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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 is bringing Continue reading Highland launches Elevate – bringing health tech direct to the NHS
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 of patients experiencing delayed Continue reading The Long Goodbye
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 access, manage Continue reading Sword Intelligence launches in the UK, bringing proven national-scale AI care operations set to transform healthcare in Greece
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 will take Continue reading A shift from analogue to digital sits at the heart of the Government’s ambitious plans for NHS reform in England
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 Wales. The Continue reading Blood transfusion at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) live with Clinisys™ WinPath
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 amount of Continue reading Why the government needs to borrow a ‘startup mentality’ to innovate better
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 into their Continue reading AI helps ED doctors spot fractures as Northern Ireland deploys BoneView through Sectra
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 adults, spine-related Continue reading The UK’s Rising Spine-Health Burden: Why Back and Neck Pain Are Now a Public-Sector Priority
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 to Continue reading Highland advisory board discussion: The single patient record
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 in UK Continue reading AXREM and Highland extend partnership to drive growth and visibility for the UK’s diagnostic health tech sector
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, medication non-adherence Continue reading The future is connected healthcare – How IoMT ecosystems can solve medication non-adherence
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
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
By David Trossell, CEO and CTO of Bridgeworks David Trossell It’s that time of year again – Halloween – when the ghosts and witches are expected to come out to cause havoc. When it comes to phishing attacks, it’s a game of trick rather than of treat. Check Point writes in its blog, ‘Halloween Continue reading Why The Public Sector Needs to Keep Cyber-Ghouls Away
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
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