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£127m investment into maternity services for patients and families
NHS England has announced a £127 million funding boost for maternity services that will help ensure safer and more personalised care for women.
At the...
New lung cancer drug fast-tracked by the NHS
The NHS is fast-tracking a new lung cancer drug for eligible patients that will target an aggressive and rare form of cancer.
Patients in England...
Support for quitting smoking available from high street pharmacies
The NHS has announced that every pharmacy in England will offer support for quitting smoking when patients are discharged from the hospital.
Smoking poses a...
Free regular COVID-19 tests for England residents
The UK government has announced that everyone in England will be able to access free rapid COVID-19 tests twice a week from this Friday,...
Technology-enabled care is here to stay
Marc Schmid, Redmoor Health CEO, discusses the potential of technology-enabled care to help NHS clinicians achieve the government’s goal of digital transformation across the...
How is AI and machine learning benefiting the healthcare industry?
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies are rapidly revolutionising the medical industry around the world.
In order to help build increasingly effective care pathways...
CURE group: what is happening to demand for emergency care?
Could the NHS be driving surplus demand and by extension additional strain on services such as emergency care?
The pressures of patient demand on emergency...
Poor NHS medical record sharing is putting patient lives in danger
A major survey of medical record keeping in the NHS has revealed critical deficiencies in the record-keeping systems of NHS Trusts.
Patient’s lives are in...
NHS England urge eligible people to get free flu vaccine
The primary school flu vaccination programme is resuming following temporary delay of nasal spray vaccine from the manufacturer.
The NHS and Public Health England (PHE)...
Health Foundation delivers UK general election briefing on nation’s health
People in the UK today are living longer than ever before, however, there remains huge difference in longevity and quality of life between people...
FlowStore Systems Ltd: the Gateshead Clinical Computer Cart
FlowStore Systems Ltd explain how they were able to customise a solution for Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead and how their creation could be rolled...
Interoperability the highest priority of NHS IT Leadership
Dedalus explains how interoperability standards are creating an effective platform for medicines management and safer care across care boundaries.
Interoperability is cited as the highest...
UK healthcare investment lower than other EU countries
The UK is investing significantly less in healthcare capital than other EU countries according to new analysis from the Health Foundation.
The analysis shows that...
Surgical consent: why organisations MUST have a digital consent process
Placing a much-needed spotlight on surgical consent, Stephen Lake, consultant surgeon of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, UK, talks about implementing digital consent.
The principle...
HETT: learn about NHSX progress and impact of the Digital Academy
Progress of NHSX and the impact of the Digital Academy is set to feature strongly in HETT’s unique programme.
Education and career progression of the...
Hip replacement operations highlight trend of NHS privatisation
A report published by the Royal Society of Medicine highlights that NHS-funded private sector hip operations are worsening health inequality in the UK and...
Department of Health and Social Care to set up a service to deliver urgent...
As part of Brexit preparations, The Department of Health and Social Care is setting up a service to deliver urgent medicines and medical products...
NHS overpayments: what’s the problem?
With increasing innovation and investment in technology, the NHS is currently in the throes of digital transformation, but could NHS overpayments be occurring? Ben...
Digital fax: axing the fax machine, but not the fax
Digital fax providers, eFax, recognise the healthcare industry’s processes aren’t yet ready to totally abolish the fax – instead they suggest a better solution.
Experts...
The artificial intelligence lab: what will investment in AI mean for the healthcare industry?
In healthcare, tech has already been used to update patient records, improve care delivery and streamline processes – could the introduction of an artificial...