Innovative firms in the North West Coast and across the UK will benefit from a new national package of support worth up to £86 million to help them develop real world medical breakthroughs that will help patients across the NHS. A Government announcement of new support for health innovation will […]
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3D printed bionic hands trial begin in Bristol
The world’s first clinical trial of 3D printed bionic hands for child amputees, backed by SBRI Healthcare, has recently started in Bristol. It has the potential to rapidly improve waiting times, and reduce the cost of traditional solutions. Currently, the only prosthetic hands available to children on the NHS are […]
Project unveils 25 years of lifestyle changes
A new tool shows how people in England’s smoking, drinking and healthy eating habits have changed over the past 25 years, in a new, easy to understand, format. Statistics on how many of us are overweight, obese or still lighting up cigarettes can now be compared from the early 1990s […]
UKCloud launches healthcare division
UKCloud has announced the launch of a new division, UKCloud Health, which will deliver an open, collaborative and UK sovereign public cloud platform specifically to the healthcare industry, supporting health and care organisations, research and life sciences and pharmaceuticals. The launch comes as research shows that 75 percent of UK […]
22 companies to receive share of a £2.1 million investment
22 companies are to receive a share of a £2.1 million investment to develop and commercialise novel technologies with the potential to revolutionise GP services. The competition was led by Eastern, South West and West of England AHSNs. Technologies were sought in three main challenge areas for general practice. Winning […]
World’s first Carestream OnSight 3D Extremity System to be installed
The first CARESTREAM OnSight 3D Extremity System in the world is to be installed at Cobalt Health’s Imaging Centre, Cheltenham, in the south west of England. Cobalt, a medical charity, has a history of assisting in the adoption of new services into the NHS by early investment in new technologies […]
New app helping to improve patient care
A new app which detects early signs of kidney failure is now being used to improve care for some of the Royal Free’s most vulnerable patients. Using an instant alert system, the app, known as Streams, directs clinicians to patients who are at risk of or who have developed a […]
Horder Healthcare picks IMS MAXIMS
Horder Healthcare is to deploy an electronic patient record (EPR) from software provider IMS MAXIMS, in order to improve care for thousands of patients and facilitate its digital journey to align it with the NHS’s ambition of paperless at the point of care by 2020. The commitment will enable the […]
5 healthcare technology predictions for 2017 from Connexica
We spoke with Connexica, who gave us 5 healthcare technology predictions for 2017: 1 – Rise in virtual GPs The Office of National Statistics have recently reported an increase in the use of the internet to research health related information, with 68% of 25-34 year olds now turning to the […]
B&NES, Swindon and Wiltshire Summary Sustainability Transformation Plan released
Health and care organisations across Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Swindon and Wiltshire have today (15 November) released a summary of their Sustainability and Transformation Plan ahead of full publication in the coming weeks. Overall, across B&NES, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) the standard of health and care services compare […]
