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Innovations recognised at the fourth AXA Health Tech and You Awards
There were six awards up for grabs on the night with each category focusing on health technology that can support specific health problems, with focus this year on dementia, the menopause and mental health in the workplace.

‘Game-changing’ app allows air ambulance services to view patients
The GoodSAM App’s new feature called ‘Instant on the Scene’ sends a link to the 999 caller’s mobile phone, which opens live streaming video to give medics the chance to assess how seriously ill a patient is before setting off.

One Health Lewisham signs deal for virtual assistant app
Branded as Ask NHS GP, the app allows patients to check their symptoms via voice and text input, obtain self-care advice and book or cancel an appointment.

WannaCry one year on: a retrospective look at NHS IT’s black-letter day
It’s peak squeaky bum for the NHS as we approach the one year anniversary of WannaCry, which devastated hospital IT systems during the ransomware outbreak on 12 May 2017.

St Bartholomew’s Hospital hails ‘new era’ of lung cancer treatment
The new procedure involves using software to create a 3D map of the lung, which guides surgeons as they pass a catheter through the patient’s mouth and airways in order to reach the tumour.
Movers and shakers news round-up
May’s movers and shakers round-up sees appointments and departures at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust and Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing
Our coffee briefing covers an AI agent for cataracts patients at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells,

Child-friendly app launches in neonatal ICU at Lister Hospital
A child-friendly app from Little Journey is now available for patients in the neonatal intensive

AI-driven heart scans speed up diagnosis and save millions
AI-driven heart scans which cut the need for invasive tests have saved millions of pounds

DHSC announces launch of FDP tool to improve cancer diagnosis
A cancer diagnostic tool will be rolled out across the NHS to help cut treatment

Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives
This contracts and go lives roundup features Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust integrating a