As a practising psychiatrist, Dr Nicola Byrne, the National Data Guardian for health and social care in England, is acutely aware of the significance of health data for patients.
“Working in psychiatry, people are sharing…
With a new government, more than £2bn promised investment for NHS technology and the forthcoming 10 year health plan, there is a growing sense of anticipation about what lies in store for the digital…
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The government’s focus on a shift from ‘analogue to digital’ offers new promise for the world of NHS digital and technology in 2025. But questions remain unanswered around how this will work in practice,…
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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has launched an app for parents of young children to bring together a host of health and wellbeing advice.Happy Healthy Tots, which is available through the Right Decisions app…
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NHS Highland says that it has avoided up to £1m of appointment costs by using a waiting list validation tool to discharge people from wait lists that no longer needed clinical time.
With waiting lists…
British health tech firm MediMusic and researchers from Anglia Ruskin University have been awarded £183,682 to investigate how AI technology and music can ease anxiety amongst people of South Asian backgrounds who are living…
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A set of internationally-agreed recommendations has been published with the aim of reducing the risk of potential bias in AI for healthcare technologies.
The guidelines from the STANDING Together initiative, published The Lancet Digital Health…
Representatives from Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust visit the assisted living suite at North Kent College’s Dartford campus (Credit: North Kent College)
Health and social care students and NHS employees will be trained on…
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Sheffield-based insomnia medtech firm SleepCogni has raised £300,000, bringing its total funding to £3.9m.
The funding was raised in an Enterprise Investment Scheme pre-approved bridging round, supported by existing investors and grants.
Richard Mills, chief executive…
During his tenure as head of the Portuguese Digital Health Agency between 2013 and 2020, Henrique Martins was responsible for advancing the nation’s eHealth strategy, including projects such as the health information sharing platform…
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