Opinion
Odgers’ Chris Hamilton and Mike Drew explain what digital health boards should be looking for in commercial leaders Reimbursement has quietly become one of the strongest predictors of commercial success in digital health. Innovation is accelerating and remote care models are expanding, yet many organisations still struggle to convert great products into sustainable revenue. The [...]
By Afshin Attari, senior director of public sector at Exponential-e Last week, the government presented its second Autumn Budget. In terms of tech spend, the commitments were relatively low key compared to the previous Budget and the 2025 Spending Review, however there was a much-needed additional cash boost promised to improve NHS patient services. With [...]
By McDermott Will & Schulte As macro trends such as population growth, ageing demographics, and co-morbidities place increasing pressure on healthcare systems, investors are once again seeking out compelling opportunities in the healthcare services space. Going into 2026, investors are expected to double down on several emerging growth areas. In September 2025, McDermott Will & [...]
By Tom Moloney, senior strategy director, Koto Male fertility is entering the mainstream health conversation. Not because men suddenly became proactive about their reproductive health (if only), but because the data is now too loud to ignore. Sperm counts are dropping, awareness is rising, and the market – valued at US$4 billion in 2022 and [...]
By Sarah Matt, MD, MBA If 2024 was defined by unbridled enthusiasm for Generative AI, 2025 has been a year of necessary and sober recalibration. Over the last twelve months, the healthcare industry moved past the initial excitement to face a more complex reality. We learned that applying advanced AI to legacy systems [...]
By Mark Law, commercial manager, Clinical Health Technologies Ltd For decades, antiseptics used in healthcare and skin treatments have relied on alcohol, chlorhexidine or quaternary ammonium compounds. While effective, these ingredients are often harsh on the skin. As clinical practice evolves to place equal emphasis on patient safety, comfort and long-term skin condition, the sector [...]
Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget has prompted a measured but constructive response from health tech suppliers, many of whom see the Chancellor’s commitments as a meaningful step toward improving NHS efficiency and patient outcomes. Announcements of £300 million capital investment for NHS technology, 250 new neighbourhood health centres, with 100 of these by 2030, and savings [...]
NHS Trust Executive insights reveal renewed confidence in NHS England’s CEO leadership and a clearer path to recovery. The UK’s National Health Service has had nine chief executives of NHS England since the organisation’s formal creation, with Sir David Nicholson as its first and Sir Jim Mackey as the most recent. Each has presided over [...]
By Colette Kitterhing, vice president of UK and Ireland at Netskope Healthcare is changing at a rapid pace, as the health industry digitally transforms to meet patient expectations. Despite this, trust is still delicate in the industry. When people can't book appointments, deal with broken communication between clinicians or receive incorrect diagnoses, their confidence deteriorates. [...]
By Adam Boynton, senior security strategy manager at Jamf Mobile devices have become the NHS’s most quietly transformative tools. Whether on a ward round, at a community visit, or during an emergency response, clinicians now rely on phones and tablets as instinctively as they once reached for a penlight. These endpoints carry [...]
