Applications are now open for integrated care systems to apply for a share of £30 million to roll out innovative technology. The government has announced it will direct £30 million of investment into innovative medtech. The government has said it hopes the funding will help ease pressures on the NHS this winter. Available to each […]
Global EV charging network ChargePoint has officially opened up its AC and DC piles to the most prominent electric brand on the road – Tesla. Following an announcement this past summer, ChargePoint is now deploying NACS connectors, enabling Tesla drivers to replenish without needing to bring their own adapters. Since its inception in 2007, ChargePoint […]
At first, doctors didn’t believe that bacteria could live in the stomach at all. Too acidic, they thought. But in 1984, a young Australian physician named Barry Marshall gulped down an infamous concoction of beef broth laced with Helicobacter pylori bacteria. On day eight, he started vomiting. On day 10, an endoscopy revealed that H. […]
Front 3/4 view of the Japan market Origin A press release from Cruise, GM, and Honda says that the three companies plan to launch a robotaxi joint venture in Japan starting in 2026. No word if the vehicles will play charming little MIDI tunes when they pick you up, but we can dream. According to […]
Work is underway to expand the London Care Record with the aim of supporting health and care staff in neighbouring areas with visibility of relevant information when people from outside London are referred for treatment and care in the capital. Records from Oxford University Hospitals and providers in Bedfordshire, Luton, Suffolk and North East Essex […]
Life isn’t fair. It’s a phrase so often repeated that it has become a cliché. But studies have shown that humans are hard-wired to want their fair share, as are other animals that have cooperative relationships, like monkeys, birds and wolves. In one famous experiment, researchers trained two capuchin monkeys to hand them tokens in […]
A £5 million financial injection is set to benefit Yorkshire’s medtech industry. The UKRI Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has allocated £5 million to facilitate the translation of university research into practical healthcare products and services. The initiative, led by the University of Leeds in collaboration with the University of Sheffield and various […]
For one of our most recent HTN Now webinars we spoke with Matthew Hutton, digital lead for Northamptonshire ICS (Integrated Care Northamptonshire), on the topic of developing data and digital skills in the workforce. Background Matthew explained: “I’m here today to make the case for setting up your own system-wide Digital Academy. A report from […]
NHS England has opened a procurement framework for the provision of digital pathway solutions to support primary care IT with an estimated value of £297,600,060. The scope of the digital pathways services and systems required will cover care navigation; online consultations and online patient/service user request reporting; cross-organisational appointment booking; prescription-ordering; video consultations; communication management; […]
Health tech updates in the maternity space have been seen at multiple NHS trusts in recent weeks, with digital maternity app Badger Notes rolled out at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, and North Bristol NHS Trust. Badger Notes allows users to view a week-by-week pregnancy […]
