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Medilink North West is a membership-based professional organisation with a remit to stimulate growth and innovation in the medical and health technology sector throughout the North West. It is part of Medilink UK, a national network of Medilink partners working to improve innovation and technology transfer in the UK healthcare sector.

Medilink North West offers its members a practical portfolio of business support initiatives including support to convert new ideas into profitable new products, assistance with regulatory affairs, grant funding initiatives, bid writing, equity investment, NHS procurement, collaborative research, project management and a host of networking opportunities.

 

 

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  • Right-to-die case wins first step
    Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:19:59 GMT

    A man who is almost completely paralysed has won the first step in his legal bid to pursue his right-to-die.

  • Babies' brains 'show autism risk'
    Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:01:45 GMT

    It may be possible to detect autism at a much earlier age than previously thought, say researchers.

  • Government escapes NHS rebellion
    Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:22:10 GMT

    The government appears to have escaped a rebellion by the medical establishment over its controversial NHS reforms in England.

  • Breast implant boss faces charges
    Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:36:48 GMT

    The owner of a French breast implant maker at the centre of an international safety scare faces charges of "involuntary injury", his lawyer says.

  • Carers 'missing out on support'
    Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:20:58 GMT

    Carers are missing out on "vital" support, a survey for cancer charity Macmillan Cancer Support suggests.

  • More men 'have oral cancer virus'
    Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:27:16 GMT

    Oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is more common among men than women, leading to an increased risk for men of head and neck cancers, a US study suggests.

  • Heart attack deaths have halved
    Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:12:12 GMT

    The death rate from heart attacks in England has halved in the last decade, says an Oxford University study.

  • Abbott quits MPs' abortion group
    Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:14:58 GMT

    Shadow health minister Diane Abbott has resigned from a cross-party group on counselling given to pregnant women by abortion providers.

  • Alcohol deaths increase slightly
    Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:18:09 GMT

    Alcohol related deaths in the UK have increased slight between 2009 and 2010, according to official figures.

  • Bid to stop doctor gagging orders
    Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:21 GMT

    Doctors are being told they can no longer sign contracts that contain gagging orders, in new guidance issued by the medical regulator.

  • Fears grow over NHS plans future
    Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:23:49 GMT

    A series of talks between ministers and medical leaders have been taking place as concerns mount about the overhaul of the NHS in England.

  • NHS 'must back genetic medicine'
    Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:39:07 GMT

    Putting genetic testing at the heart of the NHS could herald a "revolution" in diagnosing, treating and preventing disease, according to the government's genetics adviser.

  • Idea men feel more pain 'a myth'
    Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:30:09 GMT

    Women appear to be more sensitive to pain for certain illnesses, such as neck pain and sinusitis, according to a study of 72,000 US patients.

  • Sextuplet shock for Afghan woman
    Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:10:25 GMT

    A woman in northern Afghanistan gives birth to sextuplets, despite being unaware she was carrying more than one child.

  • Foetus parties: Womb with a view?
    Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:31:22 GMT

    Prof Cathy Warwick, chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives, outlines her fears about the "commercialisation of childbirth"

  • VIDEO: Contaminated drugs given to 40,000
    Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:08:00 GMT

    More than 100 people have died in Lahore after taking contaminated heart medicine, Pakistan officials have said.

  • AUDIO: Carers 'missing out on support'
    Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:58:29 GMT

    A woman who cares for her husband and son who both have cancer told Radio 5 live that she does not receive enough support.

  • VIDEO: '£6,000 to replace my burst PIP implants'
    Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:42:30 GMT

    Debbie Lewis had her PIP breast implants removed after they ruptured and leaked

  • VIDEO: Soldier's mind-control bionic op
    Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:07:38 GMT

    A Tyneside soldier travels to Austria for the first stage of a process to fit him with a bionic arm he will be able to control with his mind.

  • VIDEO: Rise in Pakistan heart drug deaths
    Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:01:58 GMT

    More than 100 people have now died in Lahore after taking contaminated heart medicine, Pakistan officials have said.

  • AUDIO: Could lack of vitamin D be behind Sids cases?
    Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:19:16 GMT

    The Today programme's Andrew Hosken reports concerns have been raised that a deficiency in vitamin D could have a connection to sudden infant death syndrome.

  • VIDEO: Injured soldiers to climb Everest
    Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:57:11 GMT

    A group of injured soldiers are training to climb Mount Everest for the charity Walking With The Wounded

  • VIDEO: Cameron defends NHS reforms
    Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:35:00 GMT

    The prime minister has defended the government's NHS reforms saying they had the support of thousands of GPs across the country.

  • 'I used to cry with pain at work'
    Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:34:55 GMT

    'The operation that saved me from enduring pain'

  • PIP - one woman's story
    Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:49:04 GMT

    Medical correspondent Fergus Walsh hears why Debbie Lewis chose implants

  • Should all skiers wear helmets?
    Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:59:23 GMT

    Do helmets keep skiers safer - or make them complacent?

  • Call for vitamin D infant death probe
    Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:06:15 GMT

    How vitamin D deficiency might explain some deaths

  • Stem cell excitement but way to go
    Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:53:08 GMT

    'There's a long way to go before there's talk about miracle treatments'

  • 'I was treated by insulin pioneer'
    Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:26:36 GMT

    How a medical milestone of the 1920s has saved tens of thousands of people

  • 'I have never been able to eat'
    Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:54:11 GMT

    The boy whose gut doesn't accept normal food

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