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By Afshin Attari, senior director of public sector at Exponential-e Every year, millions of pathology slides are produced in the UK, most still examined manually under a microscope. This century-old process, though reliable, is no longer fit for purpose. Cancer diagnostic backlogs continue to grow, and only 67 per cent of patients are currently meeting [...]
Article produced in association with Jeen Health Britain has committed serious money and political will to genomics at birth and during pregnancy. The one window it keeps overlooking is the cheapest and most actionable of all - the months before conception. A screening timeline with a gap at the start The UK has rarely been [...]
The programme will explore whether AI can improve the assessment of accuracy and safety, better predict risks, and detect effects that existing approaches may not capture. Adverse drug reactions lead to around 250,000 hospital admissions in the UK each year and cost the NHS more than £2bn annually. Around 90 per cent of medicines fail [...]
Spark TSL and CardMedic today announced a formal partnership that will see CardMedic's industry-leading translation and interpretation software integrated as the clinical communication solution within Spark TSL's Spark Fusion patient engagement devices. Spark TSL is the UK's leading supplier of patient entertainment and WiFi infrastructure to the NHS. CardMedic is the leading provider of innovative [...]
London-based healthtech company 01Health has raised a US$15 million Series A to scale a platform that enables specialist healthcare services to be delivered through local clinics rather than hospitals and major healthcare centres. The round was led by Gresham House Ventures, with follow-on investment from Balderton Capital, Eka Ventures, and Wavemaker360. Former NHS doctor and [...]
The government will invest £20m to digitise eye referrals from high-street optometrists in England and speed access to specialist care. Community optometrists will be able to refer patients directly into NHS hospital eye services through digital systems. Optometrists are eye care professionals who test vision, spot eye conditions and prescribe glasses or contact lenses. [...]
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is introducing a new digital platform designed to help tackle rising demand for ADHD and autism assessments and improve the efficiency of neurodevelopmental services. The Trust has partnered with digital health company Psyomics to implement beseen for Neurodiversity, a platform developed in collaboration with the NHS to every step of [...]
Article produced in association with London Pregnancy Clinic Karyotype testing has become a familiar part of fertility and pregnancy investigations. The test is older, and more specific in what it can answer, than many people realise. Karyotyping is one of the oldest genetic tests still in routine clinical use. The technology dates back to the [...]
Flok Health has raised US$12.5m to expand its AI physio service for back pain in the UK and overseas. The Cambridge-based health technology company will use the Series A funding to expand its back pain service, add new treatment areas and enter overseas markets. Flok runs an AI-led physiotherapy clinic that offers video-based assessments and [...]
More than 500,000 NHS staff are being given AI tools that could free up around two days a month for patient-facing work. NHS England said it is significantly accelerating AI adoption across healthcare services by giving 505,000 clinicians and support staff access to Microsoft 365 Copilot. The AI personal assistant helps clinicians draft documents and [...]
