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By Richard Lycett, Senior Technical Manager at Ambulance Radio Programme In the world of emergency services, the term mission critical is hard to escape but a non-negotiable in how we operate. At Ambulance Radio Programme (ARP) our organisation sits within the NHS and exists to provide the national infrastructure that underpins ambulance service communications and [...]
What does healthy lifespan look like, and how long can it last? A new special report from our sister publication Agetech World explores the ‘biohacking’ quest to re-engineer ageing - and who it could benefit. Read the report in full below.
By Alasdair Craine Kettering General Hospital and University Hospitals of Northamptonshire were not short of demand. They were short of coordination. Patients were waiting in one part of the system while capacity sat underused in another. The issue was not effort or clinical capability. It was visibility. With the Federated Data Platform, that changed. What [...]
Healthcare innovators, NHS professionals and industry experts are being invited to take part in a high-intensity programme aimed at accelerating solutions to some of the health service’s most pressing challenges. Health Tech Enterprise, which supports MedTech innovators in navigating the complexities of healthcare commercialisation, has opened applications for its upcoming Health Innovation Sprints in London [...]
Internationally renowned surgeon and innovator Prof Shafi Ahmed has published his new book, INTELLIGENT: The Evolution of AI Transforming Healthcare, offering a powerful and timely exploration of how artificial intelligence is reshaping modern medicine. INTELLIGENT examines the rapid acceleration of AI across healthcare – from reading diagnostic scans and guiding surgical procedures to transforming drug [...]
Briya has announced that its global data network has expanded to cover over 120 million patient records. By unifying this massive real-world data (RWD) repository with the Briya AIRE research engine, Briya is delivering a scalable solution to address the industry’s need for diverse, high-fidelity patient representation to advance medical innovation and personalized medicine. David [...]
Cera, Europe’s largest health tech company, has announced the launch of the world’s first dedicated AI Lab for the care sector. The initiative aims to address the global care capacity crisis by rapidly building, proving, and licensing high-impact AI tools to transform health systems, solving productivity and accessibility challenges internationally. Dr Ben Maruthappu MBE is [...]
Rapid Health’s Smart Triage innovation newly integrated into the NHS App, is improving GP access for patients across England. For the first time, over one million patients can access appointments not previously available via the NHS App 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week, marking an improvement in patient experience, and reducing administrative pressure on practices. Every patient using Smart [...]
By Alasdair Craine The debate around NHS data has drifted into something unrecognisable. What should be a grounded, technical discussion about infrastructure, safety and outcomes has instead become a distraction that is now directly impacting performance. From boardrooms to wards, and up into the centre of government, the truth remains simple. The NHS owns its [...]
A new AI tool could show which advanced bowel cancer patients will respond to bevacizumab, a drug recently introduced by the NHS. Researchers at London’s Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences in Dublin developed the PhenMap tool with the goal of sparing potentially thousands of patients from [...]
