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A specialist prosthetics and orthotics company has announced the opening of its first ever, satellite outpatient clinic based in the north of England. Sheffield-based STEPS Prosthetics has launched the clinic at Neural Pathways in Gateshead, Tyne & Wear - where it already works in partnership with STEPS Rehabilitation. The move has meant that the company [...]
Patients’ safety fears as trust workers unable to access records, and outage results in “wrong” drug doses. The devastating cyber attack affecting crucial NHS services has caused extensive consequences, and it could be a year before hospitals really recover, it has been reported. The August ransomware attack on the health service, which halted ambulance dispatch [...]
Britain has a new Prime Minister. What is she proposing as part of her manifesto for healthcare and health technology? Liz Truss has promised to “hit the ground running” with an emergency budget which will fund public services and the NHS. Now that the news is official that Liz is the new Prime Minister, questions [...]
A TV campaign to empower menopausal women and encourage them not the “brush off” difficult, symptoms has been launched by a leading femtech firm. The ‘Warrior’ campaign will support the launch of MyFORM - a ground-breaking female hormone mapping blood test, as well as fighting “societal pressure” and the stigmas surrounding the symptoms suffered by menopausal [...]
Owners of award-winning anxiety and ‘emotional fitness’ app eQuoo have just secured a £1.5M Seed investment led by US-based Morningside Ventures. PsycApps, based in London, leads the way in emotional and mental health apps, and focuses on AI as a method of coaching. Their emotional fitness game eQuoo is the only tool covered by Ofsted, [...]
The shortage of women in tech is not breaking news. But the gender data gap is just too big to ignore anymore, says entrepreneur and women’s health advocate Tess Cosad… Whether it's founders, investors or LPs, women are vastly underrepresented at all levels of the tech and health tech industry. The hard truth is that [...]
Cancer patients at the end-of-life have been going on emotional VR field trips – to “breathe in” the mountains, and visit loved seaside spots once again… A kind-hearted VR film maker is giving cancer patients the chance to go on virtual field trips, so they can smile, laugh and feel “freedom of life” from their [...]
A Mental Health Act software company has raised a £900K ($1million) Seed Round to help people who have been sectioned quicker and safer access to treatment. Thalamos, which joins up admission, treatment, hospital and discharge care pathways, raised the money backed by Ascension's Conduit Impact EIS Fund, Angels including Syndicate Room, and a private Seedrs [...]
AI is set to be the powerhouse of future health, diagnostics and medicine. But where does it stand with women's health? We asked honorary clinical lecturer and author Dr Nicky Keay for her expert insights... In a world of fast-emerging artificial intelligence, the pressure is on to ensure the tech is capable of equality, diversity [...]
We spoke to medtech professionals and experts about a possible upcoming recession in the UK and the USA. They say the sector is not as “immune” as some might think… In the run-up to what looks like an economic downturn, industry speculation is hot. Whether or not it’s a good time to invest, and whether [...]
