Tech firms to engage NHS workforce, as new trust brings care closer to home

Executives, digital, operational, and frontline staff from the newly integrated North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust, will welcome both big tech and innovative health tech firms on 27 November. 

The trust, which integrated in April, is the latest in the NHS to host Elevate – a programme of health tech showcases

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Access to Autism and ADHD Assessments Improved for Young People as Momenta Connect awarded place on national NHS framework

This place on the National NHS framework will enable Momenta Connect to provide additional, clinically governed autism and ADHD assessment capacity for children and young people, working alongside NHS organisations and existing local services.

Jennifer Abbott

Momenta Connect has been awarded a place on the national NHS Framework Agreement for the Provision

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Highland advisory board welcomes a new chair and a new member

Nicola Haywood-Cleverly takes up the reins at the expert panel, as Ben Argo brings a fresh perspective to the group that advises on health tech growth

The appointments come as Highland expands its Elevate showcase initiative as the NHS accelerates the shift from analogue to digital

The Highland advisory board has

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PUBLIC TRUST IN HEALTH INNOVATION IS SHAPED MORE BY MINDSET THAN DEMOGRAPHICS, DNV RESEARCH FINDS

Geir Fuglerud

Public trust in health innovation may be less predictable than healthcare organizations assume, according to new research from DNV, the independent assurance and certification provider.

A global survey of 12,500 people across 17 countries found that mindset is a stronger indicator of trust than traditional demographic factors such as

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Browne Jacobson supports Cambridge Heartwear in launching wearable tech for rapid heart disease diagnosis

Browne Jacobson has supported an AI MedTech start-up to roll out innovative wearable technology that enables people to track their heart rate on the go.

Nick Smee

The UK and Ireland law firm advised Cambridge Heartwear on a wide range of legal issues during preparations for the commercial launch of HeartSense – described as

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Bristol NHS Group opens doors to tech providers to inspire staff, in flagship Elevate showcase  

Health and social care staff from two NHS trusts and the wider BNSSG integrated care system will engage with tech companies on 13 May, as Bristol NHS Group advances its digital strategy and looks to take forward the 10 Year Health Plan. 

Bristol NHS Group’s Local Health Tech Showcase is the latest in a new series of digital engagement events known as Elevate, which bring relevant health tech directly to NHS organisations, allowing trusts to engage their

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Highland launches Elevate – bringing health tech direct to the NHS

A new showcase series is reshaping NHS-supplier engagement. Pioneers at the first NHS host brought together hundreds of staff organisation-wide, along with major tech companies and niche innovators in a single day, already inspiring 10 further NHS providers to follow in 2026.

Highland has launched Elevate, a new health tech event series that

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Safety is now a duty of care across multiple sectors, says Fire Aware

The cultural change needed to bring about a shift in fire safety starts with a recognition of a duty of care by all of those responsible across multiple sectors, says growing fire safety body Fire Aware.

Everyone involved in the design, construction, maintenance and letting of the built environment needs to understand

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The Long Goodbye

Can the seemingly intractable problem of delayed hospital patient discharge be solved by the creation of a single responsible body?

By Norman Niven, CEO at The Medication Support Company and former director at BUPA

What seems to be the problem?

Perhaps the biggest challenge facing the NHS is greater numbers

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Sword Intelligence launches in the UK, bringing proven national-scale AI care operations set to transform healthcare in Greece

Following the announcement of a national collaboration with the Greek government, Sword Intelligence is bringing AI-led triage, care coordination and access operations to help the UK tackle waiting lists and access pressure.

Sword Intelligence has launched in the UK and Europe to bring AI-led care operations designed to help healthcare providers improve

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A shift from analogue to digital sits at the heart of the Government’s ambitious plans for NHS reform in England

Steve Sanghera

The 10-year health plan outlined earlier this year intends to make the NHS ‘digital by default’ and central to the overhaul will be the roll out of an NHS App tool which will read real-time data from wearables, biometric sensors or smart devices.

According to one Government source: “This Plan

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Phoenix Software raised over £25k for St Leonard’s Hospice in 2025

Phoenix Software is proud to reflect on a successful year of fundraising in 2025, with a series of events and challenges raising significant funds in support of St Leonard’s Hospice.

The highlight of the year was Race for a Reason, a four-day challenge inspired by the BBC TV show Race Across the World. In July,

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Blood transfusion at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) live with Clinisys™ WinPath

Critical service adopts the latest Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) to support the transfusion laboratory testing and distribution of blood components and blood products for the population of ABUHB

The Blood Transfusion service at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board has gone live with Clinisys™ WinPath in a first of type deployment in

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Why the government needs to borrow a ‘startup mentality’ to innovate better

While governments can’t afford to mimic the startup model entirely – nor should it with the margin for error far narrower – what they can and should do, argues Dr Jon Rimmer, Chief Experience Officer at Mercator Digital, is borrow key traits to improve innovation

Right now, governments are under a huge

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AI helps ED doctors spot fractures as Northern Ireland deploys BoneView through Sectra 

Emergency departments and minor injury units across Northern Ireland are now benefitting from AI that helps clinicians accurately and efficiently identify bone fractures – deployed rapidly and at scale through Sectra Amplifier Services.

Sectra Amplifier Services, provided by Northern Ireland’s enterprise imaging partner Sectra, enables healthcare organisations to integrate AI tools directly

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The UK’s Rising Spine-Health Burden: Why Back and Neck Pain Are Now a Public-Sector Priority

By Anthony Ghosh, MD FRCSMR

Anthony Ghosh

Back and neck pain are often framed as inevitable features of modern life, an individual inconvenience rather than a collective challenge. Yet new evidence shows that spinal health has become one of the UK’s most significant, yet under-recognised, public-sector issues. Affecting nearly one in five

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Highland advisory board discussion: The single patient record

A new attempt to create a national, longitudinal health record was one of the big ideas in the 10 Year Health Plan. However, the use case and architecture is far from clear, and there are some big commercial issues to address with health tech vendors.

The NHS has a troubled history when it comes

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AXREM and Highland extend partnership to drive growth and visibility for the UK’s diagnostic health tech sector

Mark Venables

UK trade association AXREM and health tech growth specialist Highland have extended their partnership for two further years, reaffirming a shared commitment to supporting growth across the UK’s diagnostic and health technology markets.

AXREM represents member companies that collectively provide the majority of diagnostic medical imaging and radiotherapy equipment used

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The WAN You Want: The Data Centre Magic of Christmas

Graham Jarvis

By Graham Jarvis, Freelance Business and Technology Journalist

It’s that time of year again. The festive Christmas lights are about to be turned on in the high streets to welcome shoppers, enticing them to buy presents for their loved ones. However, not all the festive commerce occurs in physical stores.

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The future is connected healthcare – How IoMT ecosystems can solve medication non-adherence

By Mark Scrivens, FPT UK Chief Executive Officer, FPT Corporation

Mark Scrivens

Although diagnosis can be one of the great challenges in healthcare, once a healthcare plan is developed, we naturally assume that patients take the medications that clinicians prescribe for them. However, this could not be further from reality. In fact,

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