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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
Continue reading The stock of housing for local authority & housing association
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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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,
Continue reading 500 patient images per second shared through national portal as NHS tackles backlogs
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
Continue reading Northern Ireland’s laboratory services reach another IT milestone
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,
Continue reading Browne Jacobson and CBI roundtable explores how to finance public infrastructure post-PFI
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
Continue reading How the new government can use AI to transform the public sector
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
Continue reading Hundreds of jobs, apprenticeships, and crucial training opportunities created as national procurement experts Fusion21 help organisations smash social value targets
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
Continue reading Former NHS CIO Will Smart joins Alcidion
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
Continue reading Highland Marketing becomes communications partner for HETT 2024
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
Continue reading How medical cannabis could help the NHS
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
Continue reading The Prince’s Trust and Sectra help more young people into tech careers
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
Continue reading People at the heart of tech at the heart of the NHS
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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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
Continue reading Priory signs a new five-year agreement with Ashtons
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
Continue reading What do health tech leaders want from the general election campaign?
Health Innovation East, the innovation arm of the NHS in the East of England and Cogniss, a no-code ecosystem for digital health solutions, have announced a strategic partnership to launch the Health Innovation East Digital Hub.
A no-code ecosystem is an online collection of tools, ways of working and learning resources that help people
Continue reading Health Innovation East partners with Cogniss to help drive the democratisation of digital health
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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By Anne-Marie Vine-Lott, Director of Health, Vodafone UK
Anne-Marie Vine-Lott
Restoring public sector productivity is a national priority.
Recent ONS figures reveal productivity levels in the public sector considerably worsened in late 2023 – especially across healthcare and education – and to this day remain 6.8% lower than pre-pandemic levels.
The Office for Budget
Continue reading Solving the public sector productivity puzzle: why connectivity holds the key
By Tim Freestone, chief strategy and marketing officer, Kiteworks
The sheer number of cyber-attacks in recent years puts the inadequacy of current systems into sharp focus. Alas, many public sector organisations are still using decades old legacy, homegrown technologies to manage the storing, transfer, and sharing of data. Although this approach has historically been
Continue reading The need to modernise secure content communication approaches
There is considerable excitement about the potential of AI to deliver more accessible, efficient, and high-quality healthcare; alongside concern about data privacy, bias, and how these new tools will be used in clinical practice.
The key to realising the benefits and addressing the concerns is the adoption of standards for the development and implementation
Continue reading Why standards are key to building trust in AI
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