VR

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Duchess of Edinburgh with patient Brayden and Lucy Dickinson, play specialist and VR lead at Leeds Children's Hospital
4 July 2025

VR improves patient experience at Leeds Children’s Hospital

Virtual reality technology at Leeds Children's Hospital is enabling young patients to undergo medical procedures without general anaesthetic.
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18 October 2024

Government funds research into VR and AI to tackle drug deaths

The government has awarded £12m to UK projects that are researching wearable tech, VR and AI to reduce drug deaths
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Coffee Time Briefing
13 June 2024

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

Today's Coffee Time Briefing includes the relaunch of System C's CareFlow EPR and an online genetic support programme for MSD
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12 April 2024

New virtual reality experience improves student mental health

St George’s, University of London, have led revolutionary work to improve student mental health by using virtual reality sessions to
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23 February 2024

Northumbria University simulation tech receives best practice praise

Northumbria University's simulated practice placement programme for nursing students, SkillsFest, has received praise from Oxford Medical Simulation.
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6 November 2023

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕ 

This briefing features news from Digital Health and Care Wales, Technavio, medical VR provider Jolly Good and the Royal Orthopaedic
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30 October 2023

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕ 

Today's briefing reports that patients preparing for surgery in Hull can get on-demand VR resources and that an AI-powered lamp
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28 July 2023

Industry news in brief

This Digital Health News industry roundup includes CergenX raising €1.2m in funding for its AI newborn brain screener and a
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27 June 2023

Eight in ten UK health orgs have had a security breach since 2021

New research has revealed that nearly eight in 10 UK providers of frontline healthcare services have experienced at least one
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19 June 2023

Anagram receives funding for VR mental health training series

Creative studio Anagram has received funding to allow it to develop a series of mental health training videos using VR
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