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Ivan Wall, the director of Resilience and a professor of regenerative medicine at the University of Birmingham
19 January 2026

VR project aims to boost UK’s medicine manufacturing skills

A £4.3 million UK government scheme is aiming to encourage more than 140,000 people into medicine manufacturing using VR training.
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Coffee Time Briefing
9 September 2025

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

Today's Coffee Time Briefing covers a milestone for the National Centre for Child Health Technology and a WhatsApp channel launched
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Ambulance crews use the new software with a patient in Kigali, Rwanda
8 August 2025

Ambulance software developed in Rwanda to enable faster care

Ambulance technology developed in Rwanda by University of Birmingham experts could save nearly one million lives by enabling faster care.
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Coffee Time Briefing
7 August 2025

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

Today's Coffee Time includes System C announcing the acquisition of Australian health and care management tech provider MYP Technologies.
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An older woman with glasses measuring her blood pressure in her living room using an arm pressure gauge and small medical device
4 April 2025

Project launched to develop adaptive 4D health tech devices

UK researchers have launched a project to improve how medical devices respond to changes in the body over time.
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20 December 2024

Recommendations published to tackle bias in medical AI tech

A set of recommendations has been published with the aim of reducing the risk of potential bias in AI for
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30 October 2024

AI software improves odds of good maternity care by 69%, say researchers

Women are more likely to receive good care during pregnancy when AI and other clinical software tools are used, researchers
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Woman using VR headset
15 October 2024

Cornerstone VR to host virtual reality training for social workers

Cornerstone VR has partnered with the University of Birmingham and Sandwell Children’s Trust to host virtual training for social workers.
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Science secretary Peter Kyle
26 July 2024

Government announces £100m for quantum research hubs

The government has announced £100m funding for five research hubs that will develop quantum technologies for healthcare and cybersecurity.
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Coffee Time Briefing
23 July 2024

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

This edition of Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing includes news from the public inquiry into pandemic preparedness.
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