Technology to allow faster diagnosis and assessment of skin conditions is being rolled out across primary care in Scotland, starting with Dumfries and Galloway and Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Using a secure mobile phone app…
A rapid, remote video assessment system which uses Apple’s FaceTime for online triage has helped more than 170 stroke patients across Hertfordshire in its first year of operation.
The video triage system at Watford General…
Two technologies that could reduce the severity of the symptoms of chronic tic disorders and Tourette syndrome have been recommended in by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
The technologies, Online Remote Behavioural…
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has awarded £1.3 million to South London and Maudsley (SLAM) NHS Foundation Trust to fund new research equipment and neurotherapeutics technology.
Working alongside King’s College London,…
NHS England has announced plans to provide advanced eye scans in the community for people with diabetes, potentially saving up to 120,000 hospital appointments a year and helping to prevent sight loss.
The rollout of…
Urgent blood samples are being transported by electric drones at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, in a medical delivery service which aims to improve patient care by speeding up testing turnaround times.
The…
NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) has won a place on a major new national framework agreement for the provision of cloud-based services to all public sector organisations, including the NHS.
The latest iteration of…
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) is leading a trial of healthcare AI assistant TORTUS to evaluate whether it could increase face-face time between patients and clinicians during NHS appointments.
TORTUS uses ambient voice…
Women will be sent invitations for cancer screening via the NHS App as part of a new “ping and book” service, Amanda Pritchard, chief executive of NHS England has announced.
A service to alert women…
London-based health tech startup QuestPrehab has announced a partnership with NHS Providers to help NHS trusts learn about the benefits of digital prehabilitation.
Prehabilitation (prehab) focuses on improving the general health and activity of patients…
