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A Call for Action on Unregulated Medical Tourism: Protecting UK Patients and the NHS

By Kagan Seymenoglu, Founder and CEO of Longevita

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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

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Why We Need Stronger Regulation For Online Weight Loss Drug Access

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

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Great plan: now we need to get real about digital delivery  

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

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HCRG Care Group Marks 100 Days of Community Health Transformation Across BSW and Surrey

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

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New Anglia University Expands Clinical Rotation Network Through Ten New NHS Partnerships

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

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Delivering efficiency and consistency in critical hospital assets

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

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The Ageing Population Crisis: Why Housing Reform Cannot Wait

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

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Finbogo Secures Major Investment to Digitally Transform UK’s Private Healthcare Sector

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

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NHS, councils, and housing could share new risk insights to cut hospital demand through C2-Ai and Netcall partnership

A new technology partnership formally announced today, could help NHS, local government, and housing organisations collaborate to create an unprecedented understanding of the risks and needs of people in their care. Resulting intelligence could enable co-ordinated decisions that help to ease demand on recovering NHS services, prevent avoidable harm and A&E visits, and target

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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust goes live with Sectra

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

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North Cumbria Integrated Care signs 10-year contract with Alcidion for Miya Precision EPR Platform

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

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UK Policy Change Needed to Help People with Multiple Sclerosis Access Medical Cannabis

As March marks Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness Month, new research from Zerenia Clinic, a specialist UK medical cannabis clinic, reveals a growing demand for policy change to improve access to medical cannabis treatments for those suffering from MS and other chronic conditions.

A nationwide survey conducted by Zerenia Clinic highlights strong public support for

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Sodexo and Culinary Medicine UK partner to advance nutrition education for healthcare professionals

Sodexo Health & Care has joined forces with Culinary Medicine UK, a non-profit organisation, to further enhance patient care with a dedicated online platform offering NHS staff access to valuable nutrition education modules.

As a leading provider of food services to the health and care industry, Sodexo understands the critical role nutrition plays in

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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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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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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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What do health tech leaders want from the general election campaign?

Whichever party forms the next government will find a health and social care system facing enormous challenges. Highland Marketing asked its associates and clients what role health tech and med tech can play in addressing them.

Highland Marketing asked some of its associates and clients what they hope the general election will mean for

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Maternity tech launched to help NHS measure and enhance safety 

Health tech provider C2-Ai has formally launched a new ‘observatory’ system to help hospitals gain a better understanding of risks, outcomes and safety within maternity and neonatal services.

Announced at the annual NHS ConfedExpo, the new system will equip hospitals and frontline teams with a detailed picture of individual health trajectories for women, and

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