Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit has awarded a contract with a value of £400,000 for an eating disorder app, to charitable organisation First Steps ED. Based in Derby, First Steps ED provides digital support to children who are either waiting for or stepping down from eating disorder treatment from […]
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2023 Essential Diagnostics List from WHO published, with inclusion of personal glucose monitoring devices
The World Health Organisation has published its 2023 Essential Diagnostics List (EDL) – an “evidence-based register of in vitro diagnostics (IVD) that supports countries to make national diagnostic choices” – which for the first time incorporates advice on the inclusion of personal use glucose monitoring devices for diabetes. The WHO […]
Patient portal launches today at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust’s new patient portal is set to launch today, 30 October, providing patients the ability to manage their own hospital appointments from a range of devices at any time. Maidstone is the third hospital trust in Kent and Medway to launch the Patients Know Best […]
Imperial College London introduces new online course for Extended Reality (XR) in healthcare education and clinical practice
Imperial College London has recently launched a new online course on Extended Reality (XR) in Healthcare Education and Clinical Practice, adding to the university’s online library of short courses, which also includes Digital Health, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence for Clinical Researchers, MSc/PgDip in Digital Health Leadership, and Imperial Business Analytics: […]
Government proposes £100 million AI investment for healthcare and life sciences
The Departments for Health and Social Care and Science, Innovation and Technology have shared a proposal for the AI Life Sciences Accelerator Mission, subject to a full business case, which would involve funding of £100 million to be invested across areas where rapid deployment of artificial intelligence is viewed to […]
King’s College London secures £1.5 million funding for MedTech acceleration programme
King’s College London has been awarded £1.5 million in funding from Research England’s Connecting Capability Fund, to develop “the UK’s first” MedTech accelerator programme. The programme, led by Professor Sebastien Ourselin, head of the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, will look to “translate medical devices (MedTech) to commercial […]
South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust shares updates ahead of EPR go-live
South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust in Northern Ireland is preparing to go live with its electronic patient record programme, encompass, on 9 November. The trust has been sharing updates and building momentum with regards to the EPR launch over the last few months, referring to the move to […]
£4 million South Yorkshire digital healthcare hub set to “lead the UK’s digital revolution and address inequalities in patient care”
The University of Sheffield, in partnership with Sheffield Hallam University, has this week launched an “ambitious” new digital healthcare hub in South Yorkshire, which it hopes is “set to lead the UK’s digital healthcare revolution and address inequalities in patient care”. The £4 million hub aims to create and develop […]
Medway NHS FT seeks views on new digital, data and technology strategy
Medway NHS Foundation Trust is seeking views from the general public about its upcoming Digital, Data and Technology Strategy. With this in mind, the trust has published a short survey, designed to help build an understanding of patient views on digital, data and technology, including how patients use technology to […]
Five guiding principles for machine-learning-enabled medical devices from MHRA, FDA and Health Canada
MHRA, along with international partners the FDA and Health Canada, has published five guiding principles for the development of predetermined change control plans (PCCPs), with the aim of removing “the regulatory burden for developers of machine-learning-enabled medical devices”. The guidance highlights that PCCPs allow manufacturers to demonstrate the changes and […]
