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By Angel Alberich-Bayarri, CEO of Quibim For decades, the biopsy has been the gold standard of cancer diagnosis, an essential step that gives clinicians the microscopic truth about a tumour. It is precise, but by its nature also invasive, limited to certain moments in a patient’s journey, and not always feasible depending on tumour location [...]
By Paul Jarman, CEO, EatMoreFruit In an era of cutting-edge surgical robotics and AI-driven diagnostics, it’s tempting to believe clinical outcomes alone dictate the success of medical devices. But data tells another story: trust continues to be the single most important determinant of adoption. According to a 2024 McKinsey survey, 83 per cent of hospital [...]
Glasgow-based MedTech company Seluna has announced the launch of a major clinical validation study with the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow in an effort to improve the diagnosis and management of childhood sleep disorders. The study, involving 500 anonymised patients under 18 years old, will run from now until the end of 2025. It [...]
Rethinking healthcare abroad: Why more UK patients are choosing India and The Medical Travel Company
By Dr Sukhdev Singh, General Practitioner; Public Governor, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust & Medical Director in Primary Care at TMTC In the UK, the term “health tourism” or “medical value tourism” has historically acquired a bad reputation and with good reason. Stories of patients returning from abroad with botched or unexpected procedures, with [...]
A genetically modified pig lung transplanted into a brain-dead patient functioned for nine days, in what researchers say is a world first. The attempt marks the first pig lung transplant into a human, after limited progress with pig kidneys and hearts. Xenotransplantation – moving organs from animals to humans – may ease organ shortages, though [...]
By Jess O’Dwyer, General Manager Europe, Pocketalk When it comes to modernising the NHS, there’s no shortage of ambition. Yet, while plans, pilots and proposals make headlines, the intricacies of being innovative in the healthcare sector must be realised and the challenges of introducing that innovation must be addressed. Let’s take language [...]
More than 1,000 bladder cancer patients a year can now access an NHS treatment shown in trials to double survival compared with standard chemotherapy. The combination therapy, available from today, has been described as "one of the most hopeful advances in decades" for people with the disease. Around 1,250 patients in England each year could [...]
A computer scientist's view on the problem, by Kevin Monk, CEO, SARD. Our Electronic Health Records are a mess. A caveat I don’t work in EHR. I’m a computer scientist who runs a workforce optimisation consultancy in the NHS. But I live next door to the EHR people and as a concerned neighbour I poke [...]
The government’s plan for the NHS is a huge document. Jane Stephenson, chief executive of SPARK TSL, argues the key to unlocking its digital ambitions is to consider what it has to say about the shift from CDs to digital music. How can trusts and health boards make the same shift from analogue to digital [...]
Torbay Council has extended its partnership with leading local government software provider, System C, to implement its Liquidlogic adult social care case management and finance system across the region in Devon. The five year agreement will seamlessly integrate adult case management with the council's existing Liquidlogic Children’s social care case management system, also provided by [...]
