HEALTHCARE INNOVATION SHORTLISTED FOR NATIONAL AWARD

An innovation that could save doctors time and give patients access to clear, accurate and personalised information about their care has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award.

Medscribe is the brainchild of Nottingham man Dr Henry James, who learnt to code as a hobby. The Medscribe platform uses AI to transform doctor’s notes into patient-friendly documentation at the click of a button.

Henry, 24, recently graduated from the University of Nottingham, where he developed the idea with support from Dr Matthew Tranter from Birmingham and Volodymyr Chapman from Melton Mowbray.

Henry said: “The idea behind Medscribe came from Matt and I’s experience as doctors. We both share the same frustrations with the amount of paperwork we’re required to do, the clunky computer systems we use, and the impact this has on our patients.

“Colleagues we shared it with really liked it, so I continued working on it, got a couple of smart friends on board and we started a business as a result.

“The impact of Medscribe is clear – doctors who have tried our product agree that it would save them time, reduce their cognitive load, and allow them to send patients home with more accurate, personalised, information regarding their care. Patients will be able to receive information about their health more quickly, and in language that is easy to understand.”

After participating in the University of Nottingham’s Ingenuity Impact and winning a prize in their enterprise competition, with prizes provided by EIBF, Henry and the team will now compete against nine other teams from across the UK in EIBF’s Champion of Champions Competition.

The Champion of Champions grand final will take place at the Royal Academy of Engineering on Friday 8 November, where the Medscribe team will compete for a share of the £16,500 prize pot, providing vital seed money to help winners develop their innovation.

Winners will also receive mentoring from business leaders who are members of the Sainsbury Management Fellows network, plus CV packages from PurpleCV and entrepreneurial books from Cambridge University Press and Double your Price, an award-winning book by David Falzani MBE, which covers how pricing works with practical insights, tools and actionable guidance.

The event, hosted by TV presenter and engineer Rob Bell, is the culmination of a year of EIBF-sponsored enterprise competitions held across UK universities, with thousands of undergraduate and graduates taking part.

Each year, EIBF champions business education for engineers and supports universities by giving them grants to award prizes to engineering students who develop ideas that can make a positive impact on society.

On being shortlisted for the grand final, Henry said: “Being in the Champion of Champions Competition is a great opportunity for us to meet other interesting founders, experienced mentors, and put our work to the test against some other great technical startups.”

Claire Mulholland, Director of Ingenuity Impact, said: “We are delighted to hear the news of Henry’s success progressing onto the Champion of Champions Competition – such an inspiring entrepreneur with impact at the heart of his idea. We wish him every success with this next pitch and I am pleased Ingenuity Impact could help kickstart this exciting journey for Medscribe.”