Opinion
By Andy Kinnear, former NHS CIO and current independent consultant The recent announcement by NHS England and FedIP formalises the professional status for IT healthcare employees, outlining both qualifications and structure for membership. Andy Kinnear, ex NHS CIO and now independent consultant, is a former member of professional IT organisations; Assist, UKCHIP, BSC, BCS Health, [...]
By Samit Kumar Biswas, CEO & founder, Care Safe The UK faces an unprecedented care crisis. More than 15 million people live with mobility challenges, and an ageing population is placing growing pressure on already stretched health and social care services. While artificial intelligence has advanced rapidly in medical imaging, drug discovery, and virtual health [...]
By Con Raso, managing director at Tuned Global AI and biometric data are turning music into a measurable clinical intervention, attracting major label interest and creating new licensing challenges Music therapy has gained recognition as a valuable tool in healthcare, offering tangible benefits for mental, emotional and physical well-being. AI is now adding a clinical [...]
UK nursing schools and NHS trusts are locked in a partnership that clinical training depends on - yet the coordination systems holding that partnership together have barely changed in decades. The UK has more than 60,000 unfilled nursing vacancies. It’s training 18,640 new student nurses this year. And yet the pipeline keeps leaking. One in [...]
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 [...]
There's a comfortable assumption running through the health tech conversation right now: that AI-powered apps, armed with streams of biometric data, are delivering genuinely personalised care. It's an interesting story. The reality is considerably less impressive. Most health apps collect a remarkable amount of information, including sleep patterns, heart rate variability, activity levels, nutrition logs, [...]
Seeing someone you care about struggle with their relationship with food and body image can be profoundly distressing. You might feel overwhelmed, unsure of the right words to use, or fearful of accidentally making things worse. Recovery is rarely a linear process, and the journey requires immense patience from everyone involved. Providing effective support means [...]
The UK medical technology sector has an annual turnover of over £26.4 billion. The opportunities for growth are huge, driven by developments in diagnostics, remote monitoring and patient care and enabled by AI, the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), and software-enabled products. There are many challenges for MedTech companies in this fast growing market, from [...]
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, [...]
By Dr Anne Blackwood, chief executive, Health Tech Enterprise In today’s medical technology landscape, Artificial Intelligence has become the catch-all solution to every problem, or so it seems. While AI is undoubtedly adding value in MedTech, its dominance in investor conversations has created an uneven playing field. Founders developing clinically meaningful but non-AI-driven solutions may [...]
