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Government to give patients full access to record on NHS App

By Liz Wells 21 October 2024

The Government is to create a single patient record, summarising patient health information, test results, and letters in one place, through the NHS App.

TECHNOLOGY

Welsh Ambulance Service uses app to deliver care closer to home

By Liz Wells 21 October 2024

The Welsh Ambulance Service is using new technology to deliver care closer to a patient’s home.

TECHNOLOGY

Virtual reality and wearable technology projects aim to cut drug deaths

By Liz Wells 18 October 2024

The government has awarded £12m to projects across the UK that are researching innovative technology to support people with addictions.

TECHNOLOGY

AI tool could enhance and personalise brain tumour imaging

By Liz Wells 16 October 2024

A new artificial intelligence tool developed by researchers at University College London and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust can analyse scans more quickly than experienced...

TECHNOLOGY

Institute for Neurological Sciences performs UK first operation using mixed reality technology

By Liz Wells 16 October 2024

The Institute for Neurological Sciences, in Glasgow, has performed the first operation in the UK that uses Mixed Reality (MR) technology to allow the surgeon to ‘see inside’ a patient’s body during...

TECHNOLOGY

Basildon Hospital pharmacy robots speed up medicines for patients

By Liz Wells 15 October 2024

Basildon Hospital has installed two robots in its pharmacy store, replacing the old system that had been in place for more than a decade.

TECHNOLOGY

Digital transformation hampered by budgets, NHS pressures and poor IT infrastructure

By Liz Wells 15 October 2024

NHS trusts are being held back from further and faster digital transformation of services by limited budgets, day-to-day pressures and inadequate IT infrastructure, a new survey by NHS Providers re...

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Software to support adult asthma and COPD care to launch in up to 150 GPs in Greater Manchester

By Liz Wells 14 October 2024

Chiesi UK and Ireland and Health Innovation Manchester have launched the Improving Outcomes in Respiratory Across Greater Manchester (MISSON) project, which will introduce the clinically-validated ...

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Lightbulb moment - Glaucoma Field Defect Classifier

By Liz Wells 14 October 2024

Each issue we are asking NHS trust and ICB workers to share their great ideas and moments of inspiration which boost care outcomes and productivity.

TECHNOLOGY

Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust trial aims to improve experience for patients with dementia

By Liz Wells 11 October 2024

Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust (LUHFT) is trialling a platform that aims to better support the care of patients with dementia by tracking their behaviour patterns.