More than 100,000 participants have undergone whole-body MRI scans as part of a UK Biobank imaging project to enable earlier detection, improved diagnosis and more personalised treatment for a range of conditions.
Since the project…
Valkky robot with nurses during a telerobotic pilot in Helsinki by National Robotarium tenant company Touchlab (Credit: Forum Virium Helsinki)
The plan has created an unprecedented opportunity to reverse the UK’s healthcare innovation…
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Four NHS trusts are planning to introduce an AI-powered dictation tool which automatically transcribes clinicians’ notes during consultations and generates summaries.
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, North East London NHS Foundation Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria…
NHS 111 Wales has introduced an AI-powered virtual assistant to help website users get accurate health advice more quickly.
The assistant, built in partnership with Robotics AI and DRUID AI, scans the website for information and advice…
Four AI technologies that could help healthcare professionals spot spinal fractures in patients undergoing routine CT scans have been conditionally recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
NICE’s independent Diagnostics Advisory…
Peter Kyle, science and technology secretary (Credit: Richard Townshend Photography)
The UK’s compute infrastructure will be increased to deliver the processing power needed for AI to help develop new medical cures, the government has…
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Thousands of patient records are being reviewed after incorrect vaccination status codes were mistakenly logged in GP IT systems.
Integrated care boards (ICBs) have written to 337 GP practices after 57,000 records were identified as…
The government has published its Life Sciences Sector Plan, setting out a 10 year mission to harness scientific innovation for economic growth and support a more prevention-focused NHS.
The plan, published on 16 July…
The NHS must partner more effectively with private enterprise to deliver the plan’s digital ambitions, writes Dr Charlotte Refsum, director of health policy at the Tony Blair Institute
The prime minister has been clear from…
A £7.5 million global challenge prize has launched to incentivise AI-based approaches to transform drug discovery for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
ALS is a form of motor neurone disease (MND) that damages the…
