Virtual reality for stroke patients one step closer thanks to £400k funding
The Countess of Chester Hospital and University of Chester will explore how VR can help patients practice and relearn daily activities following a stroke.
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The Countess of Chester Hospital and University of Chester will explore how VR can help patients practice and relearn daily activities following a stroke.
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has published his plans for the use of digital in health and social care.
The former CIO of Devon Partnership NHS Trust has been drafted in to head up digital strategy for the integrated care system in north-west England.
The technology uses a regular smartphone camera to capture a biosensor with a sputum sample, with results delivered ‘in seconds’.
The programme looks at the possibility of harnessing artificial intelligence to improve the speed and accuracy of cancer diagnoses.
The service collects de-identified patient data from GP practices across the UK for public health research and is endorsed by NHS England.
Though the NHS Business Authority runs random checks, it is estimated that prescription fraud costs the NHS in England an estimated £256m a year.

Dermot Ryan, director of digital transformation at NHS England, has been announced as the latest
Today’s briefing features the detection of Alzheimer’s using VR and a personal training platform that

John Browett, business leader and former supermarket chief executive, has been named as chair of

Almost 33,000 Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust patients had personal data stolen in the cyber
The rollout of AI scribes across the NHS should be accompanied by national oversight, according