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The UK government has pledged earlier mental health support for children, young people and adults without waiting for a clinical diagnosis. The commitment follows an independent review and will form part of a forthcoming mental health strategy focused on prevention, early intervention and reducing waits for help. The review found that mental distress has increased [...]
Tom Watson has warned against “mob rule” in public procurement as pressure grows over Palantir contracts, including a £330m NHS software deal. The former Labour deputy leader, who recently joined Palantir as a senior vice-president, said ministers could get themselves “in a lot of trouble” over concerns about the government working with the company. Palantir [...]
The UK has launched an £80m dementia tech challenge to test nine digital technologies aimed at speeding up and improving diagnosis in NHS settings. The Dementia Challenge includes AI-enabled clinical decision support, remote cognitive assessments, faster MRI scans and home-monitoring technology. Diagnosis can take more than a year, with around 60 per cent of people [...]
The risk of plague reaching and spreading across the UK is very low, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said, after reports concerning a Russian laboratory worker. The worker was employed at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East in Irkutsk. Russia’s consumer welfare service said the “sanitary-epidemiological situation” in [...]
The UK government has that it would accept all recommendations from the National Commission into the Regulation of AI in Healthcare. Its response sets out plans for a more proportionate, lifecycle-based approach to AI-enabled medical devices, with greater emphasis on monitoring their performance throughout their working life. Today's response commits the UK to [...]
Viking Drone Packaging has received the UK's first Vehicle Certification Agency recommendation for a crash protected drone container.
Grindr is acquiring health startup Freddie for US$250m in its first major acquisition, expanding into HIV-prevention telehealth and pharmacy services. The dating app plans to integrate Freddie’s services into Grindr Health, which brings its healthcare offerings together through an in-app portal. Freddie provides telehealth access to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), medication taken before exposure to [...]
A public inquiry is considering emergency guidance on a camera-based patient-monitoring system used by half of England's mental health trusts, after families alleged it has replaced direct observation, with fatal consequences for some patients. Evidence submitted to the inquiry indicates that Oxevision has been adopted by 50 per cent of mental health trusts in England. [...]
Breye Therapeutics has raised €67.5m to advance its retinal disease pipeline, including a Phase 2 trial of danegaptide in diabetic retinopathy. The Danish clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company closed an oversubscribed Series A financing round to support development of its oral therapies for retinal diseases. Its lead candidate, danegaptide, is being developed as an oral treatment for [...]
By Daniel Johnston MRes, RN, director clinical ops int., ACNIO, NHS CSO and Andy Wilcox, senior product marketing manager, international, Imprivata According to the PwC report Annual Threat Dynamics 2026: Cyber threats in motion, identity breaches are now the primary vector for cyberattacks. This is a global phenomenon across all industries. However, there are a [...]
