Digital health
Ditto has raised €7.6m to expand across Europe with its free app that translates complex medical information into plain language. The Rotterdam-based health tech startup has developed an app designed to help patients and their families make sense of what was said in a medical consultation. Ditto was founded in 2024 by Tobias [...]
Propel Healthtech West Yorkshire has launched its second cohort of innovators, bringing together founders, partners and stakeholders from across the region’s health innovation ecosystem. The launch event, held on Thursday 30 April 2026 at Nexus in Leeds, marks the continued growth of the programme following £4.5 million of investment secured in 2025 from the West [...]
Google Health is replacing the Fitbit app, with a US$9.99-a-month Premium tier unlocking its AI health coach and other advanced features. The new app includes all features of the Fitbit app and will become the companion app for all Pixel and Fitbit fitness trackers. Users who already have the Fitbit app will not need to [...]
A new partnership between Cera, Europe’s largest HealthTech company, and automated living registry platform uMed is bringing clinical research directly to the homes of those who need access to innovative treatments the most. The collaboration enables Life Sciences organisations to access ‘invisible’ cohorts - such as the housebound and elderly – enabling them to participate [...]
A new report from Public Policy Projects (PPP), Beyond Bed Management: Enabling Whole-System Patient Flow Through Digital Intelligence, chaired by Dr Victoria Betton, details a transformative approach to patient flow management across the NHS. The report, based on a high-level roundtable with senior NHS, local government, academic, and industry stakeholders, highlights the pressing need to move [...]
A new app aims to help women track heart health after pregnancy complications and close gaps in postpartum care, a new study suggests. Called MumCare, the tool is described as a digital companion to support the prevention and follow-up of maternal cardiovascular risk, meaning the risk of heart and blood vessel disease, after pregnancy complications. [...]
Doctolib has bought Medicus and plans to invest more than £100m in the UK after sealing the deal for the London-based GP software firm. The deal, for an undisclosed amount, will see Doctolib deliver combined technology, AI and services to the clinical and administrative teams of GP practices across the country. Its plans include hiring [...]
By Emma James, chief commercial officer, Digital Modus In NHS procurement, the moment a contract is signed is often treated as the finish line. In reality, it should be the starting point to understand what needs to be achieved and how we measure the delivery and ultimately the success of the contract. The NHS proposed [...]
By Andy Barker, strategic advisor for digital health at Harris Health Alliance, and formerly IT director for East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust and digital transformation lead for Kent and Medway ICB. Neighbourhood care brings many benefits. It means that a multidisciplinary care team can look after patients, whatever their needs. That team can include acute, primary, [...]
Hospital patients at every NHS trust in England can now check referrals and appointments in the NHS App, making it easier to manage care in one place. Around 64 per cent of all hospital appointments are currently visible through the app, with many patients also able to reschedule or cancel appointments, helping to cut missed [...]
