Opinion

  • Building the foundations for an NHS fit for the future

    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 [...]

  • OBGYN consultant gives advice for women waiting for specialist care

    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,” [...]

  • Opinion: The next drug revolution will be algorithmic

    By Sergey Jakimov and Artem Trotsyuk, managing and operating partners, LongeVC Artificial intelligence is rapidly rewriting medicine – from clinics to labs – and scientists, startups, regulators, and investors are shaping that shift together. The global healthcare AI market is projected to soar from just over $1 billion in 2016 to more than $28 billion [...]

  • The future of regenerative dentistry: Harnessing growth factors and lasers to save natural teeth

    By Dr Scott Froum, DDS - Board-Certified Periodontist, New York City  For decades, dentistry has been defined by mechanical repair: filling, replacing, and rebuilding what disease or decay destroyed. But a new era of regenerative dentistry is shifting that paradigm. Instead of replacing what has been lost, we are learning how to stimulate the body [...]

  • How AI is transforming ENT and rhinoplasty practice

    Mr Florian Bast on Using Heidi Health Mr Florian Bast, MD FRCS is an ENT & Facial Plastic Surgeon specialisng in Rhinoplasty in London Balancing technical precision with patient connection is a daily requirement in modern ENT and facial plastic surgery. For Mr Florian Bast, a leading UK specialist in Rhinoplasty and nasal surgery, delivering [...]

  • Wearable Devices Cut Heart Disease Risk by 30% and Might Change Your Daily Health Habits

    Your smartwatch just buzzed, and it's telling you to stand up during your 2 PM meeting. So, you take a quick walk to grab water, and without realizing it, you've just reduced your cardiovascular disease risk. Such a scene plays out millions of times each day everywhere in the world, and it's affecting the way [...]

  • Automation is not optional for the NHS, it’s essential 

    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 [...]

  • Ethics, regulation and the new frontier of longevity: The leadership challenge

    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 [...]

  • How can AI deliver on the NHS 10 Year Plan’s productivity promise?

    By Peter Corpe, industry leader, UK public sector at Appian  The NHS 10 Year Health Plan highlights three focus areas to pivot the organisation from its current 'critical condition' into a desired 'engine for economic growth', with technology featuring as a vital enabler across all three shifts. The Government's commitment to increasing technology use, along [...]

  • Opinion: What longevity brands need to change to reach the next tier of health-conscious consumers

    Nicolas Breuil, Marketing and Business Development Director at global brand studio Koto, explores what longevity brands must change if they want to reach beyond early adopters and connect with the next generation of health-conscious consumers. With wearables going mainstream and “healthspan” entering dinner-table vocabulary, it’s clear that longevity is no longer the domain of Silicon [...]