Europe
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has extended the rollout of Sunrise Electronic Patient Record (EPR), powered by Altera Digital Health, to its community services. The go-live marks a major milestone in its digital transformation journey and in supporting care beyond the hospital by joining up patient records across acute and community settings. This latest rollout highlights [...]
Centre for Sight today announced the publication of a major international review paper co-authored by its Medical Director, Mr Sheraz Daya, highlighting the stability of a unique Double C-Loop intraocular lens (IOL) design. The peer-reviewed study — which analysed 19 clinical trials involving 1,428 eyes — concludes that the POD Double C-Loop platform provides exceptional [...]
Eight entrepreneurs have been chosen to develop health innovation ventures in Liverpool through Citizen First LCR, a new scheme supporting so-called hidden entrepreneurs. Projects include hospital robots, AI-guided sleep support and a mobile hair salon. The programme is the first time Public Life’s Citizen Incubator model has been brought to Liverpool, as part of the [...]
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has taken a significant step towards a more digital future by rolling out electronic test ordering using Clinisys ICE. The trust deployed the order communications system to around 2,000 clinical users across all of its wards, the maternity and paediatrics units, the emergency and same day emergency care departments, and [...]
Researchers, engineers and entrepreneurs are being invited to apply for a fully funded innovation programme aimed at tackling one of the UK’s most urgent yet underserved health challenges: musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions. MSK conditions affect 20 million people in the UK, one third of the population, and account for 1 in 7 GP appointments. They are [...]
By Rachel Murphy, founder of The Grafter and Advisor for Silver Buck Selling a business is often portrayed as the big win: the day you cash out and celebrate years of hard work. Getting there is no easy feat, it takes years of hard work, plans to avoid burnout, and building a strong support network, [...]
Alcidion has today announced the addition of three new appointments to their UK-based team, with one internal promotion and two external recruits. Dr Paul Deffley has been announced as the UK Managing Director, with Tracy McClelland and Darren Ransley joining as global Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO) and Chief Revenue Officer (UK), respectively. Dr Paul [...]
Rethinking healthcare abroad: Why more UK patients are choosing India and The Medical Travel Company
By Dr Sukhdev Singh, General Practitioner; Public Governor, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust & Medical Director in Primary Care at TMTC In the UK, the term “health tourism” or “medical value tourism” has historically acquired a bad reputation and with good reason. Stories of patients returning from abroad with botched or unexpected procedures, with [...]
By Jess O’Dwyer, General Manager Europe, Pocketalk When it comes to modernising the NHS, there’s no shortage of ambition. Yet, while plans, pilots and proposals make headlines, the intricacies of being innovative in the healthcare sector must be realised and the challenges of introducing that innovation must be addressed. Let’s take language [...]
More than 1,000 bladder cancer patients a year can now access an NHS treatment shown in trials to double survival compared with standard chemotherapy. The combination therapy, available from today, has been described as "one of the most hopeful advances in decades" for people with the disease. Around 1,250 patients in England each year could [...]
