NHS Digital has launched a digital assessment portal to streamline and improve the process for developers seeking to have their app included on the NHS Apps Library. The portal went live on 20 May in a public beta before plans to fully launch in September. It will act as an online self-service […]
Tag: Innovation
Matthew Gould states intention for the NHS App
In a blog post published on Friday, Matthew Gould the CEO of NHSX focused on the intentions for the NHS App and NHSX. Matthew Gould said: “You might have thought that my first blog as CEO of NHSX should be about something general – NHSX’s objectives, or our plans, or […]
UK healthtech startup raises £1.1 million for AI-powered disease diagnosis
UK healthtech startup Feebris has announced a successful seed investment raise of £1.1 million. The funding enables the company to continue its innovation in AI for precision diagnosis of respiratory conditions in elderly patients in the UK and young children in India. The company founded by Elina Naydenova and Adam Bacon […]
Final cohort selected for Digital Health Accelerator Programme
Propel@YH has announced the six start-ups to participate in its inaugural digital health accelerator programme. The Leeds-based programme is commissioned by the Yorkshire & Humber AHSN (Academic Health Science Network) in partnership with mHabitat, an NHS-owned specialist and expert in the application of digital to health and care. This programme’s […]
Moorfields to trial clinical decision support for front line nurses
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with Dem Dx to support paediatric nursing staff with clinical decision support from Dem Dx. The trial, which started on 10th May, will see 13 paediatric nurses at Moorfields trained to use the new platform, which will assist them in triaging conditions […]
Salford app library adds ORCHA validation
The recently launched app library salford.orcha.co.uk has added a new dimension to its selection of rigoursouly tested apps by highlighting the validation of each app. The collaboration between Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust in collaboration with ORCHA – the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Applications means the most trusted […]
Leicester awarded £2 million by UK Space Agency to develop mobile app
A team from Leicester’s Hospitals and the University of Leicester has been awarded £2 million pounds by the UK Space Agency to develop a new mobile application providing disease specific exercise advice. The money was awarded by the UK Space Agency in partnership with NHS England and the European Space […]
14 start-ups shortlisted to accelerator programme
14 start-ups have made the shortlist to participate in Propel@YH first digital health accelerator programme. The Leeds-based programme was commissioned by the Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Science Network in partnership with mHabitat, an NHS-owned specialist and expert in the application of digital to health and care. The shortlisted organisations and […]
£9m awarded to breakthrough digital health technologies
Innovative digital technology projects have received a £9m funding boost through the government’s Digital Health Technology Catalyst. The catalyst, delivered by UK Research and Innovation, aims to accelerate the development of digital health innovation, under the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, to ensure the UK remains at the leading-edge of innovative […]
New AI able to identify and predict the development of cancer symptom clusters
In the first study of its kind, published by Nature Scientific Reports, researchers from the University of Surrey and the University of California detail how they used Network Analysis (NA) to examine the structure and relationships between 38 common symptoms reported by over 1300 cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. The new […]
