The Golden Jubilee University National Hospital has introduced the WelcoMe accessibility tool to allow patients to create and manage their own accessibility profile, detailing any specific needs and helping to put people with disabilities “in control of their service experience”. Features of the WelcoMe tool include the ability for patients […]
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DHSC updates on medtech strategy progress, including work around adoption, infrastructure and more
Following the publication of the Department of Health and Social Care’s medical technology strategy last February, an update exploring progress made over the past year has been shared, highlighting how work has gone into enhancing the innovation pathway, enabling infrastructure, and providing new funding. When it comes to entry points for […]
Log my Care announces additional £3m in funding to expand presence in home care
Care management software provider Log my Care has announced an additional £3 million in funding from existing investor Mercia Ventures, bringing the total raised to over £7 million and contributing to plans to “further establish Log my Care as a leading supplier to the learning disability sector and help expand its […]
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust awards contract for EPR
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has selected its electronic patient record system, awarding a contract to Insight Direct, subcontracting services to Altera Digital Health. The contract is designed to run for an initial period of five years until March 2029, with an estimated value of £10,631,245.25. The contract award […]
Welsh Ambulance Service tests use of delivering defibrillators via drone
The Welsh Ambulance Service, in partnership with the University of Warwick and SkyBound, is exploring the feasibility of delivering a defibrillator via drone following a 999 call, by a conducting a number of test flights through the Drone-Delivered Defibrillators study. The study, originally funded by Resuscitation Council UK, has received […]
Sussex ICS launches digital discharge planner to improve information sharing across teams
Sussex ICS has launched a new digital discharge planner to provide multidisciplinary teams with “immediate access to health information” regarding patients leaving hospital, offering a single source of truth and enabling all providers and organisations involved in a patient’s care to input updates to their care record. The Transfer of […]
Microsoft AI to launch new AI hub in London
Microsoft AI has announced that it will shortly be launching a new Microsoft AI hub in London, marking “significant, long-term investment” in the region and a push to hire “the best AI scientists and engineers” in the field. The hub builds on Microsoft’s recent commitment to upskilling the UK workforce […]
Applications open for latest round of NHS Cancer Programme Innovation Open Call for earlier cancer detection
Applications have opened for round three of the NHS Cancer Programme Innovation Open Call, which aims to “fast-track high-quality, proven, late-stage innovations into front-line settings and address implementation evidence gaps” in early cancer detection. Led by the NHS Cancer Programme and supported by SBRI Healthcare and the Accelerated Access Collaborative, […]
Patient portal goes live across pilot specialties at George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
A pilot of the MyCare in Warwickshire patient portal has gone live at George Eliot Hospital (GEH) NHS Trust across oral surgery and ear, throat and nose medical specialties, with the trust sharing that the portal is to be rolled out across all outpatient specialties throughout 2024. Once they have […]
NHS rolls out “artificial pancreas” tech for diabetes patients following “successful” pilot scheme
NHS England has shared details around the roll-out of hybrid closed loop system tech, also called the ‘artificial pancreas’; a device designed to continually monitor a person’s blood glucose and transmit the readings to a delivery system (pump), which then automatically adjusts the amount of insulin delivered to the individual. The […]
