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By coach, mentor and strategist Nick Feeney As a Wellness Mentor and Strategist, I have a solid understanding of my own health. I train regularly, eat well, stay hydrated, maintain regular sleep cycles and monitor my mental and emotional wellbeing just as closely as my physical fitness. I know what I need to do. But [...]
A new study has found that depression is linked to an increased risk of dementia in both mid and later life. Previous studies have shown that people with depression are more likely to develop dementia later in life, but there’s been a lot of debate about when depression matters most, whether it’s depression that starts [...]
By Beth Lowes, Associate Director at EatMoreFruit Scaling in health tech needs more than a breakthrough product. It’s about communicating product-market fit, proving your value to early adopters and funders, and knowing how to tell your data story in a way that works across institutions, private, patient, and investor audiences. This is where health tech marketing comes into play, and [...]
By Martin Sandhu, healthtech founder & technology consultant The last global crisis changed clinical trials forever. When COVID-19 closed physical sites and restricted movement, the industry had no choice but to evolve. Decentralised clinical trials (DCTs)—once an emerging trend—became a necessity. The shift wasn’t seamless or universal. Smaller firms struggled with infrastructure, and many trials [...]
This spring, Labour plans to unveil its 10-year NHS strategy, focusing on illness prevention, local care, and digital transformation. It promises to be a defining moment shaping both the future of our publicly funded health service and the party who founded it. By: Steve Haskew, Group Director of Sustainability and Growth, Circular Computing While Wes [...]
By Lisa Farrell, business development manager at the National Robotarium The NHS stands at a critical crossroads. With productivity levels still lagging 16% behind pre-pandemic figures and over 31,000 nursing positions unfilled across England alone, our healthcare system faces unprecedented challenges. Yet within this crisis lies an opportunity for transformation through strategic deployment of robotics [...]
Piyush Mahapatra, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon and chief innovation officer at Open Medical, considers the latest consultation on the future of the NHS, and argues that what is needed is not a new vision, but a plan for delivery; and some radical new thinking on the role of healthcare technology. There is a new ten-year [...]
Odgers Berndtson’s Chris Hamilton and Mike Drew, explain how health tech leaders can build cross-disciplinary teams to drive innovation and better patient outcomes in their organisations The health tech industry thrives on innovation, much of which emerges from the intersection of diverse disciplines. Leaders must master the art of fostering collaboration across clinicians, engineers, data [...]
By Paul Webber, Senior Product Management Director at BlackBerry The healthcare sector, like many other critical industries, is facing mounting threats from bad actors seeking to exploit vulnerabilities that disrupt operations, compromise sensitive data, and endanger citizen safety. The reality is that threat actors are quickly adopting new, AI-enabled techniques to increase the volume and [...]
NHS England has published its 2025/26 priorities and operational planning guidance, focusing on improving patient access, reducing waiting times, and enhancing operational efficiency. Key priorities include reducing elective care waiting times, with a goal of ensuring 65 per cent of patients are treated within 18 weeks by March 2026, as well as improving A&E and [...]
