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The 10 Year Health Plan: what do we need to deliver?

Piyush Mahapatra, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon and chief innovation officer at Open Medical, considers the latest consultation on the future of the NHS, and argues that what is needed is not a new vision, but a plan for delivery; and some radical new thinking on the role of healthcare technology.

There is a new

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Only connect: at HETT North

Angela Maragna is a transformation and change leader with expertise in driving digital innovation, co-director of One HealthTech, and a member of the HETT Steering Committee.

Here, she shares her excitement about HETT North in Manchester and tells visitors about the many agenda sessions, features, and networking opportunities they can expect.  

Angela Maragna

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Sam Neville joins the Highland Marketing advisory board

Bringing a passion for nursing and safety she looks forward to being part of a leading forum for debate on the big issues shaping health tech and the digital health industry

Sam Neville

Leading chief nursing information officer Sam Neville is joining the Highland Marketing advisory board. Sam brings a passion for nursing and

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Dictate.IT launches AI-powered Clinical Assistant

New technology will transform doctor-patient consultations saving clinicians time and reducing the burden of administration

Dictate.IT, part of Clanwilliam, a global healthcare technology and services group, has added an AI-powered clinical assistant to its market leading clinical documentation software products.

The assistant listens to and transcribes the doctor-patient conversations in real-time, automatically creating consultation

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Health tech leaders set out their digital priorities for 2025

Leaders from across the health tech sector predict a year of accelerating digital transformation in the NHS; one that will increasingly be driven by AI. From the development of decision support and robotic surgery to a renewed focus on cybersecurity and data interoperability, Highland Marketing’s clients explore the trends that will shape the future

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SEND Tribunal statistics – legal comment

The Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal has published its latest statistics for the period from July to September 2024.

These relate to appeals that challenge local authority decisions about the level of support to be provided to children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) via an education, health and care plan (EHCP).

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The stock of housing for local authority & housing association

By Elli Kiely, Design & Innovation Director, HJK Construction

Open any newspaper in the UK, and it will mention the housing crisis in the UK. The actual extent of the crisis is hotly debated, but there is one thing everyone agrees on – there is undoubtedly a serious problem with the supply and demand

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Hard Labour 

The NHS emerged as an election issue during the campaign, which posed a challenge for Labour. The party knew it was going to inherit an economy with low levels of growth and high levels of debt. It also knew the NHS was struggling and ‘unprotected’ public services were facing cutbacks on an undeliverable scale.

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500 patient images per second shared through national portal as NHS tackles backlogs

A national image sharing platform, used by NHS organisations, patients and others to securely access diagnostic scans and tests, has seen record usage across the country.

The image exchange portal, widely known in the NHS as the IEP, is now being used to share as many as 500 images each second – includingx-rays, CT,

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Northern Ireland’s laboratory services reach another IT milestone

Clinisys WinPath go-lives at Northern Health and Social Care Trust and the cervical cytology screening service complete phase three of the CoreLIMS programme to transform pathology services across the country

The transformation of pathology services across Northern Ireland has achieved another milestone, with the completion of phase three of the CoreLIMS programme to deploy

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Browne Jacobson and CBI roundtable explores how to finance public infrastructure post-PFI

The government has been urged to set out a clear vision for how it intends to build new roads, railways, prisons, schools and hospitals at a roundtable hosted by Browne Jacobson in partnership with the CBI.

Businesses from across a wide range of sectors discussed the various economic factors – including sustainable skills supply,

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How the new government can use AI to transform the public sector

By James Johns, Head of Corporate Affairs, UK, Workday

The new Labour government has set its sights on growth. 

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, have repeatedly highlighted their ambitions to bolster the economy. Meanwhile, the word ‘growth’ featured a healthy 74 times in the King’s Speech laying out the government’s

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Hundreds of jobs, apprenticeships, and crucial training opportunities created as national procurement experts Fusion21 help organisations smash social value targets

More than 350 jobs were created and a record number of people accessed apprenticeships after national procurement expert Fusion21 helped companies to deliver their social value targets.

New data published today by Fusion21 also reveals more than 2,000 people were able to access crucial training courses.

Sarah Maguire

Based in Knowsley in Merseyside and

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Former NHS CIO Will Smart joins Alcidion

Health technology provider Alcidion has appointed digital health leader Will Smart as a non-executive director

A former national chief information officer for health and social care in England, Will Smart will join the Alcidion Group board in a global role from October. He will provide strategic insight as the company continues to support healthcare

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Highland Marketing becomes communications partner for HETT 2024

Leading health tech PR and marketing agency will provide media and content services for the conference, exhibition, and networking event, as it expands to become a “festival” of digital health  

Highland Marketing has been named as the communications partner for this year’s Healthcare Efficiency Through Technology show, which takes place at ExCeL London

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How medical cannabis could help the NHS

By Dr Guillermo Moreno-Sanz, Scientific Director, Zerenia Clinic UK

Healthcare in the UK faces significant challenges, but what can be done to improve the situation? In recent years, the burden on the NHS and care services has increased dramatically, leading to longer waiting lists and strained social care services. Conventional medications and care services

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The Prince’s Trust and Sectra help more young people into tech careers

A new initiative between The Prince’s Trust and medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra, is helping to widen access to technology career opportunities for young people from different backgrounds.

‘Get into IT and Administration’, a new digital and technology-focused employability programme, was launched in Belfast during the summer. It has been actively supporting

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People at the heart of tech at the heart of the NHS

Highland Marketing advisory board member Natasha Phillips led a discussion on nurses, midwives, and allied health professionals, and the skills and competencies they will need to lead and thrive in a digitally-enabled healthcare system.

“If the NHS is going to become more productive, we need to put the nursing and midwifery workforce at the

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Global IT outage affecting public sector organisations and companies

Reporter: Stuart Littleford

Public sector organisations as well as businesses including banks, airlines, telecommunications companies, TV and radio broadcasters, train companies, have been affected by a mass global IT outage today.

GP surgeries are reporting difficulties accessing patient data and appointment systems with many resorting to using hand written notes and manual filing

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Priory signs a new five-year agreement with Ashtons

The UK’s largest independent provider of mental health services will benefit from medicines supply and pharmacy services alongside further development of the newly implemented e-Works electronic prescribing and medicines management solution

Priory has signed a new, five-year agreement with Ashtons that underlines its commitment to improving the management of medicines, following the roll-out of

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