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26 #1 in Prevention & Treatment
Frontier Medical Group Celebrating with Local Partners In February, the WWIL Team attended a ceremony to open the new Head Office of the Frontier Medical Group and celebrated the company’s 50th anniversary. Professor Keith Harding, along with the then Economy Minister, Edwina Hart, were invited to the ceremony, in recognition of the close partnership with Frontier. The organisation has evolved into a leading local employer and an innovator in the medical devices industry. At the event, Professor Keith Harding said “We have a relationship with Frontier that goes back nearly 20 years as we worked together on developing and proving the clinical efficacy of the Repose® products. All the team at the Welsh Wound Innovation Centre look forward to this relationship continuing as we work together to develop clinically effective products to reduce the prevalence of pressure ulcers.” Direct Healthcare Services WWIL has also had a strong collaboration with Direct Healthcare Services, and were delighted at the news that they earned royal recognition with a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation for their Intelligent Pressure Care Management solution. The Queen’s Award for Enterprise is the highest official UK award for British businesses, and to win the award businesses must demonstrate outstanding commercial success and a unique approach to a invention, service or product. Receiving the award, Graham Ewart, Managing Director, said: “Delivering genuine innovation that makes a real difference to both patients and the lives of our hardworking healthcare professionals is at the very heart of everything we do, so we are incredibly honoured to receive such a prestigious award. We are even more proud that our solution has been of huge benefit to the NHS, helping patients and saving valuable time and resources.” WWIL worked successfully with Direct Healthcare Services as part of the Care Home project, and look forward to continued partnership work in the future. Leading the Field in Wound Prevention & Treatment 27
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