The trend for surgeries to become part of wider networks or federations of practices creates a great opportunity for them to use technology to work more effectively with their patients and peers, argues Paul Bensley, managing director of X-on. Increasing numbers of GP practices across the UK are looking to […]
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UK Space Agency launches multi-million pound drive to improve patient care with NHS England
A search for hi-tech solutions to the major health and care challenges facing the NHS in its 70th anniversary year is underway with up to £4 million from the UK Space Agency. In the joint initiative with NHS England, Innovators will bid for money to turn technology originally designed for […]
Funding boost to innovate social care – South Tyneside Council
South Tyneside Council has been awarded £20,000 to investigate how technology can be used to improve communication with people with learning disabilities and/or autism. The Council is one of just 12 across the country which have been selected from 80 to receive the funding from NHS Digital and the Local […]
New technology helps to improve treatment for NHS patients with depression
A new web-based “feedback” technology which allows therapists to accurately monitor how patients with depression are coping has been found to reduce the probability of deterioration during psychological treatment by 74%, a new study has found. The study, which is the largest controlled trial of its kind, involved data from […]
Nightingale Health and UK Biobank announce major initiative
Nightingale Health the blood biomarker technology for studying chronic diseases, will analyse the biomarker profiles of 500,000 blood samples from UK Biobank. Nightingale’s biomarker profiling technology will be used to analyse UK Biobank blood samples by measuring metabolic biomarkers that recent studies have found are predictive of future risk for heart […]
Increasing capacity for genomic analysis: apply for funding
Innovate UK has up to £5 million to support capital investment in equipment that increases the UK’s capacity to produce and commercialise genomic analysis technologies. Genomic analysis can help in the understanding and treatment of diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer. The funding is part of government’s £210 million […]
Twelve councils to share funding to explore social care digital innovation ideas
Twelve councils have been chosen by NHS Digital and the Local Government Association to explore how technology could help shape the future of social care. Scoping proposals range from how biometric technology might be used to assist people with learning disabilities and autism in the Wirral to how skills passports […]
IBM and Karantis360 Build AI-Driven Approach to Assisted Living for UK Elderly Population
UK-based care management provider Karantis360 has partnered with IBM to develop a smart cloud-based solution designed to enable assisted living through non-intrusive monitoring of individuals in their own homes, residential care, sheltered housing, or healthcare facilities. Leveraging IBM Watson IoT, delivered via a mobile application, Karantis360 learns changes in behaviour […]
North East leads the way in digital care as Health Call launches new diabetes service
Health Call has launched a new digital health service for gestational diabetes in the North East of England. The collaboration of NHS trusts has designed the programme to observe and check on the progress of expectant mothers with the condition. It is the first in a number of digitised care […]
New dads get support in the early weeks of fatherhood with the launch of mobile app
A new app, aimed at new dads in the Wiltshire, BANES and Swindon area, is to be launched this week. The “DadPad” app is a new easy-to-use resource to support dads in the early days and weeks following the birth of their child. DadPad contains practical information on topics including advice on how […]
