IN his final business visit before the General Election, Shipley MP Philip Davies caught up with developments at the Advanced Digital Institute in Salts Mill.

ADI chief executive John Eaglesham said Mr Davies was shown several pioneering technology projects designed to improve healthcare, including PainSense and Meds Companion.

The Painsense service includes a set of apps and services to provide better support for chronic pain sufferers and will be deployed from next month across Leeds. The apps are integrated with NHS systems allowing healthcare professionals to digitally monitor patient progress and deliver improved patient outcomes.

“The PainSense service is being welcomed by many health commissioners across the NHS, as it starts to provides clinicians with more options and resources to help chronic pain sufferers,” said Mr Eaglesham.

Meds Companion is a smartphone and tablet tool which has been developed to reduce the number of patients not taking their prescribed medicine.

It reminds patients follow their prescribed medication regime in a move which will also help save NHS cash.

ADI was launched in 2006 with funding from Bradford Council, Yorkshire Forward, the Airedale Partnership and the EU Regional Fund. Since then it has become a commercially-financed operation which now has 23 staff developing electronic and digital products for the global market.

Mr Eaglesham said ADI’s support for technology put it on the cusp of major commercial developments.

He said: “ The Government wants to improve the way the health service operates; people and companies are increasingly concerned about rising energy costs, we have an ageing population which means demands on carers will increase.

“ADI is home to or works with people and companies that are developing solutions in these areas which will help revolutionise the way we live.”