nottingham
• Walgreen Boots Alliance

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) is one of the biggest and busiest acute hospitals in England, employing 14,000 staff. They provide care to over 2.5million residents of Nottingham and its surrounding communities and specialist services to a further 3-4million people from neighbouring counties.

NUH has three main sites:

• Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) – where our Emergency Department (A&E) major trauma centre and Nottingham Children’s Hospital are located. The QMC is also home to The University of Nottingham’s School of Nursing and Medical School
• Nottingham City Hospital – where our cancer centre, heart centre and stroke services are based, and where we focus on planned care and the care of patients with long-term conditions
• Ropewalk House – where we provide a range of outpatient services, including hearing services

To find out more about NUH's hospitals, please visit www.nuh.nhs.uk.