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By Kyle Hill, CTO at digital transformation company, ANS Artificial intelligence (AI) is shifting from a promising tool to a central pillar of modern healthcare. With the NHS now trialling technologies like Microsoft Copilot and accelerating digital transformation, AI is set to reshape how clinicians manage information, support diagnosis and streamline patient pathways. But as [...]
Mark Hutchinson, executive vice president, Altera Digital Health (UK & EMEA) With the NHS 10 Year Plan front and centre and improving NHS productivity a central focus of the current health policy, the need to accelerate impactful digital change has never been greater. While the pressure for digital transformation builds, so does the fundamental requirement [...]
When the health secretary Wes Streeting warned that parts of the NHS had “over-steered” towards financial control and were now under-delivering on elective activity, he named the problem precisely. The system has been managing by hindsight. Reports arrive late. Decisions follow later. Capacity leaks quietly in between. Across Northwest London, a different model is running live. Less [...]
NHS-backed AI notetaking tools could give doctors up to 25 per cent more time with patients, NHS England has said. NHS organisations across England are being urged to use a new national registry of 19 suppliers for the technology, which records clinician-patient conversations and uses AI to generate real-time transcripts and clinical summaries. Known as [...]
At a time when health care feels more complex, costly and disconnected than ever, Healing the Sick Care System: Why People Matter (February 1st, 2026) arrives with a clear message: the system is not broken because it lacks innovation, talent or investment, but because it has lost sight of the people it exists to serve. [...]
Virtual reality (VR) could widen mental health support access, with studies suggesting the design of virtual spaces can shape how comfortable people feel opening up. Two studies found the technology can encourage self-disclosure by offering a degree of anonymity through avatars and the calming effect of well-designed digital environments. The findings suggest VR could be [...]
Proxima has raised an oversubscribed US$80m seed round for AI drug discovery in proximity therapeutics, which aim to control protein interactions. The New York and Boston-based company, formerly known as VantAI, has rebranded to reflect its focus on building the technology and data needed to unlock proximity-based therapeutics. These medicines work by controlling how proteins [...]
North Lincolnshire Council has joined with leading local government software provider, System C, to implement its Liquidlogic Education Case Management, Adults Case Management and Children’s Case Management as an integrated all-in-one single platform solution. Following the successful rollout of the Adults and Children’s Case Management platforms in early 2025, the Education Case Management system went [...]
By Sanius Health For much of modern medicine, sickle cell disorder has been managed rather than transformed. Care pathways have focused on crisis response, symptom control, and complication prevention, while curative approaches remained largely theoretical. That balance is now beginning to change. Advances in clinical research, long-term data generation, and translational science are expanding what [...]
Women’s health exits topped US$100bn in acquisitions and IPOs from 2000 to 2025, according to new research. Released at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, the research logs 276 exits and 27 billion-dollar deals, including US$27bn in transactions in 2025 alone, the biggest year on record for the category. The report, Follow the Exits: [...]
