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Paediatric cardiac virtual visits are accepted by patients regardless of income, language, and insurance.
GP appointments in England are returning to their pre-COVID levels, but growth in tech-enabled remote consultations by GPs remains relatively flat, according to new NHS data. New figures from NHS England suggest the volume of GP appointments is returning to pre-COVID levels, with the 28.3 million registered in March 2021 eclipsing levels seen before the [...]
The clinical roll-out of a pioneering robot assistant for microsurgeons has been boosted by a new fundraising round.
Scientists have developed an ultrasonic imaging system which can be deployed on the tip of a hair-thin optical fibre and inserted into the body to visualise cell abnormalities in 3D.
Move could help to drive new efficiencies and boost its collaborative approach.
In the arms race "mankind against bacteria", bacteria are currently ahead of us. Our former miracle weapons, antibiotics, are failing more and more frequently when germs use tricky manoeuvres to protect themselves from the effects of these drugs. Some species even retreat into the inside of human cells, where they remain "invisible" to the immune system. [...]
Organisation hires former Test and Trace chief in key role.
“Some people think engineering has nothing to do with healthcare, but the reality is that it has everything to do with healthcare.” For Dr Neel Sharma, that realisation is fundamental to the future of the the healthcare sector. For while medical professionals have the knowledge and skill to treat people as they always have, the [...]
Health Tech World reports on a project aiming to create the most digitally advanced hospital in the UK.
ChromaTwist Ltd has received a funding boost in its effort to develop a new class of fluorescent materials for use in bio-sensing, which could help test for diseases such as cancer and diabetes. The £300,000 investment will allow the firm to use these new nano compounds as ‘signalling beacons’ that will change what light they [...]
