Cera says at least 1,000 people in England now use its companion robots, and it claims large gains in productivity. Behind the figures sits an older argument about whether technology frees carers to care or quietly replaces them, and the evidence is still thin. Continue reading Companion Robots Are Entering British Care
A health innovation minister has admitted that public mistrust of Palantir may be driving a rise in NHS data opt-outs, just as ministers soften their stance on whether trusts must use the company’s Federated Data Platform. Continue reading Sixty Thousand Patients Opt Out Of Data Sharing Amid Palantir Concerns
More than 350,000 votes and 6,000 public proposals have landed in the Casey Commission’s Big Conversation on Care since July, with the first consultation phase closing on 23 September. The engagement numbers are unusually large for a social care consultation. Continue reading What Casey Commission’s Big Conversation Data Signals For Commissioners
Forty-four affordable homes, including a 24-flat extra care facility, have opened on a site in Lochgelly that stood empty for seven years. The completion closes out the latest phase of Fife Council’s Affordable Housing Programme and lands directly in the middle of a national argument about whether Scotland is building extra care housing fast enough to meet demand.
Continue reading Fife Council Opens 24-Flat Extra Care Facility On Long-Vacant Lochgelly Site
A £100 million procurement scheme launched this week is meant to solve a problem that has quietly strangled UK health tech innovation for years, promising AI companies that cannot win NHS contracts because they lack the turnover or track record of established suppliers. The first of four challenges puts NHS productivity, not defence or cyber security, at the front of the queue. Continue reading Treasury Opens £100m AI Procurement Competition Targeting NHS Productivity
A new development in Scotland is putting a spotlight on the chronic gap between supply and demand for specialist housing and on why the right blend of purposeful design, assistive technology, and data-led commissioning could be transformative for the 1.4 million people with a learning disability across the UK. Continue reading Why Supported Housing For People With Learning Disabilities Needs A Digital Rethink
The National Institute for Health and Care Research has awarded more than £5 million to nine UK projects testing AI, virtual reality, and smart home technology in social care settings. Continue reading NIHR Invests £5.4m In Digital Technology To Transform UK Social Care
A landmark eight-year contract in Sweden sees Philips lead a consortium delivering continuous remote monitoring to up to 15,000 complex patients annually in their own homes. As NHS England accelerates its own virtual ward ambitions, the implications for home care technology and community health services across the UK are considerable. Continue reading Philips Wins Eight-Year Hospital-at-Home Contract
Calls for tougher accessible housing targets are placing fresh attention on the relationship between housing design, digital health and the future of care at home. As councils argue that higher accessibility standards are achievable, care providers and technology firms say better-designed homes could reduce pressure on NHS community services and support more independent living across the UK care sector.
Continue reading Accessible Homes Push Could Accelerate UK Care Technology Adoption
Doctolib is entering the UK market through the acquisition of NHS software company Medicus, backed by a planned £100 million investment in British primary care technology. The deal could reshape the GP software market while accelerating the use of AI and digital tools across community healthcare. Continue reading Doctolib And Medicus Target UK GP Modernisation With £100m Investment
