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
A University of Edinburgh stud has found that ambient AI scribes now used by around 40 per cent of UK GPs can miss vital information and risk “cognitive offloading” that erodes clinical memory and reasoning. Continue reading AI Scribes Risk Deskilling GPs, University Of Edinburgh Study Warns
New Alzheimer’s Society research shows 46 per cent of carers say dementia diagnosis waiting times cost them work hours, and 37 per cent dipped into savings to cope. While NHS AI diagnostics funding concentrates on imaging and triage, memory clinic capacity has seen no equivalent investment, and families are absorbing the cost. Continue reading Dementia Diagnosis Waiting Times Data Shows Carers Losing Income
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has picked Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust to host its newest regulatory sandbox, putting AI-enabled devices in front of real patients and clinicians before wider NHS adoption. Continue reading MHRA and Manchester NHS Trust Launch Sandbox to Fast-Track AI Devices
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
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has told developers, suppliers and NHS organisations exactly where the regulatory line sits for ambient voice technology. Continue reading AI Scribes Get Regulatory Clarity As MHRA Defines Medical Device
Seventeen early-stage quantum health projects have received £1.65 million from the National Institute for Health and Care Research, spanning home eye monitoring, ICU risk prediction and neurophysiological markers of Alzheimer’s disease. Continue reading £1.65m Quantum Health Fund Targets Home Monitoring And Early Diagnosis
Digital medication records were meant to be standard across UK social care years ago, yet adoption still lags national targets. MedPal AI’s acquisition of eMARx shows how care technology providers are moving to fill that gap themselves, and what it costs commissioners when they do. Continue reading MedPal AI’s £474,000 Acquisition Exposes Gaps in Domiciliary Care Technology
The Cumberland Infirmary has carried out its first robot-assisted operations, more than a decade after the technology became standard in England’s larger centres. For a trust that has long struggled to match the pace of urban providers, the rollout raises a sharper question: can a single system meaningfully close a regional care gap, or does it simply catch Cumbria up to where the rest of the country already was.
Continue reading North Cumbria Trust Targets 90% Keyhole Surgery via Robotics
NHS England Midlands has named Heidi Health sole supplier under the largest ambient voice technology framework the health service has agreed, reaching 70,000 clinicians and 1,239 GP practices. Continue reading Heidi Secures Largest Ever NHS Ambient Voice Technology Deal
