Health Education and Improvement Wales has launched a free foundational course in AI for healthcare professionals, with plans to introduce a chatbot interface to the online course. Following an AI education and skills landscape review earlier this year, the findings highlighted a gap in AI education, said to be insufficient to […]
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Online GP service founder seeks investment to secure future
A private online GP service, DutyDoctor, founded by Dr Koyes Ahmed, took to LinkedIn to announce that the company has reached a financial crossroads and is now looking for “urgent investment or partnership” to help secure its future. Founded in February 2025, DutyDoctor provides private online consultations, prescriptions, medical letters, […]
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust develops radiography app for university students
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust has launched a radiography app to provide students and apprentices with access to a range of clinical learning resources through their mobile phones. Developed entirely in-house by Benjamin Hubbard, practice educator for therapeutic radiography and Simon Jassel, advanced practitioner in imaging and IT, […]
Scottish government opens national online digital maturity assessment tool opportunity
The Scottish government has opened an opportunity to develop a national online digital maturity assessment tool that will allow healthcare organisations within the country to evaluate their use of digital technologies. With a focus on “continuous improvement, workforce development, and strategic alignment”, the tool should have the ability to assess […]
Quiddity Health CEO announces closure due to funding uncertainties, delayed revenue and slow new business in health tech market
Quiddity Health, the UK-based health tech consultancy service, has announced it will be ending its services after five years of operation, citing delayed revenue and slow new business across the VC and health tech market as the main reason behind this decision. The announcement was made on LinkedIn by founder and […]
Therapy clinical site coordinator develops equipment location app
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS FT has shared details of a new web-based app, aimed at improving the ordering process for patient equipment across the region. The Equipment Locality App (ELA) was reportedly “built from scratch” by Luke Holland, a therapy clinical site coordinator at Good Hope Hospital, with a passion […]
UK government plans digital marketplace to give public servants the power to rate and review suppliers
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has announced plans to build a digital marketplace “comparable to an app store”, which will reportedly change the technology procurement process in the UK public sector. The National Digital Exchange platform will be designed to make it “faster and easier to buy the […]
ELMO Group acquires Rotageek
In a move to expand its delivery of intelligent workforce management solutions across the UK, ELMO Group has announced its acquisition of Rotageek and its AI-powered intelligent scheduling engine, aiming to deliver an intelligent end-to-end platform for rostering and scheduling. Rotageek, founded in 2009, was initially used as a smart […]
SBRI Healthcare and NIHR Invention for Innovation Investment Readiness programme welcomes first cohort of female founders
SBRI Healthcare, in partnership with Lifted Ventures, has launched its first cohort of female founders and CEOs, joining its Innovation Investment Readiness programme. The six-month programme, expected to run from May to October 2025, has been introduced as an avenue for supplying female-led startups with the “tools, knowledge and networks […]
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust explores the market for multiple workforce management solutions
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has opened a market engagement exercise for the procurement of a “suite of workforce management solutions” to be used across multiple trusts within the region. The trust first aims to “gather industry feedback to inform the development of service specifications and commissioning strategies”, before they […]