Government funds research into VR and AI to tackle drug deaths
The government has awarded ÂŁ12m to UK projects that are researching wearable tech, VR and AI to reduce drug deaths and improve outcomes.
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The government has awarded ÂŁ12m to UK projects that are researching wearable tech, VR and AI to reduce drug deaths and improve outcomes.
This roundup includes Isle of Wight NHS Trust launching a digital consent platform from former Rewired Pitchfest finalist Concentric Health.
Dr Alec Price-Forbes, national CCIO and Helen Balsdon, national CNIO have been announced as keynote speakers for Digital Health Rewired 2025.
Today’s Coffee Time Briefing covers funding for digital X-Ray equipment in Powys and the launch of Bupa’s whole-genome sequencing programme.
A campaign for digital adult mental health and wellbeing has been launched in Northern Ireland to offer self-help resources and tools.
Clinicians at Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are using AI technology from Brainomix to deliver faster diagnoses of strokes.

The CQC has committed to fixing its regulatory platform and provider portal, following two reviews highlighting issues with its IT systems.
The Hospify platform will close on 31 January after its âexponential growth curve collapsedâ as
The NHS App was launched in December 2018 and now boasts 22million registered users –
NHS Digital’s Professor Jonathan Benger has been awarded a Commander of the British Empire (CBE)
The founder of Theranos, a US company that claimed it provided revolutionary blood tests, has
The year 2021 has been hectic but ground-breaking in the world of digital health. We