Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with a software platform from Radar Healthcare to help with quality, compliance and risk management. The tool brings together operational and regulatory processes to help identify live incidents, mitigate risks and use real-time information to support safety. In April 2020, Somerset Partnership merged with […]
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NHS to pilot blood test to detect cancers
A blood test to detect more than 50 types of cancers will be piloted from mid-2021 across the NHS. The Galleri blood test, developed by GRAIL, is to be tested on 165,000 people, and if proven successful will be rolled-out more widely to help identify cancers earlier. The test, which checks […]
NHSX to develop new Data Strategy for Health and Social Care
NHSX is to launch and implement a Data Strategy for Health and Social Care, as part of measures announced by Matt Hancock this week to streamline processes and reduce excess bureaucracy. The new report ‘Busting bureaucracy: empowering frontline staff by reducing excess bureaucracy in the health and care system‘, sets […]
CliniSys and Software Testing Solutions partner to automate LIMS software testing
A new partnership between CliniSys and Software Testing Solutions has been announced to support automated software testing of laboratory management and ordering services. The partnership will support pathology labs introduce automated testing for the clinical laboratory, and help system deployments, software upgrades and patches be delivered and implemented into a live environment […]
New Greater Manchester health accelerator programme opens
A new accelerator programme for SMEs in Greater Manchester has opened to support and further their research and commercialisation. The programme is inviting SMEs to collaborate with research and innovation institutions in the region to support the development of health and care products. The project is led by Health Innovation […]
South Tees signs deal with Alcidion to adopt clinical decision support
South Tees Hospitals NHS FT has signed a deal to implement technology from Alcidion to integrate systems and utilise clinical decision support. As part of the trust’s best of breed strategy, the tools will help to integrate data between systems, automate routine tasks and support clinical staff with proactive aid for decision […]
Funding awarded to develop AI tool to speed up diagnosis of coeliac disease
Coeliac UK and Innovate UK have announced a new funding award of £180k to develop an AI tool to help and speed up the diagnosis of coeliac disease. The funding will support Lyzeum Ltd, with a multi-disciplinary team of mathematicians and pathologists from both the University of Cambridge and the University of Edinburgh. […]
UCL researches explore brain activity of infants with wearable tech
Researchers at University College London and start-up Gowerlabs have explored a new form of wearable using brain mapping technology to help understand conditions such as autism spectrum disorder and cerebral palsy. The technology uses red and near-infrared light delivered via a wearable cap to generate detailed 3D images of babies’ brain […]
Six start-ups join PUBLIC accelerator
Six start-ups have joined the GovStart 2020 accelerator programme from venture firm PUBLIC. Following over 100 applications, six early stage companies, Zencity, Coplug, Samurai Labs, Alcuris, TympaHealth and Deployed have been selected. The accelerator selected the organisations based on the potential to scale immediately. The six start-ups include: Alcuris provides an […]
NHS Scotland opens £216 million laboratory information management system tender
NHS National Services Scotland has opened a tender, worth an estimated £216 million, to procure a new single Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS). On behalf of all NHS Health Boards in Scotland, the procurement aims to replace existing Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) held at individual Health Boards over the next […]
