The Department for Health and Social Care has announced £42.6 million in funding for innovation projects in adult social care intended to boost quality and accessibility, with suggested projects including utilising digital means to support the carer workforce. The Accelerating Reform Fund will focus on “trialling and expanding new approaches to providing care and improving […]
BATM Advanced Communications Limited (LSE: BVC), a leading provider of real-time technologies for networking solutions and medical laboratory systems, announces that ADOR Diagnostics Ltd (“ADOR”), an associate company of the Group, has secured an investment of $7.5m, of which the Group is contributing $3.5m. Half of the investment is being made on the signing of […]
Increasing digital access to health and social care will undoubtedly help more people gain the support they need – but it wrongly assumes everyone is digitally mature. Paul Johnson, co-founder and CEO of Radar Healthcare, questions whether the pursuit of digital transformation within healthcare risks leaving the most vulnerable behind? Despite all the developments of […]
Honda has unveiled a new electric Prelude concept – bringing back the once popular two-door coupe after 20 years. The Prelude used to be a popular vehicle in the Japanese automaker’s lineup. First launched in 1978, the second generation sold over 300,000 units between 1983-1987. However, sales started to crash in the 1990s, and Honda […]
NHS Greater Manchester (GM) has launched a five-year plan designed to improve access to primary care services, with digital highlighted as an enabler with roles across all themes set out in the blueprint and key aims around reducing variation in the deployment of digital tools, improving inclusion, training the workforce, and putting in place appropriate hardware/software […]
NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board has opened an opportunity to procure mental health and emotional wellbeing digital support for children and young people, worth an estimated £1,082,222. The procurement notice sets out how NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit is working on behalf of the ICB, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, Blackpool […]
. A new scanner that can produce more detailed images for easier and faster diagnoses is up and running at West Cumberland Hospital. It’s an investment of more than £750,000 and is a far more sophisticated machine than has been available in west Cumbria before with better diagnosis capability. The new scanner can take more […]
Cruise’s license to operate autonomous vehicles in the state of California has been suspended effective immediately, announced the California Department of Motor Vehicles today. GM’s Cruise subsidiary has been operating a driverless taxi service in San Francisco for the last few months, after the California Public Utilities Commission approved both GM’s Cruise and Google’s Waymo […]
The World Health Organisation has published new guidance on the regulation of artificial intelligence for health, highlighting the need for “establishing AI systems’ safety and effectiveness, rapidly making appropriate systems available to those who need them, and fostering dialogue among stakeholders”. The new guidance is released alongside the WHO’s recognition for “the potential of AI […]
This image from 2016 shows a carbon capture project in Texas. Houston Chronicle/hearst Newspapers Via Getty Images | Hearst Newspapers | Getty Images The U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP28) is fast approaching, and businesses, politicians and environmental organizations are weighing up how best to slash emissions and tackle climate change both now and in the […]
