Preventative health tech company Neko Health has launched in London with the opening of a Health Centre offering the ‘Neko Body Scan’, described as a “preventative health check for the future self” mapping millions of external and internal health data points on the body. Taking approximately 10 minutes, the scan […]
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NHS England awards £37m contract for digital urgent and emergency care transformation
NHS England has awarded a contract to support the transformational activities of the digital urgent and emergency team, worth an estimated £37,415,000, to Kainos Software Limited. The initial focus will be on NHS pathways, directory of services and urgent and emergency care data delivery areas, with the contract also to […]
Nottingham University Hospitals experiences critical IT incident; returns to business as usual
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has experienced a critical incident within its pathology services, declaring that the incident was “the result of an IT failure” which “affected our ability to process blood test results in a timely fashion”; as of today, the critical incident has been stood down. As a […]
Ireland HSE’s Digital Health Roadmap in focus, with aim for digital budget between 4% – 6% of overall healthcare expenditure
Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE) has published its Digital Health Roadmap, setting out a vision to create better health outcomes through a digitally enabled environment around six core principles: the patient as an empowered partner; workforce and workplace; digitally enabled and connected care; data-driven services; digital health ecosystem and innovation; […]
Applications open for Accelerating FemTech support programme with October deadline
National support programme Accelerating FemTech has opened for applications, with the aim of providing early-stage companies and innovators focused on women’s health with commercial and funding support. Accelerating FemTech is run by Health Innovation Network South London and wider UK partners and offers a ten-week programme to 20 innovators in […]
Apple AirPods Pro awaits marketing authorisation for hearing aid functionality
Apple has confirmed a pending marketing authorisation for the use of its AirPods Pro product as a hearing aid device, with a supporting hearing test feature offering users insight into their hearing health, a classification of their results, and recommendations. The Hearing Test functionality with AirPods Pro can turn the […]
NHS England shares £60k opportunity for interactive e-learning for allied health professionals
NHS England has published an opportunity for suppliers to create an online learning resource for allied health professionals (AHPs) to develop their digital skills through NHSE’s Digital Academy. Responsibilities will include developing the resource, testing with users and planning the launch, as well as supporting communication efforts around the new […]
Scottish Government publishes strategy for Cyber Coordination Centre, with NHS NSS as a core partner
The Scottish Government has published the strategic plan for 2024-2027 for the Scottish Cyber Coordination Centre, outlining the vision for a “digitally resilient nation” and setting out an overview of operating principles, functional structure and service development plans. NHS National Services Scotland is to be a “core partner” among others […]
Imperial College Healthcare utilises mixed reality tech for training and patient care
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has shared insight into the use of mixed reality technology at the trust to support patient consultations, enable immersive training for clinicians, and assist in preparations for some operations. The trust is utilising XARlabs’ simXAR mixed reality tool, developed independently by one of their own […]
HTN Now panel discusses digital apps, wearables, self-care and personalised care
HTN’s most recent panel discussion explored the role of digital in supporting self-care and delivering personalised care, looking at how digital can improve patient pathways and experiences, and the data points which should be leveraged to enable health and care organisations to deliver tech enabled care now and in the […]
