Industry news in brief
11 January 2019
12:05 AM
Our first industry round up of 2019 features news that a report has suggested innovation and technology can help alleviate pressures facing the NHS.
News
Robots to perform spinal surgery with greater accuracy
10 January 2019
2:00 PM
Two robotic arms will drill into a patient’s individual vertebrae.The arms work together to secure the spine and drill as little as 0.1 of a millimetre.
UK Caldicott Guardian Council to support Rewired cyber conference
10 January 2019
11:00 AM
The UKCGC will bring ideas and perspectives from those leading information governance best practice in the NHS to help develop the Rewired programme.
North West London taps Inhealthcare to deliver apps and teleservices
10 January 2019
12:05 AM
Inhealthcare will help care providers in the area offer targets, personalised care to patients through apps and teleservices.
Low Carb Program to manage diabetes added to NHS Apps Library
9 January 2019
2:00 PM
The Low Carb Program is on the NHS apps library through a new partnership with Ascensia Diabetes Care and be available on iOS, Android and online.
High street retailer Boots acquires health tech company Wiggly-Amps
9 January 2019
11:00 AM
Retailer Boots has acquired tech company Wiggly Amps. The move will allow Boots to access patients’ GP records for ordering prescriptions online.
‘Smart homes’ to boost older people’s digital skills in West Essex
9 January 2019
12:05 AM
Older people will be taught how to use technology in a number of “smart homes”. Their homes will be kitted out with the latest tech to help improve lives.
Researchers pilot AI model to predict future health outcomes
8 May 2025
De-identified NHS data from 57 million people is being used to train an AI model
Estimated £21bn over five years needed to digitise health and care
8 May 2025
Digitising NHS and adult social care services across the UK will require an estimated £21bn
Digital leadership earmarked for transfer from ICBs to providers
7 May 2025
Digital leadership and transformation are being reviewed for transfer from ICBs to providers, according to
NHS trust chief Andy Hardy confirmed for Summer Schools 2025
7 May 2025
Professor Andy Hardy, chief executive of University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, will speak
Councils ‘struggling to make case for preventative digital care’
7 May 2025
Local authorities are struggling to make the investment case for proactive digital care services, according
