Health Innovation Manchester has awarded almost £100,000 of funding to three businesses and organisations to help them accelerate their innovative digital healthcare solutions. The Innovation Funds provide financial support to projects that will improve the health and wellbeing of patients and citizens by making the best use of existing and […]
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The Edinburgh Clinic becomes first private clinic in Scotland to offer pioneering eye surgery
The Edinburgh Clinic, one of Scotland’s leading private day-case hospitals, has become the first Scottish private healthcare facility to offer the CyPass Micro-Stent for glaucoma treatment. One of the most common causes of irreversible blindness, glaucoma affects 2% of Scots aged over 40 and is the name given to a […]
New research highlights 63% concerned with cybersecurity costs
New research from Centrify in a study of 800 senior level executives, including CEOs, Technical Officers and CFOs in the UK and US, has indicated that there is confusion among the C-suite about what constitutes a cybersecurity risk and what needs to be done to prevent it. In the UK, malware […]
£10million invested in practices to support eReferral roll-out
A new GP contract, agreed by NHS England, the Government and the British Medical Association’s General Practitioners Committee, will take effect from 01 April 2018 and will see an investment of £256.3 million going into the contract for 2018/19, a 3.4% increase overall. This includes £60 million to be paid to […]
Over 500 researchers granted access to the Genomics England Research Environment
Over 500 researchers have been granted access to the Genomics England Research Environment, enabling them to carry out pioneering research on the 100,000 Genomes Project dataset. Genomics England has also adopted the bioinformatics platform Galaxy, providing initial access to students on the MSc in Genomic Medicine course with thousands of […]
PRSB new standard to support people with long-term patients
A new standard for sharing information among health and care professionals has been released today from PRSB, that will facilitate better and safer care for people with long-term health and care needs. The digital care and support plan standard will benefit the growing number of people living in the UK with long-term […]
New tech for NHS to help protect elderly from falls
Inhealthcare will provide the digital infrastructure for a new NHS service to help protect people from the devastating impact of falls. The company has won a place on a framework agreement across the East Midlands population area of 4.6 million people. Inhealthcare will help identify, monitor and manage those at risk […]
NHS Digital calls for more data to be added to breast implant registry
Patients undergoing breast implant surgery are being urged to speak to their surgeon and ensure their details are recorded on a registry designed to safeguard their health. NHS Digital launched the Breast and Cosmetic Implant Registry (BCIR) in October 2016, to record the details of patients who have implant procedures, […]
HTN Awards 2018 adds 9 new categories
Following a hugely successful launch of the Awards last year, the 2018 Awards sees 9 new categories added to the line-up. The Awards celebrate great technology and innovation across health and care and aim to recognise where digital health has benefitted organisations, professionals, clinicians and patients. Healthcare technology makes a […]
New regional portal across North of Scotland
By early 2019, clinicians across the North of Scotland will have access to an integrated digital view of a patient’s health and social care data through a new web-based portal provided by Orion Health. Jointly commissioned by four boards in the North of Scotland, the new health and social care […]
