CareLoop is a digital tool developed by The University of Manchester with NHS clinicians and people with lived experience to help prevent mental health crises and relapse. A mobile app and clinician dashboard enable users to track daily wellbeing while care teams identify early warning signs and provide timely support. Clinical trials show it is safe, effective and supports preventative care, helping reduce pressure on inpatient services. Now advancing through CareLoop Health, the innovation is being adopted more widely, with NHS rollout and international pilots supporting its continued development and role in improving equitable access to care.

Imprinted Diagnostics, a University of Manchester spinout, has created a diagnostic device designed to redefine emergency cardiac care by delivering rapid, lab quality diagnostics at the point of need. The portable device delivers accurate troponin readings from a finger prick in under 30 minutes, dramatically reducing patient waiting times in emergency and critical care settings. By eliminating the need for external lab processing, frontline clinicians can make faster, life-saving decisions. After successful early tests on 50 patient samples, Imprinted Diagnostics is now preparing to scale up development, supported by a £75,000 UnitM innovation award from the University. 

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The University of Manchester is the permanent home of the Infected Blood Inquiry Memorial, which honours the more than 30,000 people who were infected with HIV, Hepatitis and vCJD after receiving contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s. Its presence at the University will support research, teaching and public engagement, particularly in areas relating to patient safety, ethical practice in healthcare, trust, and health inequalities. Through exhibitions, teaching programmes and public events the memorial will remain accessible to the public, helping to ensure that the experiences of those affected continue to be heard and understood.  

This project involves pharmacy undergraduates delivering assessed core curriculum public engagement workshops to high school pupils. Workshops covers a variety of public health topics relevant to 14–16 year-olds such as Antibiotic Resistance, Alcohol, Diabetes, Mental Health & Sexual Health Awareness.

Through the Building Bridges Project, we organise community gatherings across different venues in South Manchester to explore how to foster social cohesion and tackle hate crime. These events aim to bring together diverse communities, creating safe spaces to listen, share experiences, and build understanding. These local gatherings have enabled community members, including asylum seekers and Muslim residents, who were particularly affected by the unrest, to share their stories, hopes and fears, exploring how grassroots leaders can lead challenging but constructive conversations within their communities. To support this work, we facilitated mediated dialogue training for 20 local leaders involved in the project. The training, delivered by the Peace Collective, helped participants develop the skills needed to hold respectful and inclusive discussions on complex social issues. 

We’re driving healthcare reform in India and helping to implement standardised treatment plans for cancers, including acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in children. Starting with the Tata Medical Centre (TMC) in Kolkata, we are helping to increase the provision and capacity of cancer care in the region, along with enhancing the skills of the clinical workforce. Survival rates subsequently rose from 65% in 2014 to 80% in 2019. This approach was a catalyst for change in India, which now boasts a national network of cancer centres linked by modern practices and standardised treatment.

Our No Time to Waste sustainability platform makes it easy and rewarding for staff and students to build sustainable habits. Users are rewarded green points, that lead to monthly prizes, for logging sustainable activities. To further encourage sustainable habits our travel app CommuteUoM is designed to make low-carbon commuting easier by helping staff and students to carpool safely, plan public transport routes and more.

The University has been awarded the University Mental Health Charter Award from Student Minds – the UK’s student mental health charity. The UMHC Award is a voluntary accreditation scheme that supports universities to understand their areas of strength and development to inform ongoing improvement in mental health and wellbeing, recognising good practice along the way.