New guidance to ensure that digital mental health technologies are effective, reliable and acceptably safe, has been issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
Digital mental health technologies, such as apps, AI-powered…
A cyber attack has forced a US non-profit blood donor centre to postpone appointments despite declaring blood shortages just one week earlier.
New York Blood Center Enterprises announced that it had “identified suspicious activity” affecting…
Digital health leaders have given a mixed reaction to streamlined priorities announced by NHS England, which focus on reducing elective waiting times and increasing access to urgent and emergency care.
The 2025/26 priorities and operational…
Amanda Pritchard, chief executive of NHS England, has hinted at a change to the leadership of the NHS Transformation Directorate, as plans to cut staff are announced.
NHS 2025/2026 priorities and operational planning guidance, published…
The King’s Fund has called for patient engagement around digital health technologies to be more than just a “tick box exercise” if the government is to achieve its aspiration to shift from analogue to…
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Amanda Pritchard, chief executive of NHS England, has admitted that there is no set date planned for the NHS to become paperless.
Giving evidence at the Health and Social Care Committee on 29 January 2025,…
John Swinney, first minister for Scotland, has pledged that the country’s ‘Digital Front Door’ platform will launch by the end of 2025.
The Scottish government has been working on the app, which will include access…
Digital Health Pitchfest finalist Kidney Beam has secured £610,000 in seed funding, including a contribution from charity Kidney Research UK.
The evidence-based app, which was named as one of 2024’s NHS Innovation Accelerator companies, offers…
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust will trial a whole-brain computer interface that uses ultrasound to measure and modulate brain-wide activity.
The ultrasonic neural interface, developed by US-based non-profit Forest Neurotech, could be…
Baljean Dhillon, professor of clinical ophthalmology at the University of Edinburgh (Credit: andrewperry.co.uk)
Researchers are working with high street opticians to develop a digital tool that can predict a person’s risk of dementia from…
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