Frontline healthcare workers in busy NHS hospitals feel that they are “just rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic” according to Building on previous work from the team looking at the toll of Covid for healthcare workers, the analysis highlights multiple issues associated with poor retention. These include a culture of blame and negativity in hospitals, […]
There is a problem with the recently approved Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm. It can remove some of the amyloid that forms brain plaques that are hallmarks of the disease. But most of the drug is wasted because it hits an obstacle, the blood-brain barrier, that protects the brain from toxins and infections but also prevents many […]
Industry-leading experts in Smart Lockers and Storage and Charging Solutions, LapSafe® launches a new Smart Locker. Smart Lockers have quickly become an essential component across public sectors, organisations are choosing to use these innovative solutions to charge, secure, and deploy assets, such as laptops, tablets, handheld radios, pocket printers, firearms, tasers, and much more. One […]
Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with its integrated electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA) solution provided by System C. It is the first paediatric trust in England to integrate CareFlow Medicines Management (CMM) with its own patient administration system (PAS) and other care coordination solutions, aiming to advance digital maturity, improve the […]
Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai, together with Oita University in Japan, has built what could be the world’s first AI model that uses data from wearable devices to predict Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia. Their research team embarked on a study to create a cost-effective, practical tool to pre-screen people suspected of developing the disease. […]
We recently had the opportunity to catch up with Dr Rajkumar A Shanmugam (Raj), a general practitioner and head of the practice team at the Eric Moore Partnership in Warrington. Raj is also NHS England’s deputy chief medical information officer and chair of the NHS Clinical Leaders Network. Raj shared with us his career to […]
The Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore has developed a mobile parenting app which found to be particularly helpful for mothers dealing with postpartum depression amid the recent global pandemic. The Supportive Parenting app provides information and tips through videos, podcasts, and written […]
The MHRA has published its Regulatory Roadmap, intended to “protect patient safety and enable access without delay for UK patients to innovative medical technologies” including implantable devices, healthcare AI and software, and diagnostics for the early detection and prevention of disease. These technologies, according to the MHRA, “all demand a new regulatory framework”, which sees the […]
New data on appointments in general practices, published by NHS England, show that patients in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes were able to book over 551,000 consultations in October 2023, an increase of 7.6% over the same month in 2022. This figure is higher than the national average for England, which shows a 6.9% increase […]
Tesla has officially launched the new Model 3 Highland refresh in North America – taking orders now for deliveries within a month. Last summer, Tesla introduced a new version of the Model 3, codenamed Highland, which featured a refreshed design, a new backseat screen, new ambient light, and more. It was only being built at […]
