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A successful tech platform which connects NHS and social care workers with shifts has had such success in the UK that it plans to expand into France. Florence is an app that connects nurses and care professionals with open shifts, cutting out the need for agency middlemen so shifts are filled directly. The health tech [...]
The government has released its plans for the NHS and social care to deliver for patients, this winter and next. Pritesh Mistry, Fellow at The King's Fund, shares his insights with Health Tech World about the role data and digital technology will have to play... The UK has a new Prime Minister and a new [...]
Andy Meiner, chief revenue officer at ReStart, shares his insights with Health Tech World on interoperable digital care, and the importance of an"open tech" approach... Integrated care systems (ICSs) will struggle to achieve even the most basic objectives, such as virtual wards and integrated clinical pathways, without a fundamental change in approach. These digital transformation [...]
Darren Goode, who previously led health tech company Elvie to become a $26m global brand, will now turn his efforts to innovative, home fertility femtech firm, Béa Fertility… A former global chief marketing officer at Elvie has been appointed as a leading advisor at femtech startup Béa Fertility - where he plans to help the [...]
Innovative femtech company Forth has been nominated for the ‘Innovation in Health Tech’ award, at the LaingBuisson Awards 2022. The CEO of femtech firm Forth previously made the 2022 longlist for the Health Tech World incredible women in health tech - and now the company is up for another prestigious award as a health tech [...]
In the middle of a busy day shift at Croydon University Hospital, Emergency Medicine Consultant Oliver Spencer pauses to reflect on the pressures that the NHS is experiencing right now. “The NHS is seeing a surge in demand for services, not least due to the backlog that has mounted over the last two years,” he [...]
A specialist prosthetics and orthotics company has announced the opening of its first ever, satellite outpatient clinic based in the north of England. Sheffield-based STEPS Prosthetics has launched the clinic at Neural Pathways in Gateshead, Tyne & Wear - where it already works in partnership with STEPS Rehabilitation. The move has meant that the company [...]
Patients’ safety fears as trust workers unable to access records, and outage results in “wrong” drug doses. The devastating cyber attack affecting crucial NHS services has caused extensive consequences, and it could be a year before hospitals really recover, it has been reported. The August ransomware attack on the health service, which halted ambulance dispatch [...]
Britain has a new Prime Minister. What is she proposing as part of her manifesto for healthcare and health technology? Liz Truss has promised to “hit the ground running” with an emergency budget which will fund public services and the NHS. Now that the news is official that Liz is the new Prime Minister, questions [...]
A TV campaign to empower menopausal women and encourage them not the “brush off” difficult, symptoms has been launched by a leading femtech firm. The ‘Warrior’ campaign will support the launch of MyFORM - a ground-breaking female hormone mapping blood test, as well as fighting “societal pressure” and the stigmas surrounding the symptoms suffered by menopausal [...]
