NHS demands solutions. Small UK manufacturers hold the answers. What’s the missing link?

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English - April 13, 2020 15:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MB
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Tim Lightfoot talks about how his team at Kesslers are working directly with clinicians to create simple-designed, low-cost devices that can be manufactured quickly to protect NHS workers.

Small manufacturers around the UK have viable solutions to support the NHS. Their voices are not being heard and they are not being utilised. Lightfoot puts a spotlight on why the governments current strategy of using high-end large manufacturers may not be working, and why the media and government need to highlight the amazing high-impact work that is being done by small British designers and manufacturers around the UK.

Are you a British manufacturer supporting the NHS? We'd love to hear your story. Email me at [email protected]

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