{"id":62558,"date":"2015-10-07T11:12:13","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T11:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=befeb8c6e2b4384c9ca74ae89cb4a8d9"},"modified":"2015-10-07T11:12:13","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T11:12:13","slug":"news-story-showcasing-the-best-of-nhs-innovation-to-overseas-health-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=62558","title":{"rendered":"News story: Showcasing the best of NHS innovation to overseas health leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>At NHS England\u2019s recent <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/expo\/\">Health and Care Innovation Expo<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/people\/jeremy-hunt\">Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP<\/a>, Secretary of State for Health and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/people\/george-freeman\">George Freeman MP<\/a>, Minister for Life Sciences joined Healthcare UK in welcoming 2 overseas delegations. These were led by Mexico\u2019s Vice Minister of Health and the Health Minister from New Delhi\u2019s regional government. <\/p>\n<p>These senior decision-makers had the unique chance to see the best of NHS innovation under one roof at the Expo and visit Manchester\u2019s outstanding healthcare facilities.<\/p>\n<p>They saw first-hand how clinical services are provided in the UK, in both hospitals and primary care. <\/p>\n<p>NHS hospital trusts including Salford Royal, Central Manchester, South Manchester and the Christie Hospital had the opportunity to showcase their distinctive expertise and develop relationships at the highest level.  <\/p>\n<p>Both countries are prioritising the development of their primary care systems and the visitors explored the UK\u2019s world-leading primary care service at Boundary House Medical Centre.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dr Paul Gray welcomes Mexico's Vice Minister for Health Eduardo Gonzales Pier and Ministry of Health colleagues to the Boundary House Medical Centre\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/44666\/NHSExp-3.jpg\"><\/div><figcaption>Dr Paul Gray (left) welcomes Mexico&#8217;s Vice Minister for Health Eduardo Gonzales Pier and Ministry of Health colleagues to the Boundary House Medical Centre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The delegation also visited the Innovation Centre at Manchester University, hosted by Manchester Medical School\u2019s Professor of Genetics Gillian Wallis.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Prof Gillian Wallis with the Mexican delegation at Manchester Innovation Cent\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/44665\/NHS_EXPO_2.jpg\"><\/div><figcaption>Prof Gillian Wallis (centre) with the Mexican delegation at Manchester Innovation Centre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p>Healthcare UK has a programme of events to capitalise on the growing opportunities for UK expertise in the rapidly developing healthcare markets in India and Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:healthcare.uk@ukti.gsi.gov.uk\">Register your interest<\/a> to find out more about the Healthcare UK missions to these countries planned for February 2016.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"more-about-mexico\">More about Mexico<\/h3>\n<p>Read UKTI\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/exporting-to-mexico\/exporting-to-mexico\">guidance on doing business in Mexico<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/uk-and-mexico-celebrate-closer-economic-and-academic-ties-during-mexico-state-visit\">State Visit<\/a> in March this year, Mexico and the UK signed a memorandum of understanding on healthcare cooperation. Areas for cooperation include primary care, infrastructure, clinical services and health systems development.<br \/>\n2015 has been designated as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/world-location-news\/2015-the-year-of-mexico-in-the-uk-and-the-uk-in-mexico\">The Year of the UK in Mexico and The Year of Mexico in the UK<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"more-about-india\">More about India<\/h3>\n<p>Read our <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/healthcareuk.blog.gov.uk\/2015\/03\/13\/india-mission-cements-relations\/\">blog<\/a> on Healthcare UK\u2019s work to help organisations develop business in India<\/p>\n<p>Read UKTI\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/exporting-to-india\/exporting-to-india\">guidance on doing business in India<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International delegations visit Manchester to see outstanding British healthcare innovation and make connections with leading institutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62558"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}