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An east midlands NHS trust is carrying out the first UK evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of using AI software across different patient groups. University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) is working with specialist AI evaluation company Aival to evaluate the performance of a system which currently supports clinicians when viewing chest X-rays. [...]
The UK's medicines regulator has announced plans to deepen collaboration with the US FDA to accelerate innovation, strengthen patient safety and reduce barriers to market access. Speaking at the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) conference in San Diego, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) chief executive Lawrence Tallon outlined plans to align medical technology [...]
By Louise Wall, founder and managing director, e18 Innovation The 10-Year Plan makes it clear that the NHS cannot continue operating as it has been, it must modernise and adapt. Rising demand, workforce shortages, and financial pressures mean the current model is unsustainable, and for too long, repetitive, manual processes have drained capacity from both [...]
Odgers’ Chris Hamilton and Mike Drew explain why ethics and regulation are becoming defining challenge for longevity executives As the longevity sector races forward, armed with breakthroughs in cellular reprogramming, gene therapies, and AI-driven diagnostics, one reality is becoming clear: scientific innovation alone is no longer enough. Ethical integrity and regulatory fluency are fast becoming [...]
The time it takes to approve clinical trials in the UK has been cut by more than half – from an average of 91 days to 41 days – following major reforms backed by new digital platforms at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), new research confirms. This means patients can safely access [...]
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust has successfully gone live with System C’s CareFlow Electronic Patient Record (EPR), a significant step forward in its landmark digital transformation programme. Delivered through the trust’s Blueprint project, the phased initiative is unify several legacy systems into a single, trust-wide platform – modernising how patient information is managed across New [...]
By Jasmin Hounsell, co-founder of Evolene Ltd. After device development and regulatory clearance, it feels like it should be an easier ride for medical device developers. However, adoption and implementation are the next big hurdles to overcome. Clinicians are highly educated, meaning that communication needs to both inform and build trust – they will not [...]
An AI-powered hearing test is reliably able to check your hearing on a computer or smart phone without clinical supervision according to a study The high-tech hearing tests, they say, can efficiently understand human speech from the comfort of your own home, rather than at a hospital clinic, by using AI to screen out background [...]
With healthcare systems under extreme pressure and an urgent need to reduce waiting times, the NHS is turning to technology to support clinicians and workflows. Administrative assistants in healthcare can spend up to a third of their time on documentation, an increase of 25 per cent over the last decade. In a bid to reduce [...]
By Lexie Corner, Content Writer Every year, HETT showcases the latest developments in digital health and care. For 2025, we’ve designed new spaces and experiences that reflect the big questions on everyone’s mind. How can we harness digital tools to improve outcomes? How do we safeguard data systems? How can we use AI responsibly? These [...]
