A health tech accelerator to support innovators navigate the NHS in the Yorkshire and Humber region has opened for applications. The Propel@YH programme now in its second year, is aimed at start-ups that have developed innovations or products to support responses to COVID-19. It provides 10 start ups with a six-month support […]
Month: August 2020
Northern Health Science Alliance calls on the Government to invest in local data sharing
A group of health data experts set up by the Northern Health Science Alliance is calling on the Government to invest in local data sharing to help the recovery from COVID-19 and prepare for future pandemics. The Connected Health Cities (CHC) project in the North of England is calling for investment […]
Leeds City Digital Team supports third sector go digital
The Leeds City Digital Team has supported third sector voluntary, community, charity and social enterprise organisations with grants of up to £1000 to digitise services during the COVID-19 pandemic. A special digital grants fund has helped the organisations across the city continue to deliver services, with support from the Leeds […]
The Health Foundation announces Networked Data Lab
The Health Foundation has announced five partner organisations have joined its Networked Data Lab, a national network of healthcare data and analytics experts. The network brings together teams from across the country to develop a deeper understanding of the factors affecting people’s health in the UK. It will focus on […]
Birmingham rolls out free stop smoking app
Birmingham City Council has introduced a free stop smoking service called Quit with Bella across the city. The mobile app provides users with a virtual coach and a community of users to provide support to each other to be smoke free. The app has been developed by Solutions 4 Health, a specialist […]
Cardiff Council adopts wearable tech to prevent falls
Cardiff Council has adopted a wearable solution for residents from HAS Technology, as part of their telecare response service. The wearable solution helps to identify certain health risks early on, to put preventative measures in place for its community and residents. The product, ARMED (Advanced Risk Modelling for Early Detection) uses […]
Civica acquires information specialist InfoFlex
Civica has announced the acquisition of Infoflex, an information management system used by over 65 specialities across 130 trusts. The idea for InfoFlex came from CEO, Marc Warburton’s experience in cancer research and clinical trials. Marc said to HTN last month “During my work in cancer research I would track the […]
AI could predict risk of lung cancer coming back
A research team of computer scientists and pathologists have trained an artificial intelligence tool to help determine which patients with lung cancer have a higher risk of their disease coming back after treatment. The study is part of Cancer Research UK’s TRACERx study, a £14 million, 9-year programme. The research is in its […]
NHS Wales Health Board to launch virtual assistant
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board has launched its Welsh and English-speaking virtual assistant called CERi, developed using IBM’s Watson Assistant. The Health Board has worked with IBM and Meridian IT to develop the virtual assistant to support patients, healthcare workers and the general public by answering questions and to […]
Kettering publishes health intelligence strategy
Kettering General Hospital NHS FT has published its new health intelligence strategy, outlining plans to July 2023. A key area of focus in the intelligence strategy is to provide data and information to support staff to make information-led decisions and it sets out the ambition of the trust to become the […]
