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Survey finds about half of American workers are suffering from financial stress

With inflation and escalating healthcare costs continuing to plague American workers, financial stress is on the rise and now impacting about half of employees, according to a survey by FinFit with Salary Finance. Inside the Wallets of Working Americans,...

UK Government sets out strategy to protect NHS from cyberattacks

Patients will benefit from bolstered protection to the nation’s health and adult social care services as a new cybersecurity strategy for England is published. The cybersecurity strategy for health and adult social care sets out a plan to p...

Swansea University acquires funding to develop VR training

A high-tech Swansea University initiative to develop specialist virtual reality training for healthcare professionals has secured a major funding boost. The project, entitled Virtual Reality a Welsh Reality, has been awarded almost £900,000 to expand ...

World’s smallest medical device to tackle NHS ophthalmology backlogs

Over two million people in the UK are living with sight loss. However, NHS backlogs are significantly impacting the quick treatment and diagnosis of them. To combat this, Glaukos has developed iStent inject, we hear more below… Today sees the launch of...

NHS Scotland must maintain its focus on vital ophthalmology innovation

Robert Rea, Head of Innovation at InnoScot Health, speaks to us about the importance of ophthalmology innovation for the future of NHS Scotland and looks at what can be achieved, in this sector, through collaboration. Amid ongoing post-pandemic challenges for...

Gene therapy boosts ‘cold shock protein’ in the brain without cooling mice against neurodegenerative disease

Researchers at the University of Cambridge and Freie Universität Berlin are exploring how gene therapy and the cold shock protein can help significantly reduce neurodegenerative diseases in humans. We hear more below… Scientists in Cambridge and Berlin have us...

The growing risk of fraud in the NHS – how to protect your organisation’s future

With how outdated the NHS’ legacy systems are, it is no wonder fraud is rampant across the organisation. Nigel Hall, Director Client Solutions at Netcall, and Tom Houston, Client Partner for Healthcare at Gobeyond Partners, tell us more about this and also provi...

Robot-enabled hip and knee surgery clinical trial at Hywel Dda 

State-of-the-art surgeon-guided robots had their surgical skills put to the test as researchers trialled their use in hip and knee replacement surgery for the first time at Hywel Dda University Health Board. The clinical trial was funded through the Nat...

10Pearls acquires Inspirant Group to accelerate Digital Transformation in healthcare

10Pearls, a digital product innovation and software engineering leader, has acquired Inspirant Group, a boutique healthcare strategy consulting firm based in Chicago, IL. The acquisition positions 10Pearls to further expand its presence in the healthcare...

How the healthcare sector can mitigate cloud security threats 

Cyberattacks among UK healthcare facilities are only increasing, with many systems being outdated and lacking proper security. Here, Dirk Schrader, VP of Security Research at Netwrix, speaks to us about how organisations in this space can utilise the cloud,...

Wearable devices to study sleep disorders in Japan 

Aculys Pharma, a company focused on the development and commercialisation of new innovative drugs in the fields of neurology and psychiatry, and Four H, a Japan-based company specialising in health technology, have announced an exploratory research...

King’s College Hospital London – Dubai selects Oracle Cerner and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 

King’s College Hospital London – Dubai (KCH Dubai) has announced a strategic collaboration with Oracle Cerner to accelerate innovation. As part of the agreement, Oracle Cerner will utilise Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services via the Oracle C...