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Surgical Holdings is inviting healthcare professionals to join its upcoming free, CPD-accredited webinar, Back to Basics: Surgical Retractors, taking place on Friday, 20 March at 12:00 pm. Delivered as part of the Surgical Holdings Academy, the session is designed to provide practical, real-world insights into one of the most commonly used yet often overlooked categories [...]
Predictive Health Intelligence (PHI) and Sano Genetics have announced the completion of recruitment into the LiveWell study, with 996 participants enrolled from a single NHS site in less than a year. Delivered in partnership with Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, which supported clinical oversight and research delivery, and Tawazun Health, and supported by Innovate UK, the [...]
Scientists have made a significant step towards a blood test that detects brain tumours and monitors them in real time. The new test is 90 per cent accurate and could be used by GPs to pick up glioblastomas. It is also being expanded to include other types of brain tumour. The study, led by scientists [...]
Article produced in association with Spital Clinic and Jeen Health The Women's Health Strategy for England, published in 2022, identified significant gaps in how women's health needs are met across the life course. Among the issues highlighted were poor access to specialists, delays in diagnosis for conditions such as endometriosis and PCOS, and a healthcare [...]
The Clementine Churchill Hospital, part of Circle Health Group is the UK’s first private hospital to install Intuitive’s da Vinci 5 Surgical System. Specially designed to support the delivery of minimally invasive procedures in general surgery, urology, gynaecology and other specialities, da Vinci 5 is a revolutionary new robotic-assisted surgical system which is now operational [...]
UK Biobank data was exposed online dozens of times, a Guardian investigation has found, raising questions over how patient records were safeguarded. The investigation found that files from UK Biobank, which holds the medical records of 500,000 British volunteers, appear to have been posted online by researchers who were given access to the confidential data. [...]
By Stephen Ferry, CEO of IEG Group The ICB landscape is going through an evolution. There has been a recent wave of ICB mergers and clustering being approved to take place across England, with many mergers taking effect in April 2026, others planned later for April 2027 and work already underway. For ICBs, these changes [...]
Palantir's NHS contract could open the door to the kind of data-sharing Reform UK would use for a UK version of US immigration raids, health leaders have been told. Palantir Technologies, the data analytics company founded by Peter Thiel and Alex Karp, won a £330m NHS England contract to deliver the Federated Data Platform in [...]
An £11m digital twins centre will model organs and disease to speed drug discovery and help target medicines more precisely. The Modelling-Informed Medicine Centre, or MiMeC, will build computer models of organs and diseases to better understand how diseases of the lungs, liver and kidneys progress. Digital twins are virtual versions of organs that let [...]
Dr Haus Dermatology has announced the launch of a new consultant-led medical weight management service, expanding its commitment to evidence-based, medically supervised care. The service is led by Consultant Endocrinologist Dr Edson Nogueira, providing specialist expertise in metabolic and hormonal health within a carefully structured clinical pathway. Initial consultations will take place face-to-face at the [...]
