Mersey Burns is a free clinical tool for calculating burn areapercentages, prescribing fluids using Parkland, background fluidsand recording patients' details. It was developed by specialist andconsultant plastic surgeons and experts in burns management. MerseyBurns is regulated in the UK by the MHRA and is CE marked forconformance as a medical device. In 2011 Mersey Burns won anExcellence in Innovation prize at the NHS North West HealthInnovation Awards. It has been presented at the British BurnsAssociation and the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructiveand Aesthetic Surgeons and covered by BBC online, TV, radio, theDaily Mirror, the Universities of Manchester and Liverpool andcountless technology and medical professional news sources.