Check Point Software Technologies, a leading AI-powered, cloud-delivered cybersecurity platform provider, has issued a renewed warning to the UK healthcare sector that cybersecurity must be at the top of the list of priorities. This comes in the wake of a...

X-Nav Technologies has announced that the X-Guide Dynamic 3D Surgical Navigation System is the first of its kind to receive certification under the European Union Medical Device Regulation 2017/745, commonly referred to as EU MDR.  The EU MDR is one of...

Next-generation socially assistive robots have been successfully tested in a healthcare setting to assist patients, alleviate their anxiety and relieve pressure on nursing staff as part of a hospital trial co-conducted by researchers from the UK’s National R...

Rodolphe Malaguti, Product Strategy and Transformation at Conga, tells us about the ambitions of leaders for digital change within the NHS and the diffcult reality of delivering effective change in the healthcare sector. In his 2024 spring budget, chancellor...

In response to alarming reports of a data breach at The London Clinic, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a statement confirming the initiation of an assessment into the matter. The breach allegedly involves unauthorised access to...

The government has announced action to tackle potential bias in the design and use of medical devices, as it accepts recommendations from a UK-first independent review into equity in medical devices.  The Department of Health and Social Care...

A Glasgow-based company has played a leading role in bringing the world’s first robotic aortic valve replacement through a tiny incision in the neck significantly closer to reality.    CardioPrecision – a specialist in less invasive treatment of ...

Get A Drip, a UK leading provider of health, well-being and diagnostics solutions and technologies, has expanded its services with the launch of Get A Drip Pharma – a dedicated pharmaceutical division specialising in seamlessly supplying, distributing...

Medtronic, a global leader in healthcare technology, received CE (Conformité Européenne) Mark approval for the MiniMed 780G system with Simplera Sync, a disposable, all-in-one continuous glucose monitor (CGM) requiring no fingersticks or overtape. Simplera S...

Northumbria University’s innovative use of Virtual Reality and simulation technologies in nursing education has been highlighted as an example of best practice in the UK.  After investing in a new state-of-the-art Virtual Reality learning platform specially de...

C the Signs, a British AI technology company founded by NHS Doctors at the forefront of early cancer detection, has been announced as part of the inaugural cohort of the White House CancerX Accelerator programme.  CancerX was unveiled by the White...

In research published in Nature Scientific Data, ethnicity data from general practice and hospital records of more than 61 million people in England has been studied in detail in for the first time.  Researchers assessed the available details of...