Apps News Wearable tech and smartphone apps to be used in new ADHD project New clinical video service to support epilepsy diagnosis piloted in Scotland NHS e-Referral Service integrated into the NHS App The Priory Group partners with My Possible Self to offer mental health app support New app launched to support eye test screening at home across Cambridgeshire Snapchat and NHS Blood and Transplant driving organ donation awareness with AR Digital health startup Numan acquires Swedish medical science and health tech company BMI Healthcare partners with Livi to provide digital access to GPs Digital symptom tracker monitoring COVID-19 in Greater Manchester care homes LloydsPharmacy Clinical Homecare announces partnership with digital cancer platform New E-Rostering software to help frontline medics launched Vine Health awarded £1million funding NHS Lothian pilots ‘how was your day’ employee wellbeing app NHSX supports smartphone tech for detecting early kidney disease Surrey and Borders FT partner with ORCHA to launch new app library Team of doctors launch app to support hospital cardiac arrests Cardiff Uni announces ‘pioneering’ support app for fertility struggles Chelsea and Westminster FT collaborates to develop diabetes app Smartphone app for COVID patients piloted in West Mids 600 free health information videos added to NHS website Peppy Health launches campaign to address maternal mortality rates in Black mothers Chelsea and Westminster launches digital tool for patients with HIV VR app by Xploro joins US pediatrics collaboration project Ampersand Health launches digital therapeutic for inflammatory arthritis Perfect Ward hits 500,000 quality inspections University Hospitals Dorset launches app for patient check-in Liva Healthcare secures £22m in new funding UCL progress app to monitor Parkinson’s progression at home New app launched in Scotland to support Covid-19 vaccine roll-out Google launches app for health research Public Health England and ORCHA open call for Digital Health Check tech Herefordshire and Worcestershire CCG launch local app library Superdrug launches mental health service app App to help prevent acute kidney injury and pneumonia offered to trusts North West clinical trainees staff bank goes live with 6 trusts Brain in Hand receives £800k NHS England & NHS Improvement funding Queen Mary University launch new remote monitoring app project Greater Manchester launches app to support recovery of wounds StopCOVID NI App reaches 500k downloads Video: Apple Health App, Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS FT The new technologies supporting stop smoking services Digital pharmacy startup medino raises £5.6m ORCHA partners with The American Telemedicine Association TestCard raises £4.5 million in funding Digital health startup Numan completes £10M Series A Royal Free London goes live with payroll app Trusts go live with Apple Health Records app COVID Symptom Study app research highlights delirium as a key sign of COVID-19 in older people London health tech firm raises £23m Series A Careology partners with the London General Practice to launch Careology Connect Hospify launches new web app for GP practices and pharmacies Protect Scotland contact tracing app downloaded 600,000 times Newham Hospital introduces new blood pressure app for pregnant women Patient data capture platform raises £5 million Vine Health app partners with Breast Cancer Haven Apple releases Covid-19 ‘Exposure Notifications Express’ NHS England backed app launched to support young people with anxiety Northern Ireland StopCOVID app to cover young people Pain and dementia facial analysis tech launches Research highlights digital therapeutic app helps insomnia and depressive symptoms Healthcare app used by British Army to connect deployed medics University of Sheffield app supports motor neurone disease patients Barts Health launches new app to aid Covid-19 recovery NHS Tayside launches app to help people suffering from IBS New app launched to coordinate support for most vulnerable in Greater Manchester Birmingham rolls out free stop smoking app NHS Tayside launches paperless maternity notes Siilo raises £8.6m in Series A funding Big Health Daylight app results of randomised controlled trial published StopCOVID NI mobile app to launch Patients Know Best integrates with NHS App Ealing Hospital to go live with e-portering app App launched to remotely monitor cancer patients Self-care tech platform partners with Imperial College London to map COVID-19 symptoms Ireland donates COVID Tracker app to Linux Foundation Public Health initiative Welsh health tech company launches free outsourced medical reporting service New app to support County Durham and Darlington cancer patients Ireland COVID tracker app launched and nears 1 million downloads in 24 hours The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust introduces IBM AI virtual agent Bristol team launches coronavirus support app Boris Johnson: “no country in the world has a working contact-tracing app” Digital therapeutics app raises £31 million Mid and South Essex launches Medishout Diabetes management platform launches £5.8 million crowdfunding campaign Babylon app error allows user to see over 50 patient video recordings New app launched to support Functional Neurological Disorder Survey highlights 6 in 10 would download the NHS contact tracing app £150k funding for health tech in Wales Southern Health & Social Care Trust picks Civica for new employee app London North West rolls out clinical messaging app Mental health app to treat depression added to ORCHA App Library Wales approves £650k funding for national roll-out of Consultant Connect app Mid and South Essex NHS FT launches new remote digital monitoring platform COVID-19 app launched to support care homes across Greater Manchester Induction Healthcare set to acquire Zesty, valuing the company at £12.7m Health Education England backs respiratory physiotherapist launch new app Oxford University spin-out raises £9m for workforce location tool NHSX launches remote patient monitoring tender Health Call app to support northern data initiative Liva Healthcare digital diabetes programme to support 4 STPs DHSC launches app for social care workers NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app source code published Former doctor rota tool backed by £6m funding boost COVID-19 contact tracing apps from around the world University Hospitals Birmingham starts AI melanoma pilot MIT launches app in USA using crowdsourced data to highlight hospital resources Video messaging service supports Tunbridge Wells Hospital’s Neonatal Unit Scottish Health Board launches COVID messaging tool to update staff and patients Contact tracing app to be ready in two to three weeks Contact tracing app launched in Australia Q doctor closes £1.5million investment round Health tech startups partner to deliver digital learning programmes App developed in 48 hours to support 2 trusts NHSX and NHS Digital to fast track COVID-19 apps and similar tech Facebook steps up efforts to tackle misinformation Royal Wolverhampton and University Hospitals Birmingham sign with Babylon Hancock confirms contact tracing app Health app in China to control citizen movements after relaxing lockdown measures Could an app detect COVID-19 based on the sound of your voice? Researchers launch new machine learning programme ORCHA launches COVID-19 app library Oxford University publishes guidance on bluetooth contact tracing app Department of Health Northern Ireland launches COVID-19 app NHS Wales to implement IBM Watson COVID-19 virtual assistant NHS Apps library sees jump in visits and mental health research survey launched Babylon launches COVID-19 care assistant Text messaging service launched for people with symptoms of COVID-19 My Possible Self now free to support mental health NHS England works with GoodSam app to recruit volunteers NHS WhatsApp COVID-19 chatbot launched King’s College London researchers launch new symptom tracking app World Health Organisation launches WhatsApp chatbot to support COVID-19 pandemic Coronavirus contact tracking app in process Siilo provides organisational crisis management app for free Medic Bleep seeks to raise £500,000 HTN Voice: Acknowledging the true value of digitally delivered health interventions Call for teenagers with asthma to co-design NHS app Babylon signs 10 year deal with Rwanda government Hospify approved for NHS Apps Library North Lincolnshire introduces VR rehab service for lung patients Diabetes management app launches crowd funding campaign Electronic consultations being trialled in Coventry and Warwickshire App Library launched across the Humber iPLATO secures funding up to £5 million Doctorlink signs agreement with North West Kent and Medway CCGs Junior doctor health tech start up raises £3m NHS Digital launches NHS login toolkit Force social media companies to hand over their data for research says new report Interview Series: Ahmed Shahrabani, Co-founder, Locum’s Nest Challenger pharmacy startup raises £440k Sheffield Children’s live with new virtual reality app to help children having surgery Care City and Healthy.io partner to target East London patients NHS App users now over 200,000 Southport and Ormskirk partners with Patchwork My Online Therapy raises £4.2 million Current Health closes £9m Series A Locum’s Nest launches collaborative digital staff bank for 8 trusts Messaging app wins new customers Interview Series: Gayle Campbell, Cardiovascular Pharmacist, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Southampton professionals spend ‘day in life’ using 24-hour app Amazon Alexa can now send medication reminders New research to study if phone usage can detect mental health relapse Apple launches three health studies in the new Research app Guy’s and St Thomas’ app boosts life-saving research Living With app launched at University College London Hospital Surgeons gain CPD points through digital surgery rehearsal London GPs can now refer leading mental health apps for free Leicester launches new online programme for women Mum and Baby app expands to two trusts Public Health England launches new platform to support mental health Cambridgeshire and Peterborough finds app improves care for stroke survivors NHS London Procurement Partnership invites tenders for health and social care apps Bedfordshire CCG introduces mobile heart monitors Patients seen by digital GP on average within 26 minutes BBC launches ‘digital wellbeing’ Own It app for children Circle Health partners with EQL AI-driven physio tool New research study supports SkinVision App Liva Healthcare wins funding to help treat pregnant women at risk of Type 2 diabetes St Thomas’ pharmacist develops medications app Ruth May on the hunt for 10 NHS App ambassadors New app helps reduce procedural anxiety for children Bath Spa University launches app to tackle mental health problems Nine new tools and services to use NHS login Sheffield Children’s Hospital trials Asthma app Basildon Hospital launches maternity app App for cancer related fatigue added to NHS App Library AI skin mapping tech available to patients McKesson UK acquires medicines management app Echo Enhanced version of EMIS App Library launched Dr Hussain Gandhi: My top 5 UK primary care clinical apps and websites Designing Concentric by George Sheldrake, UX, Product & Strategy Apps Library assessment portal launches Matthew Gould states intention for the NHS App Southampton GDE speeds up access to test results Final cohort selected for Digital Health Accelerator Programme Salford app library adds ORCHA validation New App supports child patients at The Christie Visual speech recognition to benefit tracheostomy patients ECG App launched by Apple Scarborough and York Hospitals picks Patchwork clinical staffing solution Siilo Messenger reaches 140k users Biogen launches app for people living with multiple sclerosis Payroll App saves over 300 hours per month Doctolib raises €150 million Sheffield develops VR games to help rehabilitation of injured children US app launched to prepare patients for medical visits UK Startup utilises IBM Cloud for AI powered solution Push Doctor selects Datix patient safety software Salford Royal GDE launches own app library VR medical training company joins NHS Innovation Accelerator programme The DigitalHealth.London Accelerator open for applications University Hospital Southampton offers medical record access Babylon Health allowed to expand out of London Careview app tackles social isolation in Leeds AI to help arthritis patients manage their flare-ups Q Doctor wins 60th GP Practice Imperial begins with DeepMind’s Stream app NHS App begins public rollout NW London CCGs signs Inhealthcare Saving 2 lives per month: How GM CHC’s Stroke project is making an impact New Zealand Health Board shows real-time waiting times via patient app New mum and baby app launchedNW London patient portal expands its reachTwo apps join NHS Apps LibraryDeepMind Streams team to be joining GoogleInnovative healthcare solutions invited to apply for fundingVapour Cloud launches video call toolNICE to retire guidance appHospital pilots ‘Uber’style app for portersSBRI Healthcare fast tracks cancer diagnostic inventions with £3.8m fundingUsing technology to fight Parkinson’s: first dedicated apps and devices library launchedDrDoctor to be trialled by 11 trustsBMA launches Dr Diary app to track workloadSensyne Health launches patient appPatients start testing new NHS AppNew data tool to support access to mental health statisticsExperts develop phone app for instant TB testVodafone connects South Central Ambulance Service First RespondersWorld’s first use of cryptocurrency to access healthcare servicesNHS Junior Doctors raise $3.9m to transform healthcare communicationDoctorlink chosen as digital platform for London STPMiiskin first app to be Dermatologically Endorsed by Skin Health AllianceNext generation of high-growth health SMEs unveiledVideo consultation tech to be installed for free in GP practices to help over-stretched NHSCampus London kick starts new programmeFormer Bupa CIO appointed as chairman of ZoomdocNHS opens international search for new innovationsNew digital platform for health and care staff to share their viewsNew cancer reminder service to be rolled out across 32 CCGsMDU launches new member appNew app could predict who will go in to labour earlyA University of Portsmouth researcher designs app to help postnatal depressionZoomDoc partners with mental health care app, Dr JulianThomas Cook team up with Now Healthcare to support holidaymakersDigital Surgery deploys surgical artificial intelligence systemPwC invests in healthcare technology startup Perfect WardMy Possible Self joins NHS Apps LibraryNHS App Library reaches 70 apps in honour of the NHS birthdayApps and algorithms may ‘support but will never replace’ GPs, says RCGPNew NHS app will make it quicker and easier to access health servicesBabylon AI achieves equivalent accuracy with human doctors in global healthcare firstNew app connects rheumatology patients in TorbayNew technology helps to improve treatment for NHS patients with depressionIBM and Karantis360 Build AI-Driven Approach to Assisted Living for UK Elderly PopulationNew dads get support in the early weeks of fatherhood with the launch of mobile appMySunrise App goes live at Royal Cornwall HospitalSalford Royal NHS Foundation Trust launches project with Healthy.ioAnxiety UK partners with Videodoc to launch online app therapySelf-care app for warfarin patients gains approval for NHS Digital App LibraryLNWH and CW NHSFT adopt LocumTapApple opens Health Records API to developersSamsung and Babylon partner to offer live video doctor appointments and symptom checkerDigital health company receives huge funding boost to develop new techAscensia updates Diabetes Care AppNHS Leeds CCG tries online gaming advertisingDoctor secures £153k investment for A&E check-in softwareBabylon announces 2 million member milestone in RwandaZoomDoc and Lexihealth partner to offer new healthcare concierge serviceNHS England invests £3.5m in diabetes educationOne Health Lewisham adopts virtual health assistant to reduce burden on GPsNovartis launches FocalView appTencent and Babylon Health to partner across ChinaUCLPartners launch pilot of staff engagement and quality improvement platformApplications open for consumer health innovatorsPfizer champions innovative healthcare solutionsBiometrics could be a ‘game changer’ in autism careNHS England backs innovationsHealth Innovation Manchester awards £100,000 funding to fast track innovative digital healthcare solutionsEvidence-based patient-to-clinican app to help support increasing burden of gestational diabetesNHS services in West Midlands trial virtual health assistant app to encourage self-careRoyal College of Physicians of Ireland to launch a new mobile appNearly 60% of people are worried about their data being used by mobile appsPatient lives transformed through AI tele-pharmacy appMums-to-be can go with the Flo to keep on top of their healthWeMa Life launches online marketplaceJunior doctors launch app to improve communicationAmazon Alexa to support new mums to breastfeedNorth West London residents saving time with the click of a buttonNHS England announces roadmap: empower the personIntroducing Uber Health for USA patientsVitalityHealth launches new Vitality GP serviceNew App launched for carers and familiesNHS Digital approves platform to benefit new parentsInnovative digital therapy helping patients with paranoiaNHS Digital apps and wearables team hosts Swedish delegationDoctor on Demand Service ZoomDoc hits crowd funding targetTwo innovative Scottish projects win £100k funding from Cancer Innovation ChallengeAI Chatbot launched to support mental healthHealth Enterprise East announces partnership with Great Ormond Street HospitalBreast Cancer Care’s innovative app receives £655k in National Lottery fundingApple announces solution bringing EHR data to iPhoneNew tool launched for patients to record and share urgent and end of life care wishesNHS supports 138 entrepreneurs design new techNew NHS app for Devon and Cornwall will help people spend less time waiting for health servicesAlder Hey launches children’s hospital appLaunch of secure messaging App for HospitalsDigital agency builds innovative dementia app for NHS Education for ScotlandBritish Skin Foundation goes digital‘HANDi’ Paediatric App LaunchedMedtech Accelerator awards £500k to ground-breaking medical technology projects11 innovations join NHS Innovation AcceleratorDigital step forward for maternity servicesFirst NHS Online app is live in the London borough of BexleyNHS England leads battle against obesity and Type 2 diabetesDoctor on demand service ZoomDoc announces crowdfunding24/7 healthcare via mobile phone as new digital service launchesBarts Health selected by charity to expand online appointmentsNew health technology to help Lancashire patients avoid strokeNHS Digital launches new API LabFree online mental health tool Big White Wall gets a makeoverInhealthcare launches self-testing serviceStartup isoshealth launches platform for healthcare practitionersLeeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NICU uses video updates to connect parents and babiesOxfordshire CCG app to find local health services quicklyServelec HSC has launched a new app suiteGestational diabetes app approved for publication in NHS App LibraryEvergreen Life App surpasses 250,000 users43 Apps now in the NHS App LibraryNow Healthcare Group to launch “Now NHS” Free PlatformTwo major London hospitals introduce Perfect Ward app30 digital health companies set for second cohort of DigitalHealth.London AcceleratorKisharon the first organisation to pilot an innovative new appTelehealth GP Service is First to Pass CQC InspectionDrDoctor gains three new NHS contractsBuild healthcare apps in hours, not monthsBridgeHead Software comment on the use of WhatsAppdrfocused poll says NHS doctors have 30% of their time wastedApp offers suicide prevention help and support in Gloucestershire and HerefordshireNew web calculator to more accurately predict bowel cancer survivalCorporation Pop receive funding from Nominet Trust for augmented reality hospital appLondon nurses co-develop mobile app to tackle patient deteriorationNorth East London NHS FT MyMind app wins an NHS awardInhealthcare has launched a new app to remind patients to take their medicines on time.New app helping to improve patient careDoctify launches new review appApp launched by East Kent NHS Trust to reduce a&e waiting times
