NHS Digital has launched new cyber security resources to support social care organisations in improving security culture within their care settings. The resources come in the form of an update to NHS Digital’s security awareness toolkit, Keep I.T. Confidential. The toolkit was originally created in 2019 to help clinical staff. […]
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Cardiff University awarded funding for imaging technology to investigate epilepsy
Scientists at Cardiff University have been awarded nearly £1 million to investigate how imaging technology can help to pick up new signs of disease in the brain. Using MRI scanner technology optimised for smaller samples, along with advanced microscopes, scientists will analyse the brains of epilepsy patients, initially focusing on […]
Devon Partnership to introduce new psychological therapy dataset
Devon Partnership NHS Trust is set to introduce a new dataset providing psychological therapy data through the Medical Interoperability Gateway platform. Following first of type testing at the trust, and a partnership between Healthcare Gateway and Mayden, the new ‘Mayden iaptus (IAPT) dataset’ will provide real-time access to information held within psychological […]
Poll: five years from now, how many GP clinical system suppliers will there be?
Here at HTN we recently covered the Fuller stocktake, the review commissioned by NHS England and NHS Improvement to explore what is working well in integrated primary care and why, and how implementation can be accelerated. One of the areas covered in the report was the role of digital and […]
Clinical letters turned into data for multiple sclerosis database
The Multiple Sclerosis Society has funded the development of technology to turn written language in patient letters into data to create a unique multiple sclerosis database. Hoped to support researchers and healthcare professionals, the tech was first piloted in 2018. To date it has been used to turn 400 letters into […]
Social care innovator raises £28.5 million
Florence, a health-tech social care staffing solution, has raised £28.5 million through a Series B funding round. The company said it plans to use the investment to expand and develop its product, enter new markets, and to support UK and international growth. Its free app is used to connect nurses with open […]
University of Glasgow develop new artificial skin with touch sensitivity
Engineers from the University of Glasgow have published the results of their research into developing an electronic skin that can learn to feel ‘pain’. The paper, titled ‘Printed Synaptic Transistors based Electronic Skin for Robots to Feel and Learn’ published in Science Robotics, highlights artificial skin with a new type […]
News in Brief: Greater Manchester commissions mental health support for all residents, first fellows in clinical AI announced, North West London tackle diabetes and more
As ever, there’s plenty to talk about in the health tech industry, from a partnership between a digital supplier and an NHS trust providing digital emotional health and wellbeing support, to the introduction of a new app to support e-observations in a children’s hospital. Join us as we take a […]
Fuller stocktake report sets out plan to improve patient access to primary care
Dr Claire Fuller’s review into how to improve access for patients to primary care, ‘Next steps for integrating primary care: Fuller stocktake report’, has been published. The review was commissioned by NHS England and NHS Improvement, with an aim to review what is working well in integrated primary care, why […]
North East Innovation Lab supports study into new COVID-19 test
Researchers from Newcastle University have developed a new biosensor to detect COVID-19. The biosensor measures chemicals or biological molecules such as proteins or antibodies and has led to the development of a diagnostic test that does not require the technical equipment necessary to process the results in a lab, the […]
