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advanced care technologies act an rd and knowledge transfer programme in south yorkshire, england

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advanced care technologies act an rd and knowledge transfer programme in south yorkshire, england

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    1. Advanced Care Technologies (ACT) An R&D and Knowledge Transfer Programme in South Yorkshire, England

    6. South Yorkshire Advanced Care Technologies Project Overall aim: To enable South Yorkshire (SY) companies to benefit from a fast expanding, world market for assistive and telecare technologies (ATT) Objectives: 1 To create and develop new care and support products and delivery systems along with new applications 2 To work with the companies to raise the effectiveness and user acceptability of existing ATT products 3 To provide existing businesses with market intelligence to enter new markets 4 To stimulate increased investment in research and development within the region and its businesses.

    7. Partner Organisations Tunstall Group Ltd - the world's leading manufacturer and provider of personal and home reassurance telecare solutions and response centre systems Toby Churchill Ltd - leading manufacturer of portable communication and environmental control aids for people of all ages with speech and physical disability Madhouse Software Productions Ltd - develops and retails software for applications that assist the severely physically disabled and elderly people Clark and Partners Ltd – runs ‘Mobility and Age Care Centres’ as a retailer and servicing company Sheffcare Ltd and Humberside Independent Care Association Ltd - residential care providers BASE (British Association for Service to the Elderly), Age Concern (Yorkshire) and Help the Aged (Northern England) - organisations that advocate for and support local initiatives to improve care and support of older people

    8. Assistive products for people with disabilities The Living in Britain survey showed that 8 per cent of the 42 million adults aged 16+ years reported some form of mobility problem. This proportion rises rapidly for people aged over 65 years, and for men and women aged 85 and over reaches 50 and 65 per cent. One-half of all mobility aids were purchased privately. Office of Fair Trading, May 2004, p. 5, http://www.statistics.gov.uk

    9. Yorkshire Forward, the UK government’s regional development agency, has recently identified the Healthcare Technologies Cluster as a priority area for investment. It recognises the diverse range of activity in a number of key healthcare technology sectors in the region. These include broad-ranging R&D, manufacturing and related supporting activity across: The medical devices industry, including Surgical instruments Implantable devices Medical and assistive equipment Medical consumables Prosthetics and orthotics The pharmaceutical industry (including biopharma) Nutraceuticals and functional foods

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