Opinion
By Dr Harry Thirkettle, Head of Health Innovation, Aire Logic As a former NHS surgeon and now a clinical entrepreneur at Aire Logic, an employee-owned, B-Corp certified tech consultancy, I’ve seen the NHS’s challenges and potential up close. The NHS 10 Year Health Plan offers a bold vision to transform England’s healthcare system. Its three [...]
Cloud21 responds to the UK government’s 10 Year Health Plan The new 10 Year Plan for the NHS in England outlines a clear vision for a digitally-enabled health service. Acknowledging a service left behind in terms of a modern user experience compared to other sectors and other countries, is absolutely right. However, our healthcare teams [...]
Strategic realignment over the next 10 years is important. But what are the practical, inarguable early wins the government must try to achieve for an NHS now? Dr Mark Ratnarajah, UK managing director of C2-Ai and practising NHS paediatrician, offers some answers. As the unveiling of the long-awaited NHS 10-year plan rapidly approaches, the need [...]
BIO2025 is more than a gathering of 20,000 biotech community leaders; it affirms that innovation and investment are committed to the sector. Gil Bashe, Health Tech World Correspondent and Editor-in-Chief, Medika Life, is onsite at BIO2025. Gil serves as Global Chair Health and Purpose at FINN Partners Industry observers are quick to say biotech is [...]
By Peter Corpe, Industry Leader, UK Public Sector, Appian Despite the Government’s commitment to ‘bring the NHS into the digital age’ in its AI Opportunities Action Plan healthcare organisations still rely on legacy systems that aren’t fit for purpose. And the State of digital government review from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) [...]
Transitioning penile prosthesis implantation from inpatient to ambulatory settings in Spain By Boston Scientific Challenges in healthcare systems across Europe Healthcare systems worldwide are under pressure due to ageing populations, rising budget constraints, staff shortages and uneven resource distribution. These challenges have led to fragmented care pathways and inefficiencies across Europe, creating backlogs in non-urgent [...]
By Beth Lowes, Associate Director at EatMoreFruit Scaling in health tech needs more than a breakthrough product. It’s about communicating product-market fit, proving your value to early adopters and funders, and knowing how to tell your data story in a way that works across institutions, private, patient, and investor audiences. This is where health tech marketing comes into play, and [...]
Cyberbullying should be considered an adverse childhood experience (ACE) – a category of childhood trauma linked to long-term emotional, psychological and physical harm, new research suggests. While many assume that only extreme forms of online harassment – like threats or identity-based attacks – can cause significant harm, the findings suggest that even less visible or [...]
Taking stock of the UK's health tech landscape On the evening of Thursday 8 May, over 150 leaders from across the healthcare industry came together for the latest event organised by The Future Health. The event, made possible by main sponsor Leeds-based digital transformation consultancy, Aire Logic, started with a lively panel debate chaired by former [...]
By Daniel Park, CEO, InTouchNow, on moving beyond traditional automated telephony to intelligent conversation We're all badly conditioned by our banks to think that anything automated on the telephone is unintelligent. For years, we've endured those frustrating automated telephone response systems – pressing keys, our voices not being recognised, getting stuck in loops and ultimately [...]
