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13 March 2025

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā˜•

Today's news briefing covers InterSystems' new IntelliCare EHR, seed funding for Ignota Labs, and The King's Fund's Social Care 360
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Baroness Merron speaking at Parliament and HealthTech 2025
10 February 2025

Guidance to simplify medtech procurement to launch in 2025

Guidance to simplify the procurement of health technology is expected to launch in 2025, according to Baroness Gillian Merron.
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10 February 2025

NICE consults on changes to its HealthTech programme

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is consulting on changes to how medical technologies are evaluated.
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19 December 2024

Medtech startup SleepCogni raises Ā£300,000 for insomnia care

Sheffield-based insomnia medtech firm SleepCogni has raised Ā£300,000, bringing its total funding to Ā£3.9m.
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17 July 2024

DHSC announces ministers responsible for digital and MedTech

The junior ministers responsible for digital, data and MedTech within the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have been
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DHSC
16 July 2024

UK faces Ā£5.4bn trade deficit for MedTech products

The UK had a trade deficit in MedTech products of Ā£5.4 billion in 2023, government figures reveal.
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Wes Streeting
10 July 2024

Wes Streeting: We can make Britain a powerhouse for MedTech

Health secretary Wes Streeting has pledged that the new government will ā€œmake Britain a powerhouse for life sciences and medical
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Digital Health Special Report: Medical Devices
2 July 2024

NHSE and NICE invite comments on pathway to fast-track MedTech

NHS England and NICE have invited comments on proposals for MedTech developers to fast-track products for use in the NHS.
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28 May 2024

NHS England and NICE announce plan to speed up innovative tech adoption

NHS England and NICE have outlined a joint proposal to help fast-track clinically and cost-effective products for use by the
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24 April 2024

EU regulation: AI Act will mean a raft of new requirements for ā€˜high-riskā€™ systems

The new EU AI Act will have global reach ā€“ and a huge impact on the medtech and life sciences
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