Healthcare Communications is supporting Health Boards across Wales with a text messaging service for COVID-19 test results. The company is working with all Health Boards to send notifications by SMS to key workers and members of the public who have been tested for the virus in Wales. Messages can be delivered […]
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Diabetes management platform launches £5.8 million crowdfunding campaign
A Manchester based tech start-up, Gendius, is to launch a crowd funding campaign to raise £5.8 million in July. Launching on Crowdcube, the company is seeking investment in its diabetes management app to support its growth plans. Currently the app is downloaded 10,000 times a week to support effective remote […]
Babylon app error allows user to see over 50 patient video recordings
A user of the GP video appointment app, Babylon Health, has been allowed to see over 50 recordings of other patients’ appointments. Rory Glover, based in Leeds, posted on twitter yesterday a screen shot of video recordings of other people. Babylon Health has acknowledged that its GP video appointment app […]
New app launched to support Functional Neurological Disorder
A new app, myFND, has been launched to support people with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) to understand and manage their symptoms. Supported by St George’s Hospital Charity and St George’s NHS FT, the app has been launched by Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, Dr Chris Symeon. FND, or Functional Neurological Disorder, is a condition […]
Government releases significant COVID data sharing contracts
On the 5th June, the government released its data sharing contracts with private tech firms, Amazon, Microsoft, Google as well as AI firms Faculty and Palantir. The contracts were released to openDemocracy and tech justice firm Foxglove and reveal details of the transfer of personal health information of NHS users to the aforementioned tech […]
Interview Series: Roisin Fallon-Williams, CEO, Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS FT
In our latest interview, we spoke with Roisin Fallon-Williams, CEO of Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Trust. Roisin gave us a reflective and insightful look at how her leadership has changed during Covid, as well as learnings she has acquired and advice for her colleagues in the NHS. She begins by […]
Virtual reality tool adds COVID specific training modules
A virtual reality and augmented reality tech provider, built by an NHS trauma surgeon, has added specially designed COVID-19 modules for use on their immersive training platform. NHS staff have been using the immersive technology to enable mass, socially-distant training. It include training from how to use PPE, to how to […]
Opinion: Medical Examiners, Surveillance, learning from deaths, COVID and recovery: Clinical Outcome Review
By Orlando Agrippa, CEO, Draper & Dash. At the time of writing this article, 2020 moves further into a period we have not seen the likes of in living human history. With over 50,542 fatalities as a result of COVID-19 since the onset of the outbreak, this surge in mortality […]
Oxford University Hospitals secures grant to develop COVID-19 training platform
A team of radiologists and radiographers at Oxford University Hospitals has secured a grant to customise a teaching platform to educate frontline NHS staff to diagnose COVID-19 using chest X-rays and CT scans. The platform was initially developed with funding from Health Education England to train Oxford Medical School students […]
Shared care record deployed across Greater Manchester
The GM Care Record, using technology from Graphnet, has been deployed across Greater Manchester as part of the region’s COVID-19 response. It means health and care data can be shared and healthcare professionals can have vital, instant access to the records of 2.8 million citizens. The deployment was accelerated in […]
