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 […]
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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 […]
Coventry and Warwickshire licences anonymised ophthalmology patient data
Artificial intelligence and health data company, RAIR Health, has signed a deal with University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust to access anonymised patient data in the field of ophthalmology. The company focuses on the development of proprietary insights from ophthalmic data and images, and has signed a non-exclusive data license […]
Superdrug launches mental health service app
Superdrug has launched a new mental health consultation app for people to start their journey to the right mental health support. Through the app, called MindCare, a user can speak with a doctor confidentially, to discuss their mental health and work towards a diagnosis to guide them to the relevant support. […]
Nuffield Health commits to cloud-first approach
Nuffield Health is working with managed services provider, Node4, to move to a cloud-first infrastructure. The healthcare charity is replacing its legacy infrastructure with a migration to Microsoft Azure cloud and DevOps Managed Services from Node4. Paul Bryce, Chief Commercial Officer at Node4, said: “Now more than ever, organisations like Nuffield Health […]
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 […]
Dorset Healthcare live with Covid Oximetry @home monitoring service
Dorset Healthcare has launched its Covid Oximetry @home monitoring service across the region to help identify and support Covid-19 patients who may deteriorate. The new service went live on 16th November for the first patients admitted to the virtual ward for monitoring from practices and the local trust, for Dorset’s highest risk […]
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. […]
