Six inspired inventions by doctors

Peter Watt and Professor Andrew Weeks with a LifeStart Trolley prototype (left) and the finished product (right). Credit: Professor Andrew Weeks

By Beth Roberts

Innovation is at the heart of improving healthcare - here are six recent health inventions developed by UK doctors.

Doctors across the UK work tirelessly to improve their patients’ lives. But spotting a clinical problem, and inventing a device, app or software to solve it, can help improve hundreds of thousands of patient outcomes in one go.