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Robotic technology increases surgical efficiency at NHS hospital
An NHS hospital in Gloucestershire has adopted new robotic technology to make minimally invasive surgery more readily available to patients.
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, part of...
Cuts to local government funding in England linked to lower life expectancy
UK researchers have conducted a novel study indicating that reductions in England's local government funding have potentially influenced declines in life expectancy.
The study, led...
AI technologies receive £36m funding boost to transform NHS care
A £36m funding boost will support the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies designed to transform the quality of NHS care and speed up...
Rise in cost and usage of antidepressants sparks concern
An alarming surge in the usage and cost of antidepressants in 2020 has been recorded by researchers from the University of Huddersfield.
Researchers conducted a...
NHS Innovation Accelerator drives technological development
The award-winning NHS Innovation Accelerator is providing support for promising innovators to enable them to scale up across the English healthcare system.
Since its launch...
UK to strengthen clinical research delivery
The UK government has set out its vision to make the country a world-leader in designing and delivering clinical research.
It aims to use the...
Cannabis medicine for refractory epileptics should be available on NHS
In this article, Hannah Deacon, medical cannabis campaigner and Executive Director of the UK Medical Cannabis Clinicians’ Society discusses how access to Bedrolite is...
NHSX unveils new digital health technologies assessment
NHSX has unveiled a simpler and faster assessment process for digital health technologies used in the NHS and social care.
The new Digital Technology Assessment...
Supporting the healthcare sector on its digital transformation journey
Anne Sheehan, Business Director at Vodafone UK discusses how it is helping the healthcare sector in its digital transformation.
COVID-19 has presented many challenges for...
Fast-tracking the use of copper in the NHS to tackle AMR
Rory Donnelly, clinical research director of Copper Clothing, discusses the need to fast track copper for use in the NHS as an antimicrobial material...
New global health insurance card for British citizens
The UK has launched a new Global Health Insurance card (GHIC) as part of the new UK-EU deal.
The UK has made a new agreement...
Lifesaving COVID-19 treatments for NHS patients
Patients in intensive care units across the UK will be receiving potentially lifesaving treatments for COVID-19.
The government-funded REMAP-CAP clinical trial has shown that the...
COVID-19 pandemic leads to record usage in NHS Digital services in 2020
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to access healthcare remotely has soared, and NHS Digital services have seen a huge increase in usage throughout 2020
Cardiac surgery survival inequalities between private and NHS patients
A new study has revealed that private medical patients are 20% less likely to die or develop complications following surgery than NHS patients.
The study,...
Christmas COVID-19 rules will overwhelm healthcare services
The British Medical Journal (BMJ) and the Health Service Journal (HSJ) have stated that the new COVID-19 Christmas rules will overwhelm the NHS.
In order...
NHS hospitals to receive £600m for refurbishment
Funding of £600m will be provided to NHS Trusts across the country for refurbishment.
Staff, patients, and visitors across all regions in England will be...
Supporting people and communities through social prescribing
A new report has been launched today that reveals how the NHS can make small changes to better support local communities’ health and wellbeing.
NHS...
Hospitals in England to receive funding for digital prescribing
The UK Government is providing £16m in funding to hospitals across England to introduce digital prescribing.
Patients and staff across 16 hospitals in England are...
Digital inclusion fundamental to tackling health inequalities
The NHS’s Widening Digital Participation Programme, delivered by NHS Digital, found that tackling the ‘digital divide’ is essential to reducing health inequalities.
NHS should help people self-care with online health information gateway
Experts are calling for the NHS to help people self-care by offering a clear online gateway to quality-assured information about minor health conditions.
The call...
