What does the 10 year plan mean for digital?
The government’s 10 year health plan for the NHS includes several new polices around digital and technology, such as the planned roll out of My Health, a new tool for the NHS App that…
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Digital health sector reacts to NHS 10 year health plan
The government officially launched its long-awaited NHS 10 year health plan today, setting out an ambition for the NHS to be ‘digital by default’.
Suppliers and think tanks in the UK health technology sector welcomed…
NICE welcomes the equal treatment of health tech with medicines
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has welcomed the inclusion of a rules-based pathway for medical technologies in the government’s NHS 10 year health plan.
The new approach is intended to…
NHS will be ‘digital by default’ under 10 year health plan
Prime Minister Keir Starmer will launch the government’s 10 year health plan today by setting out an ambition for the NHS to be ‘digital by default’.
Under the plan, the majority of outpatient care will…
Lifeyear raises £2.4m for remote patient management platform
(L to R) Lifeyear co-founders Siim Saare, Dr Eleanor Wicks and Timo Mitt (Credit: Lifeyear)
UK-Estonian health technology start-up Lifeyear has raised €2.8 million (£2.4m) to launch its remote patient management platform for cardiovascular…
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Allied health professionals must be proactive and ‘seek out’ AI
Allied health professionals (AHPs) should not wait for AI to come to them, write physiotherapists Christopher Efford and Charlie Winward
AI is everywhere. If you’re not using it, you’re probably considering it. It’s the…
Digital Health Unplugged: Rethinking EPR procurement and optimisation
Jordan Sollof
Digital Health Unplugged covers all things health technology and NHS IT. Hosted by Digital Health’s news reporter Jordan Sollof, the podcast delves into key issues and news stories in the sector. It also…
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DHSC to launch ‘innovator passport’ to accelerate tech adoption
An ‘innovator passport’ will be introduced over the next two years to allow technology that has been robustly assessed by one NHS organisation to be easily rolled out to others, the Department of Health…
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Pitchfest finalist MediShout secures £6.6m Series A funding
(L to R) MediShout co-founders Ash Kalraiya, chief executive, and Ali Nehme Bahsoun, chief product officer (Credit: MediShout)
Digital Health Pitchfest finalist MediShout has raised $9 million (£6.6m) in Series A funding to accelerate…
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Cost of NI patient record system rises to £360m
The cost of the encompass digital records system for health trusts in Northern Ireland is expected to exceed the £300 million originally estimated by £60m.
All citizens in Northern Ireland are able to access a…