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It’s an exciting and uncertain time for both healthcare providers and researchers. Disruptive technologies are coming to the fore and data-driven insights seem to be playing an ever-greater role in how we analyse and interpret information. In the light of these changes, will emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, be the game changers their supporters [...]
AI companies are being urged to help strengthen UK cyber defence as ministers warn automated threats are rising fast. The call was made at CYBERUK, where security minister Dan Jarvis told industry leaders and experts that stronger AI-powered defences are needed to protect critical networks. Jarvis described the effort as a "generational endeavour" aimed at [...]
By G2 Speech With ambient speech shouldering the burden of documentations in many healthcare settings, more clinicians are able to step out from behind the screen and back into patient conversations. But, like any emerging technology, it’s surrounded by misconceptions. Let’s break down some of the most common myths, and the reality behind them. Myth [...]
G2 Speech has announced that it has been successfully recognised as a self-certified supplier on the NHS England AVT (Ambient Voice Technology) Registry. This milestone reflects the company's commitment to delivering trusted, compliant and high-quality ambient voice solutions that support clinicians and improve patient care across the NHS. The AVT Registry is designed to streamline [...]
Private UK Biobank records from 500,000 volunteers were listed for sale on Alibaba, the government has confirmed. The de-identified information, belonging to participants in the UK Biobank project, appeared in three separate listings, with at least one seeming to contain data from the full volunteer group. De-identified means names, addresses and exact dates of birth [...]
The British Business Bank has committed £100m to a fund investing in UK health tech companies. The backing for Apposite Healthcare Growth I will be the bank's largest fund commitment to date. Apposite Healthcare Growth I will invest in innovative companies across medical products, diagnostics, life sciences tools, digital health and pharmaceutical outsourcing [...]
Gene therapy has helped a six-year-old girl see in the dark again after treatment for a rare inherited eye condition. Saffie Sandford, from Stevenage, has Leber's congenital amaurosis, or LCA, a rare genetic condition that prevents cells in the eye from making a protein needed for normal vision. Without treatment, her family had been told [...]
The first UK volunteers have received a bird flu vaccine in a clinical trial aimed at protecting against a possible pandemic. The jab targets the H5N1 strain of flu, a form of bird flu that has caused major outbreaks in birds worldwide and has also spread to some mammals. The risk to humans is currently [...]
Health and social care staff from two NHS trusts and the wider BNSSG integrated care system will engage with tech companies on 13 May, as Bristol NHS Group advances its digital strategy and looks to take forward the 10 Year Health Plan. Bristol NHS Group’s Local Health Tech Showcase is the latest in a new [...]
AI chatbots are recommending alternatives to chemotherapy for cancer treatment, potentially putting lives at risk, a study has found. A team from the Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center tested widely used bots including xAI's Grok, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini, Meta's AI and High-Flyer's DeepSeek. Almost half of the answers on cancer [...]
