Digital health
Quantum health projects will share £14m in UK funding to advance NHS diagnostics, including portable eye scanners, epilepsy brain imaging and faster cancer blood tests. The funding comes through Innovate UK's Quantum Sensing Mission Primer awards, backing 14 projects in healthcare, transport and defence. Three health technology initiatives will receive significant support. Siloton is developing [...]
EssilorLuxottica has acquired Ikerian AG, the health technology company operating under the RetinAI brand, in a move that deepens its push into AI and data-driven eye care. The deal, announced in Paris on 15 October 2025, strengthens the group’s med-tech strategy by adding advanced software that uses machine learning and computer vision to support clinical [...]
Virtual care provider WellTheory has raised US$14m in Series A funding to expand its autoimmune care platform, bringing the company’s total funding to US$26.2m. The round was led by General Catalyst, with participation from new and existing backers including 7wire Ventures, Box Group, Ingeborg Investments, Up2 Opportunity Fund and Accel. The investment will support commercial [...]
The South West Provider Collaborative has announced it is the first NHS organisation to commission the workflow, referral and waiting list management software supplier Novari Health, following its recent acquisition by VitalHub UK. In partnership with Insight Technologies, Novari Health will deploy its electronic referral and bed management solution for specialist mental health services in [...]
The NHS England Medium-Term Planning Framework 2026–2029 sets out a vision for transforming how care is delivered. With targets like treating 92 per cent of patients within 18 weeks, reducing diagnostic waits to under six weeks for 99 per cent of patients, and treating 85 per cent of cancer patients within 62 days, the Framework [...]
By Nate MacLeitch, CEO of Quickblox In our latest survey, “AI Tool Adoption Healthcare (2025),” Quickblox discovered healthcare providers are moving from pilots to purpose when it comes to AI. We surveyed 101 healthcare leaders to determine where AI is taking hold and where it’s hitting resistance. Responses came from a wide cross-section of the [...]
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with CardMedic across the organisation, enabling its 6,300-strong workforce to communicate more clearly and confidently with patients who face language or communication barriers. CardMedic is a digital healthcare communication platform that allows staff and patients to communicate safely and effectively irrespective of language barriers, cognitive impairment or literacy. [...]
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 [...]
Thousands of Scots in deprived areas will be offered free weight-loss injections in a government-funded trial launching next year. The UK government has provided an initial £650,000 for up to 5,000 participants in the Scotland CardioMetabolic Impact Study (SCoMIS). The multi-million pound study will be led by Glasgow University in partnership with the Universities of [...]
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 [...]
