Leeds tech trio create a pioneering tool

Students at a Leeds school have created a tool that could be used in the NHS.

Qiyu Cai, Mehul Patel and Dom Wood, all 16, from Ralph Thoresby School in Adel, designed and built the innovative computer-operated NHS Smartcard testing rig in the classroom with support from an engineer at the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).

TECH: HSCICs Brett Jackson, Qiyu Cai, Andy Smith, headteacher Will Carr, Dom Wood and Mehul Patel.placeholder image
TECH: HSCICs Brett Jackson, Qiyu Cai, Andy Smith, headteacher Will Carr, Dom Wood and Mehul Patel.

Andy Smith, head of technology at Ralph Thoresby, said: “It’s been great for the students that have been involved. It has given them an opportunity to work with a live client, so they can grow in confidence and experience, and consider possible future career options.”

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