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Almost a quarter of UK patients are turning to AI for guidance, with Gen Z patients most likely to ask ChatGPT before their GP, new research has revealed. The survey of 2,000 UK patients found that one in four patients (24 per cent) already use AI for health guidance, and one in three (30 per [...]
The NHS will offer prostate cancer patients video consultations and home blood tests under government plans to detect tumours earlier. A reported in The Daily Mail, the initiatives will be detailed in the government's Men's Health Strategy, due this week. Ministers aim to make care easier to access without time off work for in-person appointments [...]
Doctors unveiled an AI tool that could cut failed organ transplant attempts by 60 per cent by predicting donor viability within the critical window. The machine learning model forecasts whether donors will die within the timeframe that preserves liver quality, outperforming experienced surgeons’ judgement. In liver transplants using donors who die after cardiac arrest — [...]
A newly-launched digital platform aims to help NHS GP practices run clinical trials faster and reach underrepresented patients across the UK. The DaRe2THINK clinical trial has built the platform to cut paperwork for GP staff and widen access to studies. The system securely links to GP IT, automatically transferring relevant health data to participating NHS [...]
Young Lives vs Cancer today announced its first £30,000 Innovation Lab impact investment into Little Journey, a Series A digital health company aiming to improve paediatric care through personalised preparation and support tools. Launched in June 2025, the Innovation Lab aims to transform Young Lives vs Cancer’s 60+ years of expertise, experience, reach, and data [...]
Your Brain Health (YBH) has partnered with the OrthTeam Centre in Manchester, expanding access to data-driven concussion care for athletes and sports teams across the North of England – and further strengthening the UK’s national concussion care infrastructure at the forefront of digital brain health innovation. Through the partnership, the OrthTeam Centre’s dedicated Concussion Clinic [...]
By Craig Millard, MD (EVP) @ Harris Health Alliance The NHS 10-Year Plan outlined a bold vision for a more joined-up, digitally enabled, patient-centred, and community-focused health service. Six months on, and the headlines continue to focus on the shiny new, groundbreaking tech and its potential for transformation. That’s all well and good, but that [...]
New research has found that fewer than 18 per cent of people with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) across four major Western countries have been diagnosed—leaving millions unaware they have a serious form of fatty liver disease. MASH is the most severe form of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)—a condition that occurs in people who [...]
Scientists and medics have developed an ultra-rapid method of genetically diagnosing brain tumours that will cut the time it takes to classify them from 6-8 weeks, to as little as two hours – which could improve care for thousands of patients each year in the UK. The method has been developed by scientists at the [...]
Patients are set to benefit from an exciting digital transformation in Powys, as a significant step forward is taken towards safer and more efficient prescribing and medicines administration in hospitals. Powys Teaching Health Board (PTHB) has chosen Better as its technology partner to support delivery of electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (ePMA), which will revolutionise [...]
