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It’s true that through 2020 and into 2021, the NHS has evolved. The NHS dealt with the first Covid19 wave by switching all of its focus to deal with the virus and nothing else - rightly so. Post the first wave, the NHS quickly re-established some (but not all) services and activity. In the second [...]
As countries across the world slowly exit their respective lockdowns, attention still remains on how life can go back to normal while minimising the transmission of COVID-19. Although they have proved effective, social distancing methods can not be viewed as a long-term indefinite strategy for this. Thankfully there are a number of companies and academics [...]
A Newcastle University spin off has developed a unique set of products that could have a huge impact in the cell therapy market for future generations.
Health Tech World meets the innovators leading the way in a new wave of VR in health.
A unique orthoplastic approach has been adopted through a partnership between King Edward VII’s and London Limb Reconstruction to secure the best possible outcomes for patients. The partnership brings together expertise in orthopaedics and plastic surgery, using the very latest in medical techniques and cutting-edge technology to address open fractures of the lower and upper [...]
Early-stage healthtech business Hexarad has secured a £2.3million funding round to support its growth. Hexarad provides teleradiology services to NHS Trusts and UK private healthcare customers. A high growth company based in London, it was founded by a group of NHS consultant radiologists and differentiates through its clinical leadership and technology-led proposition. Demand for radiology [...]
Healthtech platform for strength athletes Brawn has secured early-stage investment to support its growth. Brawn has secured backing from leading consumer-focused investment and innovation firm True along with a group of strategic private investors, including Nick Mitchell of Ultimate Performance, the global personal training brand. Brawn was established to make weightlifting better by solving problems for those that lift competitively or [...]
Vatic has raised £4.6million to deliver groundbreaking at-home testing, starting with COVID-19. Its first product, the KnowNow test, can identify infectious cases within 15 minutes using just a saliva sample. It is proven to have a very high accuracy rate even in low prevalence environments - unlike existing antigen testing solutions which can have a [...]
An end-to-end AI platform for personalised medication has been launched, backed by a $6million seed round. MDI Health has launched its breakthrough platform, which will add to efforts to solve medication problems, the fourth-largest cause of deaths globally. With many patients taking seven types of medication or more, 82 per cent are at risk of [...]
HT World meets Lucia Pannese, one of Europe’s leading pioneers of serious games in neurorehabilitation.
