Medipex NHS Innovation Awards and Showcase 2026
Friday 26 June 2026
Celebrating the innovative achievements of NHS staff and their collaborators.
On 24 June 2026, healthcare innovators and their supporters from across the UK came together online for the Medipex NHS Innovation Awards and Showcase 2026, to celebrate the outstanding innovative achievements of NHS staff who go above and beyond to improve patient care and outcomes through innovation.
The breadth of participation was reflected in entries from 24 different NHS trusts across the competition’s four NHS-led categories. The showcase celebrated 12 NHS finalists and, for the first time, five finalists in the new industry-led category, Industry led innovations to address patient safety challenges.
A highlight of the programme was a keynote address from Joanna Calvert, Senior Programme Manager at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), who shared insights into the NIHR Life Sciences Industry Hub, a new initiative to improve and increase commercial clinical trials.
Attendees also took part in a series of interactive breakout sessions covering paediatric health technology, digital health regulation, innovation adoption and common health technology development challenges. The NIHR HRC in Paediatrics and Child Health team were delighted to host one of the breakout sessions, ‘Barriers and Challenges in Paediatric Health Innovation’. The other breakout sessions were delivered by other leading innovation organisations: Medilink, Health Innovation Yorkshire and Humber and NIHR HRC in Long Term Conditions (Devices for Dignity).
Congratulations to the category winners
- Delivering Benefits Through Diagnosis and Screening – Robert Tidswell, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, for RespiraFibre: Next-Generation Breathing Monitoring to Improve Patient Care.
- Improved Treatments, Therapies and Rehabilitation – Sophie Bradshaw, Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, for SOBS: A New Model for Integrated Obesity and Bariatric Care.
- Process and Systems Innovations – Dhanushan Gnanendran, York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, for SCOre: Targeted Enhanced Bowel PrEparation Distribution.
- Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Improve Patient Outcomes – Anna Beattie, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, for Personalised and Precision Medicine in Patients with Inherited Lipid Disorders.
- Industry-Led Innovations to Address Patient Safety Challenges – Dr Ioannis Gkouzionis, Aisthesis Medical Ltd, for VIOSync SPI@AI Digital Twin for 48-Hour Sepsis Prediction.
“Once again, the judging panel was incredibly impressed by the calibre of applications and the breadth of innovation showcased in this year’s competition. A huge thank you to everyone who took the time to enter, and congratulations to all of this year’s finalists and winners.”
Lindsay Georgopoulos
CEO, Medipex
Thank you to the fantastic team at Medipex, the judging panel, and event supporters and partners for making the event a success, and congratulations to all the entrants for their commitment to improving healthcare through innovation.
To find out how Medipex can support your innovation journey, please contact enquiries@medipex.co.uk.
For more information about all finalists and winners please use the link below.
About Medipex
Medipex provide consultancy services primarily to support innovations from the idea stage through proof of concept and demonstration of efficacy and safety, for example by providing advice on intellectual property protection, market intelligence, product development planning, obtaining grant funding and commercialisation strategies as well as providing business and contractual support.