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Electiva Healthcare Group has announced a series of high-profile senior appointments and a sharp focus on further acquisition. In just twelve months, Electiva has rapidly expanded its family of hospitals and specialist brands, already delivering more self-pay procedures by volume than any other provider in the UK. Driven by a commitment to clinical consistency, intelligent [...]
Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget has prompted a measured but constructive response from health tech suppliers, many of whom see the Chancellor’s commitments as a meaningful step toward improving NHS efficiency and patient outcomes. Announcements of £300 million capital investment for NHS technology, 250 new neighbourhood health centres, with 100 of these by 2030, and savings [...]
NHS Trust Executive insights reveal renewed confidence in NHS England’s CEO leadership and a clearer path to recovery. The UK’s National Health Service has had nine chief executives of NHS England since the organisation’s formal creation, with Sir David Nicholson as its first and Sir Jim Mackey as the most recent. Each has presided over [...]
By Colette Kitterhing, vice president of UK and Ireland at Netskope Healthcare is changing at a rapid pace, as the health industry digitally transforms to meet patient expectations. Despite this, trust is still delicate in the industry. When people can't book appointments, deal with broken communication between clinicians or receive incorrect diagnoses, their confidence deteriorates. [...]
By Adam Boynton, senior security strategy manager at Jamf Mobile devices have become the NHS’s most quietly transformative tools. Whether on a ward round, at a community visit, or during an emergency response, clinicians now rely on phones and tablets as instinctively as they once reached for a penlight. These endpoints carry [...]
Dr Haus Dermatology is celebrating its 15th anniversary and strengthening its clinical team with the appointment of two new Consultant Dermatologists: Dr Paola De Mozzi and Dr Jason Thomson. Founded in 2010 by internationally recognised dermatologist Dr Ariel Haus, the Harley Street clinic has grown into a trusted destination for evidence-based dermatology, pioneering technologies, and [...]
A national prostate cancer screening programme is not justified for all UK men, the UK National Screening Committee has advised. The committee said mass screening would be "likely to cause more harm than good" and backed testing only for men with BRCA genetic variants. BRCA variants are inherited DNA changes that can raise cancer risk. [...]
The UK’s 2025 Autumn Budget has outlined a series of measures with direct implications for the health tech sector, signalling a renewed push to modernise NHS infrastructure and expand tech-enabled care. At the centre of the announcement is £300m in new capital funding for NHS technology, positioned as critical to upgrading digital systems, strengthening data infrastructure [...]
Bath-based InnotiveDx has won a £1m grant to advance its rapid UTI test, delivering results in under 60 minutes. The funding from PACE (Pathways to Antimicrobial Clinical Efficacy) will support development of the InnotiveUTI test, which provides bacterial identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (checking which antibiotics will work) at the point of care. This tackles [...]
An NHS-backed mental health fund has picked 19 startups for its second cohort, with each eligible to pitch for up to £1m. The Innovations in Mental Health (IMH) Fund’s 12-week immersion programme will focus on companies developing solutions for depression, anxiety and psychosis-related disorders. The fund also announced its first investment in Affiniti AI, which [...]
