Government calls for evidence on discrimination in medical devices
The government has launched a call for evidence to discover if and how medical devices and technologies may discriminate and widen healthcare inequalities.
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Digital Health and Care plan to form part of Sajid Javid’s NHS vision
The health secretary is due to outline how the government is planning to tackle the Covid backlog, improve social care and narrow health inequalities.
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How can Integrated Care Systems improve digital inclusion?
Sarah Boyd from Norfolk and Waveney Health and Social Care Partnership, explores how her ICS is using digital to improve patient inclusion and more.
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New £1.4m AI funding aims to reduce racial health inequalities
The funding, from the NHSX AI Lab and Health Foundation, aims to ensure healthcare solutions don’t “exacerbate existing health inequalities”.
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Will an uptake in digital health services have implications on inequalities?
The use of digital health services has risen over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic – but will this have implications on inequalities?
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National call for innovations to tackle LGBT health inequalities
The Academic Health Science Networks and LGBT Foundation have joined forces to find new ways to address the health inequalities face by the community.
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Healthcare atlas maps NHS variations
A new NHS Atlas of Variation has laid bare the regional variations in treatment that patients receive based on what part of the country they live in.
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