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
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
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
As pre-hospital ECMO trials gather momentum internationally, the implications for community health services and urgent care delivery are profound, raising urgent questions for NHS commissioners and care technology innovators about what truly advanced care in the home could look like. Continue reading From ICU To Living Room Portable Heart-Lung Technology Is Redefining Emergency Care At Home
A clinical trial led by the University of Glasgow has found that a wearable mini-pump can safely discharge heart failure patients from hospital nearly a week ahead of schedule, allowing them to complete treatment at home. Continue reading Wearable Heart Pump Sends Patients Home Five Days Earlier In Landmark UK Trial
An AI-native clinical documentation platform has secured its biggest enterprise contract to date, covering a census of approximately 2,700 patients, a development that underscores how artificial intelligence is reshaping the operational backbone of non-acute care. Continue reading AI Documentation Platform Lands Largest-Ever Enterprise Deal In Home Care
From AI hype to NHS procurement, data infrastructure to regulation, Maksim Mishin offers insight into what it really takes to build a medtech startup that lasts. Continue reading Q&A: “Build something healthcare can trust” A conversation on breaking into health tech
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
