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Danielle Jefferies, analyst for The King’s Fund, offers her comment piece in response to Health Tech World's recent headline: NHS admits frightening backlog - can tech really fix this? - here's what she had to say... There’s no getting away from the significant challenges the NHS is facing at the moment. So, it’s no surprise [...]
Rishi Sunak’s recent proposal to fine patients £10 for each missed NHS appointment has been met with fire from health bosses and professionals, who say we need AI technology, not “punishment”, to escape the crisis. Sunak proposed the fines as part of changes he would make if he were to become Prime Minister, and says [...]
An app-driven care provider which provides virtual care inside people’s homes augmented through a platform has raised £2.6 million ($320M) in an equity and debt financing round - and will use it to free up NHS beds. Cera’s successful platform allows carers to monitor patients’ health and potentially flag problems, whilst claiming to move more [...]
TED Talks speaker and clinical psychologist Dr Newman speaks to Health Tech World about the importance of AI in healthcare - and how what we call it matters more than you might think... When you think of artificial intelligence, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? If it’s a robot with arms and legs, [...]
Young MedTech entrepreneur Moises Barbera Ramos speaks to Health Tech World about his journey - and how his childhood experiences set him up for business success... When 23-year-old Moises was at school playing sports, he never could have imagined it was setting him up for successful entrepreneurship later in life. His sense of community and [...]
After this week’s headlines that the UK “has already tipped” into a recession, we look at the possible effects on the health tech sector… When former BOE rate-setter Danny Blanchflower said that the UK is probably “already in” a recession, there was a shared underground rumble felt across the country. What was generally seen as [...]
Virtual wards, surgical hubs and artificial intelligence are said to be “key to tackling the backlog” - but how far can tech really go in saving the NHS? The NHS is in critical condition, with thousands of patients waiting more than two years for treatment, and chronic staff shortages pushing the health system to its [...]
An inspiring young scientist who invented a tech solution to transform COVID-19 testing has received special recognition from a senior royal. Eloise Wells, molecular geneticist and analyst at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, created a special program to locate positive COVID-19 samples amongst the tens of thousands of swab extracts received daily, amid the first waves [...]
Norwegian health tech firm Otivio has extended an exploratory clinical trial which could lead to a breakthrough in treatment options for multiple sclerosis (MS). The company has extended its trial with Neuro-SysMed to confirm the potential of its non-invasive FlowOx medical device to alleviate multiple sclerosis symptoms. The trial follows a recent case series of 7 people with [...]
