One broiling Friday last month, I visited the emergency room of Mayo Hospital, the largest hospital in Pakistan. For more than 150 years, it has stood just outside the Old City of Lahore, not far from the marble domes of the Badshahi Mosque. Every day, more than 1,000 people fill its wards. No one is […]
Elon Musk seems to have forgotten some of the basics of how climate change works, so we’re going to set the record straight about it now. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, participated in a call last night with three-time republican nominee for President, Donald Trump. One portion of this discussion was particularly relevant to our […]
The NHS is committed to delivering the best care for patients, and reducing harm. But sometimes risk aversion can cause more problems that good. Time and time again we hear from patients that real recovery happens in the home and community. Yet a desire to discharge people only when they are ‘perfect’ means that people […]
Lombard Odier has close its health technology fund, Global HealthTech, following a drastic drop of its assets of 67 per cent from 2021 to 2023, according to Morning Star. Opening in 2021, the fund was launched to target digital healthcare product assets, but failed to see any growth. According to Citywire, Lombard Odier’s Global HealthTech […]
Melted capsules. Cloudy insulin. Pills that may no longer work. Doctors and pharmacists say the scorching temperatures enveloping the country could be endangering people’s health in an unexpected way: by overheating their medications. Millions of Americans now receive their prescription medications through mail-order shipments, either for convenience or because their health plans require it. But […]
Wokingham ranks first with the NHS receiving £1,777 per capita. Reading comes in second with £1,842 per capita. Bath and North East Somerset is third. A new study has revealed that Wokingham spends the least on public health. The study by online vape retailer Vape Globe analysed 2023 Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) data to determine the local […]
Let’s take a look at some of the health tech news stories from across the world which have caught our eye over the last few weeks over on our sister site HTN International. Insights from our international interviews We’ve been speaking to a range of health tech professionals from across the globe, gaining insights around priorities […]
Last week for a HTN Now panel we were joined by Heather Young, virtual ward programme manager at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, and Christina (Chris) Prada, virtual ward service lead at Northampton General Hospital, to discuss learnings and experiences around virtual wards. Chris explained that Northampton General Hospital is currently home to three virtual wards: […]
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is urging pregnant women to get vaccinated to protect their babies from birth onwards as new whooping cough data shows laboratory confirmed cases rising to over 10,000. The latest data for England shows cases of whooping cough peaked in May but continue at high levels, with 2,427 cases reported […]
NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) has published its strategic framework for 2024-2026, setting out the organisation’s vision, values and priorities – namely to enable transformation by supporting the implementation of new solutions, to continually improve services, and to active seek opportunities for collaboration. The framework specifies that a key component of NSS’s work lies in […]
