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Regional NHS Point-of-Care 3D Printing Service

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    Professor Sheng Qi

    University of East Anglia

A scheme to set up a 3D-printing service to produce surgical equipment tailored to individual needs, in one of the region’s hospitals, as well as setting up an offsite research and development 3D Printing suite. It is hoped that this project could help patients receive treatment more quickly and help reduce costs within the NHS.

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The Point-of-Care 3D Printing Research group was awarded two grants from UEA Health and Social Care Partners in 2022 and 2023 to conduct evaluation and proof-of-concept research on setting up a regional point-of-care medical 3D printing service to serve all regional NHS hospitals.

The group used breast reconstruction surgery as an example, where in the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, approximately 200 post-mastectomy breast reconstructions are performed each year using autologous tissue from other parts of the patient's body.

Click here to read the Impact Case Studies for the POC_3DP and BEAT projectsClick here to read the BEAT Project SummaryClick here to read the Regional NHS Point-of-Care 3D Printing Report
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