Hetan Shah, chief executive of The British Academy (Image provided by The Health Foundation)
Hetan Shah, chief executive of The British Academy, said that the NHS and UK government “can’t just overlay tech on…
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The UK government’s £600,000 Smart Data Challenge aims to revolutionize cross-sector data innovation, focusing on financial services, energy, retail, transport, and property markets.
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Initial funding: Up to £50,000 for 10 finalists (May…
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Patients Know Best (PKB) has secured £6 million in funding to scale its personal health record (PHR) platform in the UK and expand internationally.
The platform is reported to be the largest of its kind…
IT industry association, techUK has called on the UK government and NHS England to ring-fence funding for digital transformation and cyber resilience in health and social care.
The report ‘Driving Digital Transformation: techUK’s Recommendations for…
The UK government has announced plans to create a real-time surveillance system to monitor the threat of future pandemics and prevent disease.
A partnership between the government, Genomics England, UK Biobank, NHS England, and Oxford Nanopore…
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]The NHS App is centre stage in the UK government’s new plans to tilt the NHS to digital. With a renewed commitment for every patient to access their records via the app, hear from…
The government has awarded £12 million to projects across the UK that are researching technologies such as AI, wearable tech and virtual reality (VR), to support people with addictions.
A total of 11 projects across…
A £4.2 million MedTech accelerator programme has launched, which will provide up to 140 UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with grants to tackle regulatory challenges.
The six-month MedTech Accelerator: Rapid Regulatory Support Fund (MARRS)…
Professor Rachel Dunscombe, chief executive at OpenEHR International, and Professor Henrique Martins, associate professor in health management and leadership, have been announced as keynote speakers at Digital Health Rewired 2025.
Prof Dunscombe spent five years…
A project to improve the efficiency of NHS prescription deliveries using AI algorithms is to receive a share of £32 million in UK government funding committed to AI projects.
The Department for Science, Innovation and…
