Welcome to the first edition of our morning briefing of news, information and events for the digital health community. The briefing will be published every weekday morning.Your morning summary of digital health news, information…
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More than two-thirds (67%) of GPs in the UK would like the ability to prescribe assistive technologies to their patients when they are diagnosed with dementia, new research published today suggests.The nationally representative poll…
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BeneTalk, a speech therapy company, has launched a public crowdfunding campaign to help fund its digital on-demand therapy solution to support people who stutter and their families. The company is aimed to raise £800,000…
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Innovate UK has awarded Sano Genetics a grant of £330k to support the development of a new platform aimed at people who are at risk of the genetic condition motor neurone disease (MND).Light The…
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Dorothy, Care City and TPXimpact have been awarded an £80k Discovery Award grant by Longitude Prize on Dementia, for their development of an augmented reality ‘yellow brick road’.The prize will see digital transformation agency…
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Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, Sano Genetics and Predictive Health Intelligence have secured £800k from an Innovate UK funding competition to develop and test a system that can identify high-risk liver disease cases.The trio’s aim…
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Anagram, a creative studio specialising in immersive experience design, has secured funding to create a new virtual reality training series around mental health for healthcare workers. Inside Mental Health is an immersive resource with a…
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The UK government is committed to investing in digital technology in the health service and to streamlining market access for innovators, Lord Markham has told the Health Tech Summit in a speech as part…
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Lindus Health has secured a grant from Innovate UK Smart Grant and funding from investors to help speed up clinical research trials using its technology platform and machine learning.As a result of the cash…
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The Children’s Health Impact Accelerator has launched to address the severe underinvestment in children’s health technology, compared to other areas of health tech within the NHS.The accelerator is a non-equity, startup programme based in…
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