Industry news in brief
Our latest industry news round-up features news that a data tracker for lung health is improving understanding of respiratory conditions.
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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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Industry news in brief
The latest industry news round up from Digital Health features news of a collaboration to export innovative UK health tech companies.
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Digital innovation must be ‘at heart’ of healthcare reform
Public Policy Projects called on the government to use digital innovation to better enable collaboration across the NHS and social care.
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Twenty companies selected for DigitalHealth.London’s flagship accelerator
Now in its fifth consecutive year the DigitalHealth.London programme has provided support to a number of successful digital innovations now used in the NHS.
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Chelsea and Westminster partner up with The Burdett Trust for fellowship
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has partnered up with The Burdett Trust for Nursing to create a Nursing Innovation Fellow position.
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Greater use of health technology ‘could save 20,000 lives a year’
Think tank the Institute of Public Policy found the NHS could save £10 billion from reduced costs related to health by improving access to technology.
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Data strategies must be designed around patient input, report finds
Patients must feel a sense of agency and control over what happens to their data and health data must always be used in a way that is safe, a report found.
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‘Buck stops’ with Matt Hancock to ‘encourage culture of innovation’
More needs to be done to encourage innovation within the NHS ensure widespread early patient access to technology, a Medical Technology Group report found.
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West Midlands AHSN launches Digital Health and Skills Lab
The lab provides a space for digital innovation design, bringing together health tech businesses, clinicians and patients to develop and test solutions.
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