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Virtual behavioural healthcare company Talkspace has announced the resignation of its president and COO Mark Hirschhorn, effective immediately. A spokesperson for Talkspace said the resignation comes following an internal review of Mr. Hirschhorn’s conduct in connection with a company offsite that took place late last week. The company's executive team will assume Mr. Hirschhorn’s responsibilities, the [...]
Campaigners say a planned review into the health impact of potential bias in medical devices is unlikely to explain the disproportionate number of deaths of Black, Asian and minority ethnic people. The UK's Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) will launch an independent review into potential bias of items, such as oxygen measuring devices, [...]
Four London Trusts have launched the North West London Nurses Collaborative Bank which aims to bring greater levels of flexibility to the capital’s nursing workforce. The platform will allow Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Chelsea and Westminster Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, to [...]
UK health bosses have announced plans to merge NHSX and NHS Digital into NHS England and Improvements (NHSE/I). Health and social care secretary Sajid Javid said the merger will improve co-operation between the key digital bodies of the NHS by bringing them under one roof for the first time. This comes following a recommendation by [...]
Jaymin Amin, CEO of ProFactor Pharma (PFP), discusses the company's life-changing, and life-saving, work. PFP says it has developed a low-cost production process for creating human factor VIII (rhFVIII), a complex protein which induces blood clotting and is used to treat haemophilia A. There is a severe worldwide shortage of rhFVIII and PFP has developed a patent [...]
New technology which could enable patients to receiving dialysis at home and to have their treatment monitored remotely will be trialled across the UK's Tees Valley. The same technology may also benefit people with other chronic health conditions, such as diabetes, heart failure and chronic kidney disease, in the future. The project has won funding [...]
Cyber security is a continuing concern in healthcare, with threats on the rise. Sectra’s Chris Scarisbrick considers the landscape, how far cloud adoption can help the NHS, and how functions like procurement are starting to think differently. The coronavirus pandemic has led many people in healthcare to think differently about emergency resilience. But what will [...]
Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE) and the UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT) have announced a collaboration to accelerate digital innovation and propel Ireland’s potential as a European digital leader. The collaboration is expected to bring mutual benefits to the health systems in both the UK and Ireland and will involve the exploration of opportunities [...]
FINN Partners Adds Pharmacy Podcast Network (PPN), Expanding Omni-Channel Communications Approach That Strengthens Client Ties to Influential Health Audiences Championing Frontline Health Professionals Dedicated to Improving Access and Care, PPN Reaches over 100K+ listeners, Pharmacists, and Other Health System Influencers NEW YORK, November 22, 2021 -- Global independent marketing and communications firm FINN Partners today [...]
Dr Anas Nader, CEO and co-founder of Patchwork Health, explains how innovative new technologies are being used to combat the NHS burnout epidemic. You only need to look at the panic-fuelled petrol queues dominating recent headlines to know that, when an essential resource like fuel runs out, it’s treated as a national emergency. However, right [...]
