Left-shift views - Algorithmic thinking and decision making

27 October 2025

Our correspondent Melissa Harvard looks outside the box to provide a radical solution for healthcare

NHS SBS unveils £150m framework agreement for access to ambient voice and AI scribing tools

By Liz Wells 22 October 2025

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) has launched its £150m next-generation framework agreement for digital dictation, speech recognition and outsourced transcription services.

MHRA study to look at whether AI could predict drug interactions

By Liz Wells 22 October 2025

A new study will use AI and NHS data to predict side effects from drug combinations before they reach patients.

AI

NHS AI trial delivers 'unprecedented' time and cost savings

By Liz Wells 21 October 2025

AI-powered administrative support could save NHS staff around 43 minutes per staff member per day or more, a groundbreaking pilot of Microsoft 365 Copilot across 90 NHS organisations reveals.

Midlands trust uses AI to help reduce surgical waiting lists

By Liz Wells 17 October 2025

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has introduced an AI tool to reduce surgical waiting lists.

Scottish university launches online AI course for health and social care practitioners

By Liz Wells 17 October 2025

Glasgow Caledonian University is offering a new online module designed to help health and social care professionals understand the impact of AI on their practice.

UK's first AI scribe for patients is launched

By Liz Wells 16 October 2025

UK digital health innovator Aide Health has launched Mirror, the UK’s first AI-powered scribe for patients, tackling the widespread problem of medical advice being forgotten or misunderstood after ...

AI

Tools selected for next phase of MHRA's AI Airlock programme

By Liz Wells 16 October 2025

Seven emerging AI healthcare technologies have been selected for the second phase of the MHRA’s AI Airlock programme.

PPL

'Proof we can deliver'

By Lee Peart 13 October 2025

PPL joint chief executives Claire Kennedy and Simon Morioka explain how a first-of-its-kind simulation in London proved neighbourhood health ‘can deliver’.

UK and US regulators forge new collaboration on medical technologies and AI

By Liz Wells 09 October 2025

The MHRA has outlined moves to deepen collaboration with the US on medical technology regulation, with initiatives to accelerate innovation, strengthen patient safety, and reduce transatlantic barr...

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Social Worker - Children's Assessment and Safeguarding

Salary from ASYE level £36,363 up to £46,142

North East LincolnshireSalary from ASYE level £36,363 up to £46,142

RECRUITER: North East Lincolnshire Council

Senior Youth Worker x 2

£28,142-£31,022

Sandwell, West Midlands£28,142-£31,022

RECRUITER: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

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frederica-diamanta

Social Worker - Children's Assessment and Safeguarding

Salary from ASYE level £36,363 up to £46,142

North East LincolnshireSalary from ASYE level £36,363 up to £46,142

RECRUITER: North East Lincolnshire Council

Senior Youth Worker x 2

£28,142-£31,022

Sandwell, West Midlands£28,142-£31,022

RECRUITER: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

RECRUITER: Southampton City Council