Left to right: Olivia Ferro and Chloe Ferro, co-founders of SheMed (Credit: SheMed)
Female-founded HealthTech firm SheMed has reached unicorn status after a $50 million (£37.3m) Series A funding round, taking its valuation to…
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Richard Stubbs, chief executive of Health Innovation Yorkshire and Humber and Dame Barbara Hakin, chair of the Health Tech Alliance (Credit: HTA)
Decisive reforms have created an economic opening for health technologies, write Richard…
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Patients admitted to selected acute and mental health NHS trusts in the North East and Yorkshire are being offered a digital app to help them quit smoking as part of a new pilot.
Smoking remains…
Robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) firm Intuitive has opened its new UK and Ireland headquarters, which includes the UK’s largest da Vinci RAS training centre.
The facility, which opened in Winnersh Triangle, Berkshire in October 2025, has…
Rachel Hope, director of digital prevention services at NHS England (Credit: NHSE)
Digital technology firm Kainos, alongside a consortium of smaller companies, has secured a contract to strengthen NHS digital capabilities for preventative healthcare…
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UK start-up Aide Health has launched an AI-powered ‘medical memory’ app to summarise consultations for patients.
Research shows up to 80% of medical advice is forgotten immediately, and nearly half of what is remembered about medicine…
Professor Mike Lewis, scientific director for innovation at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) (Credit: NIHR)
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has announced more than £1.5 million…
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Jess Lievesley, chief operating officer at North London NHS Foundation Trust (Credit: NLFT)
North London NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with digital health company Psyomics to improve how people across Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey…
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Staff from Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust’s children’s eating disorder service (Credit: Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust)
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust’s children’s eating disorder service (CEDS) has launched a digital platform to help…
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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is launching new guidelines on value-based procurement for MedTech.
Around £10bn per year is spent on MedTech, but the NHS has previously opted to buy technology based…
