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The Highland Marketing advisory board met to discuss the state of the sector two months after the publication of the 10 Year Health Plan. Members felt there is a growing gap between the rhetoric of reform and the reality of retrenchment on the ground, and argued clear policy, matching infrastructure, and a focus on the [...]
The 10 Year Health Plan sees a big role for AI, but as things stand suppliers, trusts and clinicians are struggling to deploy, scale, and get the most out of the tools available. Harry Lykostratis, chief executive of Open Medical, explains how its Keypoint project will address the challenges and create a framework for the [...]
By Danielle Delaney-Anderson, Principal Technical Consultant, Answer Digital In light of the NHS 10 Year Plan, the recently announced Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 represents a critical turning point for the NHS. For too long, patient data has been locked away in silos and has been inaccessible across care settings. The Act seeks to [...]
By Dr Madhurima Rajkhowa, Consultant Gynaecologist and Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine According to the World Health Organization, approximately 17.5 per cent of the global population, that’s roughly one in six people, struggles with fertility challenges. This cuts across borders, income levels, and ethnicities: infertility does not discriminate. But in my 30+ years as a gynaecologist, [...]
Misinformation about reproductive health is a major concern for almost three quarters of British women, yet 44 per cent admit they do not fact-check medical information they see online, new data has revealed. The findings in a survey, conducted by women-led period and cycle tracker Clue, paint a clear picture of the impact medical misinformation [...]
The NHS should get quicker access to the latest AI tools, thanks to a new National Commission that has been tasked with advising the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) on how to re-write the regulatory rulebook on AI in healthcare. The UK National Commission on the Regulation of AI in Healthcare will bring [...]
By Kyle Cromey, Chief Pharmacy Information Officer, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust In recognition of World Pharmacist Day on 25 September, I’m sharing insights as Chief Pharmacy Information Officer at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust (BFT). In this blog, I delve into how technology empowers me in my ever-evolving role as a pharmacist. For some background, at [...]
Paul O’Rourke, managing director of Next Stage Group, explores why smart technology in supported housing must be treated as a public health intervention, and how tech-enabled responsive environments can reduce long-term health harms linked to poor housing. We wouldn’t tolerate hospitals with mould on the walls or schools with broken heating. So why do we [...]
The Cheshire and Merseyside Pathology Network (CAM) is delivering one of the NHS’s most ambitious diagnostic transformations. Serving 2.7 million patients across five NHS Trusts, the programme is replacing multiple legacy Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) with a single, unified solution: Evolution vLab from Magentus. This shift will consolidate services into three laboratory hubs operating [...]
A new digital platform aims to revolutionise the GP experience and improve patient safety across the UK. BookYourGP, developed by Hummingbirds Medical, is the first clinically safe, fully automated patient review and recall system, giving practices a true clinical oversight infrastructure rather than a simple reminder tool. Current recall systems are widely seen as fragmented, [...]
