A project supported by the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London and £4.8M investment, has this week launched a new sensor said to diagnose sleep apnoea and associated sleep disorders using a device that sits on your chin. The device, Sunrise, is a certified medical smart sensor, to offer results […]
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Clinical studies tech start-up uMed raises £3.7m
Health tech startup uMed has raised £3.7m in new funding for its solution that helps automate processes in running clinical studies. The latest funding follows a previous raises of £1m in October 2019 from Playfair Capital which continues as an investor in its latest round. The company now plans to use […]
New Turing fellows announced to develop AI tech
Fifteen researchers have been awarded Turing AI Acceleration fellowships, to develop artificial intelligence technologies. The technologies will be developed to combat cancer, support data modelling, cybersecurity and use AI tools with crowdsourced information to track the spread of infectious diseases. Named after AI pioneer Alan Turing, the fellowships are supported […]
Somerset NHS deploys quality and compliance software
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 […]
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. […]
