Blatchford News

Blatchford Recruitment Open Evening

Join the company who are improving the lives of amputees around the world. Blatchford design and manufacture life changing mobility solutions that enable people to live their lives to the ...

Professor Saeed Zahedi named in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List

Blatchford are very pleased to announce that Professor Mir Saeed Zahedi, OBE FREng RDI FIMechE PhD, was named in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List to receive a Knighthood for his ...

Linx Scoops ‘Best Overall Winner’ at Medical Design Excellence Awards

Blatchford has been named best overall winner of the 2017 Medical Design Excellence Awards for its Linx system, the first fully integrated, microprocessor-controlled lower limb system to help ...

Blatchford Awarded Brighton Prosthetic & Orthotic Contract

The Trust provides a wide range of medical, nursing and therapeutic care to over 9,000 people a day, helping them to plan and manage their health, preventing avoidable admissions and minimising ...

Linx Limb System Named as Finalist in the 2017 US Medical Design Excellence Awards

The Linx limb system, designed and manufactured by Blatchford, has been selected as a finalist in the Rehabilitation and Assistive-Technology Products category of the 19th Annual MDEA competition ...

Marathon Success For Amputee Runners

The 2017 London Marathon has yet again filled us with inspiration and admiration for those thousands of people taking on 26.4 miles in aid of so many wonderful charities and causes. Here at ...

Blatchford Awarded Wheelchair Services Contracts in Dudley and Tameside & Glossop

Blatchford is pleased to announce the success of its joint bid with lead provider Ross Care at 2 locations; Dudley along with Tameside & Glossop Wheelchair Services. The values shared by both ...

Amputee Chris in training to run London Marathon

Following a life-changing accident in 2009, Chris Luckhurst was left with two spinal fractures and a shattered ankle. After numerous unsuccessful operations to repair his ankle, crutches and ...

Wheelchair Amnesty at Blatchford Leicester NHS Clinic

This January, the wheelchair team at The Specialist Mobility Centre in Leicester encourage wheelchair users and their families to return any unwanted or unneeded wheelchairs, special seating and ...

Blatchford re-awarded contract to provide military rehabilitation services at Headley Court

We’re pleased to confirm that we have been awarded the new contract to provide Orthotic and Prosthetic rehabilitation services at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre at Headley Court ...

Microprocessor knees to be funded through the NHS in the UK

The recent announcement of the government’s decision to approve funding for microprocessor controlled knees (MPK) will come as good news to many above knee amputees. The funding will mean that ...

Department of Health announces funding for children’s prosthetics

Limb centres around the UK are now able to apply for funding of paediatric sports and activity limbs. Up until now there has been no dedicated funding for children’s sports and activity feet, ...

Linx receives German Design Award 2017

On Monday 24th October it was announced that Linx, Blatchford’s fully integrated, microprocessor controlled lower limb system, has been awarded a German Design Award in the ‘Universal Design’ ...

From Germany to the UK: An Amputee’s 1000km Cycle Across Europe

From 8th to 13th October 2016, below knee amputee Ronny Schöniger is making an unusual journey – from Koblenz in Germany to Basingstoke – all on his bicycle! Diagnosed with muscular atrophy in ...

Blatchford Head of Research Wins Prestigious ISPO UK Award

On Saturday 1st October 2016, Dr David Moser, Head of Research at Blatchford, was awarded the prestigious George Murdoch medal by ISPO UK. David was presented with the award by ISPO President ...

Blatchford Launches New Orion3 Microprocessor Knee

Blatchford is pleased to announce the launch of Orion3, the latest microprocessor knee in the Endolite range of lower limb prosthetic components. Suitable for users who would benefit from ...

Blatchford Group Awarded Investors in People Gold

We’re pleased to announce that Blatchford has been awarded a company-wide gold ‘Investors in People’ status. In 2016, the opportunity arose to combine both Chas A. Blatchford & Sons and ...

Blatchford is awarded the Bristol Paediatric Orthotic Contract

It was announced on Friday 27th May that Blatchford has been successfully awarded the contract for the orthotic service at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. Opened in 2001 and part of the ...

Blatchford is co-ordinating partner in MovAID project

Blatchford is proud to be a co-ordinating partner of the €5.95M Horizon 2020 project MovAiD. MovAiD is a cross-disciplinary project joining a consortium of companies under Horizon 2020 EU ...

Blatchford Wins Prestigious Engineering Award

It was announced on Thursday 23rd June that Blatchford has been awarded the MacRobert Award by the Royal Academy of Engineering for its Linx prosthetic limb. Established in 1969, the prestigious ...

Blatchford announces new prosthetic blade for children – Mini BladeXT

For youngsters, life never stops. An active lifestyle needs to be fully equipped to meet the needs of the most demanding user, whether it’s going to school, spending time with friends, running, ...