Opinion
By Gil Bashe, FINN Partners Chair Global Health and Purpose, and a Health Tech World Correspondent. Bashe is the author of Healing the Sick Care System: Why People Matter At the HIMSS Global Health Conference, the conversation around artificial intelligence felt different this year. Not quieter, but more grounded. The industry is moving beyond fascination [...]
Trust boards need to adopt a dual-track funding strategy: protecting essential services while ring-fencing investment in digital capabilities that enable new models of care, says Richard Oswald, NHS Client Director at Exponential-e As the NHS starts its 2026/27 financial year, senior leaders across trusts and integrated care systems (ICSs) face one of the most delicate [...]
By Colin Neale, principal business development manager, Wireless Logic As Europe’s digital health market is set to more than double by 2030, the shift to connected care is accelerating rapidly. Healthcare’s digital deployments are scaling, as is its dependence on IoT connectivity. In IoT deployments, cost is often misunderstood and connectivity is frequently treated as [...]
Article produced in association with Jeen Health and Spital Clinic Genetic testing for hereditary cancer risk in women has, for much of its clinical history, been available only through a referral pathway involving a GP, a clinical genetics team and a family history review meeting specific risk thresholds. The arrival of direct-access private testing has [...]
By Dr Karan Wadhwa, consultant urological surgeon at Phoenix Hospital Group and clinical director at CHAPS In the UK, around one in five men dies before the age of 65, many from conditions that are preventable or far more treatable when detected early. Prostate cancer is central to that challenge. It is the most common [...]
Bexleyheath in 2026 offers dental care far beyond routine check-ups. You'll find clinics that perform full-arch implant reconstruction, provide GDC-registered orthodontic specialists, and deliver same-day CAD/CAM restorations. Some practices now feel more like wellness retreats than dental surgeries, with IV sedation available for anxious patients and biological dentistry principles woven into treatment plans. If you've [...]
Article produced in association with Spital Clinic and Jeen Health The Women's Health Strategy for England, published in 2022, identified significant gaps in how women's health needs are met across the life course. Among the issues highlighted were poor access to specialists, delays in diagnosis for conditions such as endometriosis and PCOS, and a healthcare [...]
More families across the UK are choosing to live under one roof, with grandparents moving in to share daily life and care responsibilities. Shared bills. A grandmother who picks up the kids on Tuesdays. Or just someone in the house when the boiler dies at midnight in January. The practical side makes sense. What nobody [...]
By Con Raso, managing director, Tuned Global Music and movement are neurologically intertwined. Tempo influences pace, rhythm supports endurance, and familiar tracks can reduce perceived exertion. Beyond physiology, music creates shared moments. It sets the atmosphere, builds anticipation and turns individual activity into collective experience. For sports, wellness and fitness brands, this means music selection [...]
By Dr Melinda Rees, CEO, Psyomics Spend enough time in the NHS and you stop flinching at the word "productivity”. You hear it in every strategy document, every board meeting, every government announcement. And almost every time, it means the same thing: do more with less. It's the wrong framing. After 25 years working in [...]
