The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has conditionally recommended digitally enabled therapies to treat anxiety and depression in adults. The digitally enabled therapies are to address conditions such as PTSD and body dysmorphia, with each technology including support and involvement of an NHS Talking Therapies clinician, and using cognitive […]
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DrDoctor raises £10 million Series B funding
DrDoctor has secured £10 million in investment through a funding round led by YFM Equity Partners, supported by existing investors, Ananda Impact Ventures and 24 Haymarket. The company, which supplies a patient engagement platform, said it will use the funding to accelerate its plans for delivering patient-initiated models of care to integrated care […]
Healthy living app linked to rewards launches in Wolverhampton
A pilot of a new app has launched across Wolverhampton that offers incentives such as vouchers for shops, gym discounts and cinema tickets for users who track their exercise and healthy eating using the app. Supported by a government scheme, the app generates personalised health goals for every participant, for example […]
Peppy Health raises £37 million for US expansion
Peppy Health, a platform that provides workplace health support, has secured £37 million in a Series B funding round led by Albion Capital, to support US expansion. The company’s platform is said to “support your employees through underserved areas of health that fall through the gaps all too often – […]
Frontiers study explores user engagement in mobile apps for people living with schizophrenia
A study entitled ‘User engagement in mobile apps for people with schizophrenia: A scoping review’ has been published in Frontiers, aiming to better understand the factors and strategies that may encourage user engagement and facilitate extended use of apps for people living with schizophrenia. Authors Raquel Simões de Almeida and […]
North Tees and Hartlepool introduces app for surgery support
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust has introduced an app to help patients prepare and recover from surgery. Patients who are undergoing joint replacements (knee and hip) can have the option of using the mymobility app, as a way to receive advice and support. The trust piloted the app last […]
£6 million funding awarded to respiratory disease and cardiovascular disease innovations
Six innovations that support people with respiratory diseases will receive a share of £2.7 million, and eight innovations that help detect, prevent and manage cardiovascular disease are to share £3.3 million in funding. The programme, led by SBRI Healthcare, an Accelerated Access Collaborative initiative in partnership with the Academic Health […]
Poll: Do your local healthcare providers share live waiting time data for A&E and urgent care via a patient facing app or website?
The latest question we posed to our health tech audience revolved around the availability of live data for urgent care. Analysis published by CQC following a 6-month pilot project where an app shared waiting times for A&E and urgent treatment centres across east Kent and Northamptonshire noted: reduced minors’ profile across […]
Vinehealth and Cancer Research UK form partnership to help people living with cancer
Vinehealth and Cancer Research UK (CRUK) have formed a partnership to support people living with cancer, to support them in managing, tracking and understanding their care through the Vinehealth digital app. The app has been co-developed with both NHS oncologists and cancer patients with the aim of helping patients to […]
Mid and South Essex ICS introduces communications app
Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS) has made CardMedic, a communications app to support patients who face a communication barrier, available across its health and care services. The app supports healthcare professionals communicate with patients and has been introduced across the ICS to help tackle health inequalities. Developed […]
