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New report says reforming policies could galvanise the way hospitals, GPs and community services work together. It calls on the Government to put digital innovation at the heart of changes to the NHS and build on the progress made during the Covid-19 pandemic. The report by Public Policy Projects sets out 12 key reforms which [...]
A specialist provider of IT, HR and finance solutions, has provided support in setting up 24 new COVID-19 symptom free testing sites in Kent, as part of the County Council’s coronavirus response plan. Working with the council, Cantium Business Solutions, was briefed to help establish its new testing sites to help reduce the Coronavirus transmission [...]
British health technology company Visionable has appointed David Walker to the newly created position of Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). Visionable redesigns healthcare through a digital collaboration platform which enables clinicians to deliver better patient outcomes. The expansion of the business’ Executive Leadership team follows Visionable’s rapid growth in 2020, which saw £17 million of investment that the [...]
A medical technology company is leading a campaign calling on the Prime Minister to take urgent action to improve the level of dementia care across the country’s social care sector. A group of organisations from across the UK’s health and social care sectors, including the National Care Forum and Care England, have already joined PainChek - [...]
Minimally invasive neurosurgical procedures in Japan have been either delayed or deferred due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, the market is expected to rebound and grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7% over the next 5 years as the government has eased down lockdown measures and some of the elective procedures [...]
Ergotron has unveiled its customisable Mobile Medical Carts and charging solutions designed to support clinicians’ efforts in delivering a safe and efficient vaccination process. As COVID-19 vaccination sites are set up in non-traditional spaces such as football stadiums, Ergotron has launched mobile carts and charging solutions to bring technology to the point of need, facilitating [...]
QuantuMDx Group Limited, a UK-based diagnostics company which has developed a revolutionary 30 minute PCR diagnostics device, Q-POC™, and accompanying SARS-CoV-2 test, welcomed the Prime Minister, Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, for a tour of its purpose-built HQ in Newcastle upon Tyne, this weekend. Q-POC™ is an innovative portable, Polymerase Chain Reaction (‘PCR’) device offering [...]
The impact of the global pandemic has affected huge numbers of potential IVF parents according to new research. Many families have seen their IVF treatment suspended because of Covid-19. Fertility Help Hub (FHH) has found 100% of people in suspended IVF treatment feel mentally traumatised by the continued set-backs. This uncertainty is also having a [...]
A new collaboration has been announced to address racial disparities in health care. Kheiron Medical Technologies and EmoryUniversity launched a project that will ensure African American women are included in the validation of a new AI breast screening technology. The new AI breast screening technology by Kheiron, called Mia, will evaluate data from prior mammograms on over 50,000 [...]
CPI has today announced an agreement with PwC, making it a partner in the Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre collaboration. They say the partnership will utilise PwC’s global reach, expertise and experience within the life sciences sector to benefit patients, drive economic growth and help cement the UK as a world leader of advanced medicines manufacturing [...]
