Professor Peter Johnson, NHS national cancer director (Image provided by NHS England)
Almost 113,000 people have had a fibroscan of their liver and nearly 8,500 have been referred for liver cancer checks following the…
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Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has launched an at-home monitoring service for dementia patients to spot signs of changes in health needs and potentially reduce unnecessary admissions.
It comes as NHS figures published in August…
Oxford University spin-out OrganOx has been acquired by Terumo Corporation in a $1.5bn (£1.2bn) deal, representing one of the largest exits of a UK MedTech company.
The firm, founded by Constantin Coussios and Peter Friend,…
Digital health diagnostics company PocDoc has announced the launch of a smartphone-based test for type 2 diabetes risk.
The test is being piloted in the north east of England and North Cumbria as part of…
Arthur Stephen, chief medical officer at Nuffield Health, opens the CT suite at Derby Hospital (Credit: Nuffield Health)
Not-for-profit hospital provider Nuffield Health has announced a major investment in AI-enabled computed tomography (CT) systems…
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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has conditionally recommended six digital platforms for use in the NHS, which will enable people with heart disease to complete their recovery sessions at home.
Draft…
The bus delivering heart and cancer screening by NHS Birmingham and Solihull and PocDoc (Credit: Matthew Lee)
Digital health diagnostics company PocDoc has partnered with NHS Birmingham and Solihull to offer free heart health…
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HealthTech firm Sanome has gained regulatory approval for its AI warning system which predicts healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) by analysing patient data from electronic patient records (EPRs).
MEMORI has been approved by the Medicines and Healthcare…
Garrett Sprague and Alexandra Melling, cofounders of Smplicare (Credit: Stewart Attwood)
Three female cofounded HealthTech firms have secured more than £1 million investment from STAC, Scotland’s industry-led accelerator for technology startups.
STAC announced the completion…
A support app, which helps identify and prevent distressed behaviours in dementia patients, will launch in care homes as part of the Alzheimer’s Society business growth programme.
Up to 90% of people living with dementia,…
