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A Mansfield based firm has appointed three specialists to strengthen its core services. Wai To has joined Wellbeing Software as senior cyber security analyst while Emma Price and Sally Preece join as digital midwife and biomedical scientist. He will be responsible for its security roadmap, sourcing and enhancing solutions to reduce risks and provide complete [...]
Medica Group Plc has announced a new appointment to its board. Dr Junaid Bajwa will join the board as a non-executive director and chair of the clinical and risk committee on the 1st April 2021. He is a practicing physician in the NHS and is currently chief medical scientist at Microsoft Research, and as a [...]
The Government spent £25m on the Test & Trace app, but there’s been widespread criticism of the system and its impact on the spread of the Coronavirus. Mike Rhodes of ConsultMyApp tells Health Tech World that it was doomed to failure before it started Over the past 12 months, the NHS has undergone a complete [...]
Doctors switched to instant messaging platforms to communicate when the Covid-19 outbreak began. According to a new study WhatsApp was widely used across departments to share confidential patient data. In the UK the NHS gave doctors emergency permission to use the app at the height of the pandemic, when sharing information rapidly was essential as [...]
A system to detect prostate cancer has seen a 60 per cent detection rate and a reduction in sepsis cases. Bristol Urological Institute adopted a transperinneal technique for cancer biopsies to improve patient care and reduce time in theatre. The institute at Southmead Hospital has adopted the PrecisionPoint Transperineal Access System, which enables freehand transperineal [...]
A care service has unveiled 24-hour remote monitoring equipment to improve residents' safety. The Crescent in Batley will offer a new suite of services from leading personal alarm provider, IndeMe. The technology supports independent living for residents who have a range of needs including frailty, epilepsy, dementia, learning disabilities or those likely to require regular [...]
Patients will be able to take their own blood test at home in future thanks to new telemedicine technology. From a single drop of blood, an AI-controlled remote blood testing system will be able can test for up to 30 different diseases including Leukaemia, Sickle Cell Anaemia and Sepsis. The results, which are available within [...]
European Health-Tech Innovation Week will this year bring together events and expertise in five participating cities. Barcelona, Berlin, Liverpool, Paris and Stockholm will each host a one-day conference and tradeshow showcasing the latest innovations in healthcare technology. Each day will be hosted on a virtual event technology platform, allowing remote participants from around the world. [...]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has identified bioscience as one of the UK’s growth areas for the future. Speaking in the House of Commons at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, Mr Johnson outlined a bright future for bioscience industries in the UK. He was responding to a question from Barrow and Furness MP Simon Fell relating [...]
Patient waiting lists hit a record high according to data from NHS England and NHS Digital. Figures showed the NHS performed 40 per cent fewer heart operations once lockdown was announced in January 2021, and a total of 4.59m people are waiting for hospital treatment - the highest since records began in 2007. The number [...]
