Norwegian HealthTech startup HoloCare scales its commercial footprint across Europe, following UKCA and CE certification. The mixed reality and AI-powered platform will initially launch in five hospitals to support pre-surgical planning.   ...

Disposable vapes will be banned in the UK as part of ambitious government plans to tackle the rise in youth vaping and protect children’s health.  The law involves both a ban on disposable vapes which have driven alarming rise in youth vaping and new p...

The 2023 HUAWEI European Health Survey, offers valuable insight into the attitudes and behaviours of European citizens concerning personal health. The research, conducted by Ipsos, uncovers the unrealised potential benefits of smartwatches across the region at...

CMR Surgical, a global surgical robotics business, announced that Kreiskrankenhaus Rotenburg, Germany has become the latest hospital in Germany to adopt the next-generation surgical robotic system, Versius.  Introducing robotic surgery for the first...

Santosh Sahu, CEO and Founder of Charac, The Pharmacy App, dives into the importance of technology in supporting UK pharmacies.  Today, the UK’s NHS system is overburdened and under-resourced. Across all divisions, there are issues of overwhelm and an in...

As we kick off 2024, Wayne Miller, Director, EMEA Healthcare Practice, Zebra Technologies, tells us the biggest healthcare predictions for the year ahead.  1. The progression of the retail-isation of healthcare    When it comes to the ...

Following a contestant’s historical result on January 18th, receiving offers from six dragons, Action for ME addressed an open letter to the chairs of two House of Commons select committees regarding the contestant’s pitch. The BBC temporarily removed...

Buckingham Palace announced in January, that 75-year-old King Charles requires treatment for an enlarged prostate. The King’s upcoming ‘corrective procedure’ has caused a surge in Google searches for prostate checks worldwide.   The analysis, by skinc...

According to new research from BT, NHS staff have joined a chorus of voices calling for the rapid rollout of digital technology to tackle growing wait times for diagnosis and treatment, as concerns mount around existing targets to reduce hospital waiting...

In October 2023, UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, announced the new legislation to create a smoke-free generation.  The legislation will make it an offence to sell tobacco products to anyone born on or after January 1, 2009. In effect, the law will stop...

The NHS has met the government’s target for 90% of trusts adopting electronic patient records in hospitals ahead of schedule.  This goal achieves the target set by the UK government to reach this amount by December 2023 in the Plan for digital health a...

Warner Music Group, (WMG) the global music entertainment company, has announced a partnership with MediMusic, the British health tech start-up, to help trial ‘music as medicine’ to relieve pain, anxiety and stress.   Through the partnership, Med...