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VentilatorChallengeUK has been honoured with a President's Special Award for Pandemic Service by the Royal Academy of Engineering. These are exceptional examples of engineering in the service of society in the context of pandemic challenges. Renishaw is proud to have played its part in this tremendous endeavour. #ventilatorchallengeuk #covid #ventilators https://lnkd.in/gzqpfHT

If you're interested in how VentilatorChallengeUK managed to compress 20 years of ventilator production into just 12 weeks, then check out this great online resource that tells our story. #VentilatorChallengeUK #covid_19 #ventilators https://lnkd.in/gSMRuTA

Proud to report that VentilatorChallengeUK has completed its mission to dramatically boost the NHS's ventilator capacity. In just three months, we have: - Scaled-up the Penlon Ltd ESO2 Emergency Ventilator and the Smiths Medical paraPAC Plus production - Established, from scratch, seven new large-scale manufacturing facilities - Assembled and tested 14,000 sophisticated medical devices - Reached peak production of over 400 devices in a single day - more the six months' worth of normal supply - Set up new parallel supply chains, manufacturing and acquiring around 42 million parts and electronic components - Achieved full MHRA approval for the Penlon ESO2 device in just three weeks, - Recruited and trained a 3,500 front-line assembly team in a new age of social distancing An amazing team effort, led by Dick Elsy CBE, with huge commitment and collaboration from the best of British industry. Thanks to the superb team at Renishaw for playing their part. #covid_19 #ventilatorchallengeuk

Wonderful to see Lily Joyce being recognised for her outstanding work in coordinating Renishaw's activities within the VentilatorChallengeUK consortium. Thanks to her and the brilliant engineers who worked 7 days a week to get vital components made in record time. #ventilatorchallengeuk #covid_19 #renishaw

Check out this article in The Engineer about how Renishaw, Jaguar Land Rover and Protolabs have responded to the challenges of the #covid_19 pandemic. https://lnkd.in/gerXchk

Is the UK death rate about to fall below normal levels? The lastest weekly data for deaths in England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics shows that total 'excess' deaths are now fewer than the total number of deaths 'with Covid', implying that fewer people are dying of other causes. Could this be explained by #covid_19 bringing forward the death of some vulnerable elderly people, who might otherwise now be dying from other causes? If so, as Covid deaths hopefully recede in the weeks ahead, it is possible that we might see a period when total death rates fall below their normal level - this has already happened in hospitals. A longer-term concern will be the impact of missed diagnosis and life-prolonging treatments during the covid crisis, which may trigger a higher death rate later in the year. Check out https://lnkd.in/eGtFkVp for commentary on the impact of such 'mortality displacement'.

Care home death rates have fallen back but remain more than double the seasonal norm. The latest death statistics for England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics for the week ending 1st May show that we are past the peak, with hospital deaths now just 18% above the seasonal average. Care homes, however, are still seeing death rates nearly 150% above the norm, albeit mercifully lower than previous weeks. #covid_19