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RCN CLIPS ONTO NURSES' INNOVATIONS THAT HAVE IMPROVED THE LIVES OF PATIENTS WHILST ALLOWING THE NHS TO SAVE MILLIONS OF POUNDS EACH YEAR.

Medical Devices Technology Int'l (MDTi), in association with the RCN and NHS Innovation Hubs, is to 'Showcase' medical devices based entirely on nurse and patient led innovation on 11 May 2009 at the Harrogate Conference Centre. These medical devices are 'simple' to use and understand but bring about real improvement to the frontline care of patients whilst helping to reduce infection rates and costs within the NHS.

Medical Devices Technology Int'l (MDTi), in association with the RCN and NHS Innovation Hubs, is to 'Showcase' medical devices based entirely on nurse and patient led innovation on 11 May 2009 at the Harrogate Conference Centre. These medical devices are simple to use and understand but bring about real improvement to the frontline care of patients whilst helping to reduce infection rates and costs within the NHS.

Whilst most thinking is negative in the current recessionary climate, this has not prevented forward thinking RCN Nurses and patients seeing an opportunity to bring about real changes to improving patient care. They are doing this through innovative thinking leading to the development of new medical devices that help reduce infection rates and enable more care to be undertaken within patients' homes, saving the NHS millions each year.

MDTi's Uflow product is featured today in the Daily Mail along with other health products dreamt up by patients. Click here to see the article.