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  • Sagetech wins £3.6m grant for anaesthetic recycling

    SageTech Medical has secured a £3.6m grant through Innovate UK’s Grand Challenge to scale a system that recycles waste anaesthetic gases used in surgery. The funding, announced on 12 April 2025, was awarded to a consortium led by SageTech Medical alongside the Manufacturing Technology Centre, the Centre for Process Innovation, the NIHR HealthTech Research Centre [...]

  • Digital prescribing set to benefit Velindre cancer patients and blood donors

    Patients and donors accessing specialist cancer and blood services in Wales are set to benefit from streamlined prescribing, with a new digital service making things easier and safer for them and for the staff managing their care.   Velindre University NHS Trust (VUNHST) has chosen software supplier Better as its preferred technology partner to deliver electronic [...]

  • What does the Autumn Budget mean for NHS technology?

    By Afshin Attari, senior director of public sector at Exponential-e Last week, the government presented its second Autumn Budget. In terms of tech spend, the commitments were relatively low key compared to the previous Budget and the 2025 Spending Review, however there was a much-needed additional cash boost promised to improve NHS patient services. With [...]

  • Staffordshire CC to adopt System C’s social care platform

    As part of a strategic partnership, Staffordshire Council will adopt System C’s social care platform, covering adult and children’s case management across the Staffordshire region. The implementation promises seamless integration with thousands of existing records, enhancing on-the-ground delivery and streamlining care management to vulnerable people across the county. Liquidlogic Adult Case Management and Liquidlogic Children's [...]

  • Health Innovation Network to showcase UK innovators at WHX Dubai 2026

    Some of the UK’s most exciting HealthTech SMEs will be showcased on the Health Innovation Network Zone at World Health Expo (WHX) Dubai 2026, as the cohort of companies is heading to the Middle East’s largest healthcare event. Bringing together more than 131,000 attendees, 40 international pavilions, and 3,600+ exhibitors from 191 countries, WHX Dubai [...]

  • European healthcare investment in 2026: Outpatient services, optimisation and optimism

    By McDermott Will & Schulte As macro trends such as population growth, ageing demographics, and co-morbidities place increasing pressure on healthcare systems, investors are once again seeking out compelling opportunities in the healthcare services space. Going into 2026, investors are expected to double down on several emerging growth areas. In September 2025, McDermott Will & [...]

  • New vaccine shows whooping cough promise

    A new nasal spray whooping cough vaccine could offer better protection and curb spread, scientists say. The vaccine, known as BPZE1, aims to stop the bacteria living in the nose and throat (blocking colonisation). Current vaccines do not give lifelong protection or prevent people carrying or transmitting it. Eleven babies died among about [...]

  • Why ‘brand’ is the supplement the male fertility market desperately needs

    By Tom Moloney, senior strategy director, Koto Male fertility is entering the mainstream health conversation. Not because men suddenly became proactive about their reproductive health (if only), but because the data is now too loud to ignore. Sperm counts are dropping, awareness is rising, and the market – valued at US$4 billion in 2022 and [...]

  • Briya listed on Epic Connection Hub

    Health AI tech company Briya has announced its availability in the Epic Connection Hub on Showroom, expanding access to its medical research and data-sharing capabilities to hospitals and health systems using Epic’s EHR software. As part of this initiative to increase secure access to real-world data, Tanner Health System, the premier provider of healthcare in [...]

  • More people in England now contacting GPs online, study finds

    In England, GP online contact now exceeds phone calls, new Office for National Statistics data shows. Figures covering three weeks from mid-September show just over 43 per cent of people went online to contact their GP, compared with 41 per cent by phone. The shift comes after all NHS practices were required by the government [...]