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System C has been awarded a three-year contract by North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust (NWAS) to deliver its Digital Pharmacy Stock Management solution, supporting the safe and efficient management of medicines. The new system will provide NWAS with a fully cloud-hosted platform for medicines inventory management and medicines assembly workflows for the kits used [...]
By Craig Millard, MD (EVP) @ Harris Health Alliance The NHS 10-Year Plan outlined a bold vision for a more joined-up, digitally enabled, patient-centred, and community-focused health service. Six months on, and the headlines continue to focus on the shiny new, groundbreaking tech and its potential for transformation. That’s all well and good, but that [...]
Organised crime gangs are making branded weight-loss jabs that mimic legitimate medicines, the UK medicines regulator has warned. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said the trend emerged in recent months, prompting what it called the largest single seizure of trafficked weight-loss drugs ever recorded by any global law enforcement agency. Andy Morling, [...]
More than 750,000 women are currently waiting for hospital gynaecology services, including routine, non-cancer referrals. In England alone, over 580,000 people are waiting for non-cancer gynaecology treatment, with almost half waiting beyond the NHS target of 18 weeks, and more than 18,000 women have been waiting for over a year. “These are not just numbers,” [...]
By Natasha Hassani, founder and director of Neon Rocks Agency For decades, healthcare marketing has borrowed its playbook from consumer brands: fast-moving, trend-led, and conversion-driven. But medicine is not a product. It is personal, regulated, and deeply human. As patients increasingly turn to digital channels to research and choose their care, the need for a [...]
By Sanius Health The NHS is shifting focus towards preventative care ahead of what officials expect will be one of the most challenging winters in recent years. The health service hopes that better use of data can help it identify risk earlier, manage capacity more effectively and save billions of pounds in avoidable costs. More [...]
Britain will struggle to be a life sciences superpower without reforming drug pricing, GSK’s outgoing chief executive has warned. Emma Walmsley said she was “hopeful and ambitious” that the standoff between the pharmaceutical industry and government could be resolved, as ministers draw up proposals to increase NHS spending on new medicines by up to 25 [...]
West Yorkshire’s reputation as one of the world’s most dynamic regions for health technology innovation will take centre stage this November as a first-of-its-kind conference brings together leading voices from the NHS, government, academia, and industry to shape the future of healthcare. The landmark event, “Driving the Future of Innovation – West Yorkshire’s HealthTech Cluster,” [...]
By Afshin Attari, Senior Director of Public Sector at Exponential-e The level of legacy debt varies widely across the NHS. A recent report from the Department of Science Technology and Innovation (DSIT) has revealed that legacy technology can range from as little as 10 per cent to as much as 60-70 per cent. This reliance [...]
Odgers’ Carmel Gibbons, Chris Hamilton and Mike Drew discuss the growth of virtual wards, how health tech leaders can capitalise on this new technology, and the emerging leadership roles in care-at-home Healthcare systems across the world are under unprecedented strain. Demand for hospital beds continues to outstrip supply, while costs, workforce pressures, and patient expectations [...]
