UK digital pharmacy, Pharmacy2U, has announced that it is acquiring Care Quality Pharmacy, a provider focusing on care homes, in what will be its “first step into the care home pharmacy sector”. Care Quality Pharmacy offers prescriptions and services to a range of care homes, care services, and care agencies. It also covers services including […]

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust (MYTT) has published its latest digital, data and technology strategy to 2030, showing a “clear shift from traditional IT and information to a more aligned approach of digital health and data science”. Main focus areas include the consolidation of systems into a single EPR platform, the use of AI and […]

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has highlighted digital progress and outlined future priorities, focusing on EPR optimisation, establishing a shared digital workspace, embracing AI, and enabling a digital front door. Progress continues to be made on its EPR optimisation programme, the trust shares, with some of the latest developments including improvements to handover documentation, […]

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is sponsoring a study exploring the relevance and effectiveness of the 1939 Cancer Act in an increasingly digital world, it has shared. Since the Act’s publication, the way health information is shared and accessed has changed “dramatically”, the trust states, with information widely available via the internet and social […]

Eleven pioneering healthtech companies from the Nordic region have been selected to bring their health innovations to the Yorkshire and Humber region as part of the Propel International Boot Camp, delivered by Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber. The selected companies are introducing a range of innovations designed to improve patient outcomes and support NHS priorities. These include a digital app supporting maternal mental health during […]

ErVimmune has announced a first closing of a €17m Series A to develop cancer vaccines for ‘cold tumours’ that often fail to respond to immunotherapies. The Lyon-based biotech is developing therapeutic vaccines and cell therapies for cold tumours, a term used for cancers that tend to evade immune-based treatments. The funding will support clinical development […]

Every year, thousands of health tech startups launch with glossy pitches about revolutionsing healthcare. But few stay the course and make the long-term impact that investors and the healthcare system demand. We reached out to Health Tech World and Femtech World members who’ve watched the innovation cycle from every angle with the following question: What’s […]