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Changing the future of prosthetic care for veterans

Radii Devices, a small UK-based company, has taken steps to improve prosthetic care for veterans; this was made possible with the support of the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA).

Magnetic and acoustic levitation to protect bioprint heart models against radiation

The new PULSE project utilising both magnetic and acoustic levitation claims to hold the key to bioprinting technology with potential applications in space and on Earth.

LGI Innovation Pop Up: Inspiring data-driven digital hospitals

As Chief Scientific Officer at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Professor David Brettle, is responsible for delivering transformational healthcare technologies to ensure staff can work effectively in data-driven, digital hospitals.

Emerging remote patient monitoring solutions virtually re-wiring the hospital ward of the future

Kelly Bevington, Digital Procurement Frameworks at NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS), explains remote patient monitoring solutions.

From virtual ward technology to stronger communities

Professor Rhys Thomas & Professor Kevin Doughty from Virtual Ward Technologies, detail their plan for community health support via cutting edge virtual ward technology.

When it comes to social care reform, who’s responsible for spearheading change?

Half the British public does not believe care homes are capable of providing their loved ones with adequate care, and yet social care reform continues to lose out.

How care technology can help alleviate the pressure on social care funding

Care technology has the potential to deliver better outcomes for service users, allow councils to do more with their limited budgets.

Treating children with blast injuries with prosthetic innovations

Imperial College London opens its first-ever centre designing prosthetic innovations for child blast injuries occurring in conflict zones.

Government funds £2.3 billion into 160 new community diagnostic centres

To reduce pressure on the NHS and improve patient care, the government will fund hundreds of new community diagnostic centres in local areas.

COVID-detecting breathalyser could identify cancer and lung disease

With the potential to revolutionise medical diagnostics, a breathalyser using quantum laser-based technology could diagnose illness from exhaled breath.

Applying the Science and Technology Framework to the healthcare industry

The Government launched its new Science and Technology framework to cement the UK’s place as a science and tech superpower by 2030.

The transformative power of AI in healthcare

Kirsty Biddiscombe, UK Head for AI, ML & Analytics at NetApp, discusses the transformative power of AI in healthcare.

Could silk from spiders and silkworms treat nerve injuries?

Silk from silkworms and spiders can be used to repair severed nerves, researchers find, in a promising stride toward treatment for nerve injuries.

How Enterprise Architecture accelerates digital transformation in healthcare

Enterprise Architecture could help provide a boost to the healthcare sector, enabling and accelerating the tech transformation. But how do we implement it?

Advancements in how we identify and treat hypoxic cancers

Cancers that are starved of oxygen, otherwise known as hypoxic cancers, are generally difficult to identify – but medical imaging has taken a new step with the MR-Linac scanner.

We need a common pathway to decarbonise healthcare

Kristian Steele, Associate Director at Arup, argues that the climate crisis is also a health crisis. We, therefore, need a common pathway to decarbonise healthcare

AI can predict future ulcerative colitis flare-ups

AI model could predict ulcerative colitis flare-ups and complications after reading biopsies taken during colonoscopies.

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