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By Kagan Seymenoglu, Founder and CEO of Longevita Kagan Seymenoglu Since the early 2000s, the global medical tourism industry has grown at a remarkable pace. Once accessed by the wealthy seeking luxury treatments abroad, it is now a mainstream option for many UK citizens – particularly in the field of elective cosmetic procedures such Continue reading A Call for Action on Unregulated Medical Tourism: Protecting UK Patients and the NHS
By Dr Ramoo, Medical Director, Bramacare The UK is witnessing a sharp and largely unchecked rise in the use of weight loss injections such as Ozempic and Wegovy. While these drugs have proven clinical value when prescribed appropriately, their growing availability online, often without medical oversight, is creating a new and urgent public health Continue reading Why We Need Stronger Regulation For Online Weight Loss Drug Access
The government’s big plan for the 10 Year Health Plan for the NHS laid out a big role for delivery. However, the Highland Marketing advisory board felt the missing implementation plan will have some big issues to address, from addressing the state of NHS IT today, to finding the time and money to deliver Continue reading Great plan: now we need to get real about digital delivery
Integrated care, digital access, and frontline innovation reshape health services for thousands of families and adults across BSW and Surrey. After the Government recently launched its 10-Year Health Plan to modernise the NHS and bring care closer to communities, HCRG Care Group – the UK’s largest specialist community services provider – is today celebrating Continue reading HCRG Care Group Marks 100 Days of Community Health Transformation Across BSW and Surrey
New Anglia University (NAU) has announced a significant expansion to its UK Clinical Rotation Network by partnering with 10 additional NHS hospitals. This initiative provides NAU medical students with enhanced opportunities for real-world clinical training across a broad range of NHS facilities in London, Shropshire, and the West Midlands. The Newly Partnered NHS Hospitals Continue reading New Anglia University Expands Clinical Rotation Network Through Ten New NHS Partnerships
Where healthcare environments are increasingly complex and diverse, operational effectiveness is not just a goal; it is a necessity. From acute primary care to major trauma services, the daily functioning of thousands of clinical and microbiological assets underpins patient care and safety. Yet, a challenge remains: performance data for these critical assets is often Continue reading Delivering efficiency and consistency in critical hospital assets
By Tamara Leslie, Medical Student at New Anglia University, Anguilla The NHS is amid a long-anticipated workforce crisis, and few areas are feeling the strain more acutely than general practice. A shortfall of over 4,200 GPs in England is just the start. Despite ministerial pledges and long-term workforce plans, the supply of newly qualified Continue reading Worlds Apart. Could Rethinking Medical Education Help Solve the UK’s GP Shortage?
Professor Glenda Cook, Director of the Better Living in Later Life Research Group at Northumbria University and spokesperson for Stiltz Homelifts, issues a stark warning: “Ignoring the housing needs of our ageing population is no longer an option. Change is not only overdue—it is critical.” Britain faces a demographic time bomb that demands immediate Continue reading The Ageing Population Crisis: Why Housing Reform Cannot Wait
Finbogo, a ground-breaking digital platform designed to streamline public access to private healthcare practitioners, has secured significant investment to lead a new, digitally driven era within private healthcare. While sectors such as property, retail, and hospitality have rapidly embraced digital transformation over the past twenty years, making services easily accessible to consumers, private healthcare Continue reading Finbogo Secures Major Investment to Digitally Transform UK’s Private Healthcare Sector
Hospitals have been using technology to stimulate patients in new ways. Innovative approaches to engaging and informing patients could soon rapidly scale. Dean Moody, healthcare services director at Airwave Healthcare, explains how. In NHS trusts across the country, a momentum has been building to engage patients in innovative ways. Patient Engagement – engage patients Continue reading Three ways NHS patient engagement could get a big tech boost
Leeds GP and CCIO will bring an important primary care perspective to the leading health tech agency’s panel of NHS IT professionals and industry experts The Highland Marketing advisory board has welcomed a new member – Dr Jason Broch, a GP and director with a strong track record in the NHS and IT-enabled transformation. Continue reading Dr Jason Broch joins the Highland Marketing advisory board
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has marked an important milestone in connecting busy radiologists across large parts of South East England, following the successful go live of Sectra’s enterprise imaging solution. The trust is the sixth NHS organisation in the South East 2 Imaging Network to deploy Sectra’s enterprise imaging solution. Commonality of Continue reading Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust goes live with Sectra
Stepping Hill Hospital, part of Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, has replaced its bedside units with state-of-the art devices running a full range of information, engagement, communications and productivity apps, to demonstrate the potential of digital technology in the NHS Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport has gone live with the first lighthouse deployment of SPARK Continue reading Stepping Hill Hospital announced as SPARK TSL lighthouse
Innovation in UK MedTech, and policy issues including regulation, integration, sustainability, and collaboration, will take centre stage at a new conference in May. Hosted by trade associations AXREM and the British Healthcare Trades Association (BHTA), ‘The Future of MedTech – Innovating for Tomorrow’, will allow delegates to engage with speakers from the government, NICE, Continue reading AXREM and BHTA name Highland as ‘Future of MedTech’ headline sponsor
Digitised clinical noting at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is creating efficiencies for busy doctors and nurses. The trust’s CCIO Dr Andrew Adair, deputy CCIO Dr John Greenaway, and digital business change manager Niki Idle explain the impact so far and why this crucial component of digital transformation, delivered in partnership with Alcidion, Continue reading Accelerating NHS digital maturity: Paper to digital is only the beginning for South Tees Hospitals
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) has signed a long-term agreement for use of the Alcidion Miya Precision platform, to provide an electronic patient record (EPR) for the trust. The trust joins two others in the region delivering benefits for patient care with the support of technology from Alcidion. The modular EPR Continue reading North Cumbria Integrated Care signs 10-year contract with Alcidion for Miya Precision EPR Platform
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