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How will UK cabinet reshuffle affect the healthcare sector?

Dr Louise Morpeth, CEO of Brain in Hand, comments on the impact of recent changes in leadership

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BBH Awards 2023 - The Winners

We reveal the winners of this year's awards as the competition celebrates its 25th anniversary
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Minister explores NHS digital innovation

Welsh Health Minister, Eluned Morgan, meets the team behind digital innovations which are supporting care delivery

Chancellor urged to think 'more long term' about the future of NHS funding

In the run-up to Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Budget Statement, health experts give their view on what the Government needs to do to ensure the future of the health service

66% of healthcare organisations doing ‘too little’ to support net zero

Almost two thirds of healthcare project managers believe their organisation is not doing enough to support the UK’s 2040 net zero targets, new survey reveals

Trial proves potential to deliver crucial medical supplies by drone

Three-month trial reduces delivery times and cuts carbon emissions

From the frontline: Use us, or lose us - why junior doctors should be involved in technology adoption

Ed Hutchison (pictured below), an NHS doctor and clinical solutions specialist at Altera Digital Health, examines the potential ramifications of not utilising junior doctors in decision-making processes and deployment plans when new technology, such as electronic patient records (EPRs), are introduced in NHS organisations

£200m to boost NHS resilience and care this winter

Money will help support services through peak months

Looming winter pressures eased by targeted AI initiatives

Paul McGinness, chief executive of Lenus Health (pictured), highlights the need for pro-active measures to support the NHS in reducing unnecessary respiratory-related admissions this winter

Medtech leaders call for formal guidance on patient involvement in ICSs

Report reveals Integrated Care Systems are failing to properly consult patients on service provision

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Five ways to unlock digital transformation

Jim Richardson, sector lead for healthcare at Node4, explores the technological challenges that healthcare organisations are currently facing and how digital transformation can help overcome them and ultimately cure the sector from the plague of long wait times and high pressure

£210m to tackle deadly antimicrobial resistance

Up to £210m of funding announced to partner with countries across Asia and Africa to tackle antimicrobial resistance and reduce the threat posed to the UK

A single pathway for medical technologies could transform NHS innovation drive

An MTG review of government policy for the uptake of medtech finds that opportunities to implement the best innovations are still being missed

AI to speed up radiotherapy planning

Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies can be used to plan the treatment of patients undergoing external beam radiotherapy for cancer, NICE has said in draft guidance

£250m to boost NHS capacity with 900 new beds

Funding aims to relieve pressures on hospitals and help cut waiting lists

Government boosts use of independent sector capacity to cut NHS waits

Thirteen new community diagnostic centres are opening across the country to deliver more than 742,000 additional scans, tests, and checks a year

NHS staff switching to improved patient record service

Health and care professionals are encouraged to move to new National Care Records Service

Only one week remaining to enter the BBH Awards

24 awards for grabs, including Estates & Facilties Management Team of the Year, Best Patient Safety Intiative and Best Furniture and Fixtures Product. Don't miss your chance to enter the UK's most credible healthcare awards

Less than 2 weeks to enter the BBH Awards 2023

Following a huge influx of interest, we have extended the entry process until 4 August 2023! If you haven't already entered, this is your chance to be part of the industry’s most credible national healthcare awards

Integrated Care Systems - One year on

A year after the introduction of Integrated Care Systems, Babar Shafiq, ICS expert and national business development manager at Radar Healthcare, highlights the significant progress made in the pursuit of a more-co-ordinated and patient-centred approach to healthcare delivery

£21m to roll out artificial intelligence across the NHS

New technology will help diagnose patients more quickly for conditions such as cancers, strokes, and heart conditions, with trusts able to bid for funding to accelerate deployment of the most-promising tools

Government must address past mistakes to deliver digital transformation in the NHS

The Government’s ambition for digital transformation in the NHS can only succeed if ministers address mistakes of the past, warns a new report from the Health and Social Care Committee

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Securing the health tech profession of the future

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Imprivata expands commitment to NHS organisations through Identity Governance integration with NHSmail

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NHS75: The future is here, it just needs to be evenly distributed

Mark Venables, chief executive of Highland Marketing, argues the NHS’ struggles to adopt EPRs has disguised success in other areas, and now’s the time to level up...

Some challenges in the NHS acute tech market: and how to navigate them

NHS trusts need a lot of technology, but they face complex, structural challenges when it comes to procurement, and these tend to work against smaller companies and...

MAT – proud to have supplied the NHS for over 40 years

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New MMC-built surgical hub leads drive to cut NHS waiting lists

The first phase of a new elective surgical hub built by MTX using fast-track modern Methods of Construction (MMC) has opened at the Clatterbridge Hospital on the Wirral

Medical Air Technology provides UCV canopies for new wing at St John and St Elizabeth Hospital

UCV enables hospitals to offer a wider range of surgeries, including orthopaedics, and plays an important role in the integrated delivery of theatre services

Anne Cooper joins the Highland Marketing advisory board

Well-known digital nurse leader Anne Cooper looks forward to joining a leading forum for debate on the big issues shaping health tech and the digital health industry

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust helps to develop innovative software solution in preparation for National Cleaning Standards deadline

April 2021 saw new National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness introduced in England with the aim of improving the quality of cleaning services within hospitals and...

North Devon Hospital Case Study - Fordingbridge

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