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Emergency departments and minor injury units across Northern Ireland are now benefitting from AI that helps clinicians accurately and efficiently identify bone fractures – deployed rapidly and at scale through Sectra Amplifier Services. Sectra Amplifier Services, provided by Northern Ireland's enterprise imaging partner Sectra, enables healthcare organisations to integrate AI tools directly into their existing [...]
Ahead Health has raised US$6m to expand its AI platform for early disease detection. The Zurich-based start-up was founded in 2024 by former Google executives, medical professionals and health technology specialists. It offers preventative check-ups including MRI scans, advanced blood tests and CT scans through a single AI-powered platform designed to expand access to preventative [...]
By Nick Wilson, CEO of System C As we enter 2026, artificial intelligence has now moved beyond the hype cycle. The question is no longer whether AI will transform health and social care, it's when, and whether we'll deploy it swiftly and wisely - or will we waste the time patients and public finances can’t [...]
Holly Health has announced its first major white-label integration in the public leisure sector through a partnership with GLL - the charitable social enterprise that operates over 250 leisure centres and gyms under its ‘Better’ brand. The collaboration sees Holly Health’s evidence-based habit change technology embedded directly into GLL’s new ‘Live Better’ digital wellbeing features, [...]
A partially sighted woman has regained vision after doctors tried a new eye injection using a low-cost, transparent gel. Nicki can now see and read most lines of letters on an eye test chart, after previously relying on a magnifying glass for close-up tasks and navigating largely by memory. She is one line away from [...]
By Maria Timson, health technology consultant Neighbourhood health is no longer a distant vision, it’s central to the NHS 10 Year Health Plan. This plan calls for three clear shifts: moving care from hospitals into communities, prioritising prevention over treatment, and harnessing digital tools to support people with complex needs. Complementing this, the National Neighbourhood [...]
A study estimates 1.6m adults in England, Wales and Scotland used weight-loss drugs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro between early 2024 and early 2025. The research, published in BMC Medicine and funded by Cancer Research UK, found a further 3.3m people said they would be interested in using them over the next year. A UCL [...]
The University of Warwick has launched a spin-out to speed up medtech and health technology clinical trials across the UK. VerIQ Limited aims to change how medical device and health technology trials are designed, initiated and delivered. Formed in partnership with University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust, VerIQ will combine academic and clinical [...]
People who stop weight loss jabs regain the weight they lost in under two years, a study has found. Researchers said the pace of weight regain after stopping the drugs was almost four times faster than after behavioural programmes, such as structured diet or exercise plans, regardless of how much weight people lost during treatment. [...]
A sleep app helped children with epilepsy fall asleep 16.5 minutes earlier on average, a UK-wide clinical trial found. The programme, called COSI (CASTLE Online Sleep Intervention), uses videos and written guides based on behavioural sleep techniques for parents, explaining practical routines to improve sleep. The UK-wide trial ran across 26 outpatient clinics and involved [...]
