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McAvoy has, for the first time, secured a place on Lot 2: Modular & Prefabricated Building Services, within the NHS Commercial Solutions’ £1bn Modular & Prefabricated Building Solutions Framework.
Through this four-year award, public sector clients will be able to access McAvoy’s full suite of expertise to support the delivery of modular buildings across
Continue reading McAvoy Awarded Place on NHS Commercial Solutions Framework Leading offsite manufacturer
Improvements to clinical practice and work-life balance are being achieved at pace by early adopters of digital pathology at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. Dr Luisa Motta and Dr Lynne Jamieson give the detail on the latest impact in a Greater Manchester wide programme.
Effective new digital multidisciplinary team meetings, better work-life
Continue reading How pathologists are rapidly changing decades of clinical practice: Impact in Greater Manchester
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust enhances ED performance through Miya Emergency digital integration
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) has successfully deployed Alcidion’s Miya Emergency across its largest site Southampton General Hospital, digitising emergency department processes, integrating disparate patient data and providing visibility of patient status and A&E activity.
UHS serves approximately
Continue reading UHS Goes Live with Miya Emergency
By Stiltz Homelifts/CEO Mike Lord
The UK is on the brink of a profound demographic transformation. By 2072, more than a quarter of the population – around 22.1 million people – will be aged 65 or over. Yet, the homes being built today are failing to meet the needs of this ageing society.
Mike
Continue reading Elevating Housing – Why the Future of UK Homes Must Look Beyond the Staircase
By Kagan Seymenoglu, CEO, Longevita
The global medical tourism market has grown exponentially over the past two decades – and nowhere is this trend more visible than in aesthetic medicine. Every year, more UK patients travel abroad for low-cost cosmetic procedures, drawn by persuasive marketing, short waiting times, and the promise of “holiday surgery”
Continue reading Time to Regulate Medical Tourism and Protect the Reputation of the UK Aesthetics Industry
Richard McKenzie
A new UK-based consultancy, MPP Culture, has launched to support health and social care organisations in addressing organisational culture as a root cause of care quality issues, workforce challenges, and compliance risks.
The consultancy offers structured cultural assessments and advisory support to providers, boards, commissioners, and investors. Its goal is to help
Continue reading New consultancy targets organisational culture to improve health and social care outcomes
Healthcare Excellence Through Technology took place at London ExCeL at the start of October. Over two days, speakers, exhibitors and visitors expressed a desire for policy, commitment, and innovation to bring about transformative change.
In a special address to the HETT audience, newly appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of the Department of Health and
Continue reading HETT Show 2025 – Restless For Change
A pioneering fruit and veg prescription in Tower Hamlets has delivered powerful results, improving physical health for 8 in 10 participants and cutting self-reported GP visits by 15%.
Now, Alexandra Rose Charity is encouraging local authorities and healthcare leaders to take note of the scheme’s success and consider adopting similar models to support healthier, more resilient communities.
Continue reading Tower Hamlets’ Fruit & Veg on Prescription project enters third year after cutting self-reported GP visits by 15%
Embarking on healthcare technology career after leaving his home as a refugee during his teenage years, Yousif is passionate about making a difference. He reflects on an apprenticeship in which he has worked alongside technology innovators and the hospital teams that put solutions into practice for patient care.
When Yousif saw an opportunity advertised
Continue reading Starting a tech career, motivated to make a difference: Yousif’s story with Sectra and The King’s Trust
The 10 Year Health Plan sees a big role for AI, but as things stand suppliers, trusts and clinicians are struggling to deploy, scale, and get the most out of the tools available.
Harry Lykostratis
Harry Lykostratis, chief executive of Open Medical, explains how its Keypoint project will address the challenges and create a
Continue reading Overcoming the AI applicability crisis and preparing for agentic AI
Health tech growth partner Highland has today revealed its new identity – reflecting a sharper focus as it helps health tech companies to find market opportunities, convince target audiences, and drive growth.
Known for nearly a quarter of a century as Highland Marketing, the company has built a strong reputation for launching and championing
Continue reading Highland to help companies seize ‘new era’ in health tech growth
By Erica Hodgson, Change Management Practice Director at Differentis
The NHS isn’t broken because of who’s been in charge.
It’s broken because of how it works and how change has been managed in the past.
Earlier this year, the Government announced one of the biggest shake-ups in decades: abolishing NHS England and bringing the
Continue reading Will the Transformation Fund deliver the change our NHS needs? The real £3.25 billion question
A new whitepaper from Blue Frontier details key opportunities and challenges for NHS trusts amidst ongoing digital transformation. Interoperability, patient access concerns, and public fears over AI remain prominent challenges for the NHS to overcome. The research uses a combination of primary and secondary data to provide a comprehensive view of the sector. James
Continue reading New Research Uncovers Pressures and Progress in NHS Digital Transformation
A new book, The Delivery Gap: Why Government Projects Really Fail and What Can Be Done About It by Jonathan Simcock (Emerald Publishing), looks behind the scenes to uncover the problems that plague government projects and offer fresh solutions.
Successive UK governments have a terrible track record when it comes to large-scale projects. Almost
Continue reading Why do so many UK government projects fail and what can be done about it?
This year’s Healthcare Excellence Through Technology at London ExCeL is the first opportunity for health and social care to discuss the 10 Year Plan. From the agenda to all new features like the Roundtable Zone and AI Spotlight, the show on 7-8 October has been set-up to make the most of that opportunity.
The
Continue reading What’s on at HETT Show 2025? The 10 Year Health Plan is on!
By Prof. Oleg Kvlividze, MD, PhD, Provost, New Anglia University
Prof. Oleg Kvlividze, MD, PhD
Last week, YouGov released their latest survey results around Higher Education. The results showed that Two thirds of students in England and Wales say university is poor value for money.
Provost of New Anglia University, Prof. Oleg Kvlividze, MD,
Continue reading What the YouGov Survey tells us about UK Higher Education
The successful go-live for the order communications system lays a foundation for further IT developments at the Trust and its pathology network
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has taken a significant step towards a more digital future by rolling out electronic test ordering using Clinisys ICE.
The trust deployed the order communications system to
Continue reading Dartford and Gravesham implements Clinisys ICE for radiology and pathology orders
Patients receiving care at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust are benefiting from a modern patient entertainment system that is providing important comfort during long hospital stays and helping to inform people about their care, whilst alleviating pressure on busy wards.
The trust has worked with Airwave Healthcare to deploy the MyCareTV service,
Continue reading Tech keeps cancer patients informed and entertained following Clatterbridge go-live with Airwave Healthcare
By Dr Eugene Bojé
The UK dental sector is facing an unprecedented staffing challenge. NHS dentistry, already under pressure from underfunding and recruitment shortages, is now contending with volatile workforce availability and surging patient demand. The British Dental Association (BDA) has warned of an “existential crisis” for NHS provision, while a 2023 General Dental
Continue reading Could the ‘Uberisation’ of Locum Cover in Dental Practices, Be A Blueprint for Recruitment Process Across the Entire NHS?
Cancer patients will benefit from the potential for faster diagnosis and better access to specialist opinions, following the go-live of a digital pathology solution across five NHS sites in Devon and Cornwall.
Technical and clinical deployment of the pathology module of Sectra’s enterprise imaging solution has now taken place at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS
Continue reading Devon and Cornwall hospitals initiate digital pathology with Sectra
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