VinFast’s founder has announced a new arm called V-Green to build EV chargers, focused on bolstering global access while prioritizing sessions for VinFast drivers, accelerating the Vietnamese automaker’s expansion into new markets. Just when you think VinFast has already spread itself too thin, it has announced yet another expensive venture into another key segment in […]
Ampler Bikes, an Estonian e-bike company that prides itself on high-quality, local European manufacturing, has announced new e-bike models that expand the brand’s focus past the bike lanes and onto the trails. Ampler has spent years building up its street cred for the street, where the company’s different Ampler models have led the way among […]
A company director and his pharmaceutical manufacturing company were sentenced in court on 15 March, 2024, after pleading guilty to two charges of falsifying data that supported the shelf life of a medicine, adversely affecting its quality in order to obtain a licence to sell the medicine in the UK. The sentencing concludes the UK’s […]
A new AI-assisted device has been developed to help people with dysfunctional vocal chords to speak. The soft, thin, stretchy device can be attached to the skin outside the throat and is able to detect movement in a person’s larynx muscles. The device translates those signals into audible speech with the assistance of machine-learning technology. […]
Tesla Supercharger (Source: Tesla) Many EV drivers carry over habits from driving gasoline cars when they charge EVs, but that leads to wasted time, inconvenience, and range anxiety, according to a new study. Professors Frances Sprei of Sweden’s Chalmers University and Willett Kempton of the University of Delaware are EV technology and usage experts. They […]
Thousands more pregnant women and those who have given birth in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes will soon be able to receive support to prevent and treat pregnancy-related incontinence and other pelvic floor issues, thanks to the imminent rollout of an NHS service to additional locations across Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes. The clinics will […]
At a recent session on digital access e-hubs for online consultations at HTN Now we were joined by a group of speakers including Paul Charnley (digital lead and chair of the National Blueprinting Steering Group); Saj Kahrod (assistant director of programmes in blueprinting and knowledge sharing at NHS England); Aaron Hamilton (senior project manager at […]
Our HTN Now series offers live webinars and discussion panels on a variety of topics in the health tech space, with tickets free to all NHS professionals – come along and hear from other health tech professionals as they share their approaches, considerations and best practice suggestions. Tomorrow (19 March) we have three live sessions […]
For HTN’s latest interview, we caught up with Doron Dreyer, VP of international sales at Cynerio, for a chat about the future of cyber security in the NHS. Doron began by sharing his thoughts on the current landscape of cyber security within the NHS, and the key challenges that the sector faces. “As with many […]
Private hospital, the New Victoria Hospital, London, has signed a contract with MEDITECH to provide its web-based electronic health record, Expanse. The company noted the EHR will be hosted on the Google Cloud Platform through MEDITECH UK, provided as a “subscription-based solution”. They added that this means “predictable costs by eliminating the need for an on-site […]