Harley Street clinics are to offer patients a new medically approved brain stimulation headset to treat depression. The technology from medical device company Flow Neuroscience has been shown in independent clinical studies to have a similar impact to antidepressants but with fewer and less-severe side effects. The treatment is being trialled in […]
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NHS Tayside and Inhealthcare partner to roll out nutritional health tech
Over 100 care homes in Scotland are set to benefit from a new digital pathway to provide nutritional support. It is designed to improve the health and wellbeing of residents and reduce any inappropriate prescribing of oral nutritional supplements. NHS Scotland has said malnutrition and dehydration have substantial adverse effects […]
Opinion: Being open to innovation
The creation of NHSX and its commitment to open development could herald a new era of closer collaboration between the health service and software companies, considers David Hancock, healthcare executive advisor at InterSystems. By working in more open and collaborative ways, he believes vendors and the NHS can better deliver […]
VR helps patient manage anxiety and pain
A hospice in west London, managed by London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is using virtual reality technology to help its patients manage anxiety and pain. Meadow House, a day hospice and 15-bed inpatient unit located in the grounds of Ealing Hospital, has been trialling the headsets for the past […]
Public Health England launches new platform to support mental health
Public Health England and the NHS have launched Every Mind Matters a platform to provide resources to help people look after their mental health, improve their mental wellbeing and support others. The new platform has been endorsed by the Royal College of General Practitioners and enables people to create personalised action plans, recommending a […]
NHS London Procurement Partnership invites tenders for health and social care apps
The NHS London Procurement Partnership is working with ORCHA to help 46 organisations, including Trusts and CCGs across London and the South, to introduce safe apps into practice. The NHS London Procurement Partnership (NHS LPP) develops and manages collaborative procurement projects on behalf of its members, including NHS clinical commissioning […]
CW+ and Chelsea and Westminster NHS FT launch new innovation programme
CW+, the official charity of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has today announced a new innovation programme, named CW Innovation. The partnership and innovation programme aims to identify and deliver new high–impact innovation initiatives and improvements that support the goal of delivering operational excellence, and exceptional patient care […]
Data and analytics supporting the stranded patients challenge
HTN met with Orlando Agrippa, CEO and Richard Parker, COO of Draper & Dash to understand how their technology, the use of data and analytics on historic and live data is now being used by some trusts to identify, understand and review trends and issues that lead to patients becoming […]
RCGP invites primary care insight on impact of AI
The Royal College of GPs is inviting clinicians and healthcare professionals in primary care to provide insight on how AI will impact them. Together with UCL, the RCGP is in the early stages of piloting an AI tool for educational purposes. However the College has called for help, via a survey […]
Circle Health partners with EQL AI-driven physio tool
EQL, a start-up part of the NHS DigitalHealth.London accelerator programme will be providing its AI-driven physio tool to Circle Health. Cicle Health will be rolling out the tool across all its NHS MKS contracts. Patients will utilise Phio, the digital physiotherapist that uses powerful decision trees to accurately evaluate the right […]
