Nearly 400k use NHS App prescription tracker since launch
11 August 2025
Nearly 400,000 people have used a prescription tracking feature in the NHS App in the first 10 weeks since its launch, said NHS England.
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Interactive digital platform launched to tackle health inequalities
11 August 2025
The NHS Race and Health Observatory has launched a digital platform to support healthcare organisations in tackling health inequalities.
Ultromics secures £41m Series C funding to expand AI solution
11 August 2025
Ultromics, a provider of AI-driven cardiology solutions, has raised $55m (£41m) in Series C financing to scale its technology across the US.
Ambulance software developed in Rwanda to enable faster care
8 August 2025
Ambulance technology developed in Rwanda by University of Birmingham experts could save nearly one million lives by enabling faster care.
NHS image platform fights misdiagnosis in non-white patients
8 August 2025
An image library, showing how diseases appear on different skin tones, has been launched to prevent misdiagnosis for people with darker skin.
Over-the-counter health test results accessible via the NHS App
8 August 2025
Customers can now view the results of at-home blood and DNA tests from MyHealthChecked on the NHS App, through an integration with PKB.
ChatGPT announces changes to address mental health concerns
7 August 2025
ChatGPT is changing the way it interacts with users following concerns that AI chatbots could have a negative impact on mental health.
Mobile apps news in brief
18 December 2020
This month’s mobile apps round up – our last for 2020 – features news that
Year of the Nurse – Microsoft’s CNO reflects on 2020 and tech in nursing
17 December 2020
Microsoft’s CNO Molly McCarthy believes new technology creates new roles for nurses, with Covid-19 highligting
London’s Health Innovation Network rolls out Coordinate My Care
17 December 2020
The South London Health Innovation Network (HIN) has won £200,000 funding to roll out Coordinate
Three digital health companies join forces to enable GP video sharing
16 December 2020
Cognitant Group, eConsult Health, HCI and have co-developed an easy way for patients to receive
Herefordshire and Worcestershire launches its own health apps library
16 December 2020
NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire CCG Apps Library aims to help people make an informed decision
