Products & deployments
The programme is the first major initiative under a partnership between the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT). Innovative technologies will be deployed and tested in real NHS settings, generating evidence on how they perform with patients and clinicians in day-to-day practice. The programme aims to assess [...]
Digital mental health company Psyomics has secured a place on the Government’s £14 billion G-Cloud 15 framework, giving NHS and other public-sector organisations a more streamlined route to procure its technology; beseen. The move supports the wider adoption of Psyomics’ technology across UK healthcare, as the company looks to expand its work with NHS mental [...]
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has launched a new preventative approach to help identify people who may be at risk of liver disease and wider metabolic ill health earlier, before they develop serious complications. The pathway, supported through Somerset’s Community Diagnostic Centre programme, which is designed to improve access to medical imaging and tests, will use [...]
A major new NHS facility helping people across Somerset access faster diagnostic tests closer to home has been officially opened this week. The £17.8 million Bridgwater Diagnostic Centre welcomed guests on Tuesday 18 August to celebrate the completion of the state-of-the-art building, located alongside Bridgwater Community Hospital. The community diagnostic centre is possible thanks to [...]
A Leicester clinic is offering a new blood test which screens for a signal shared by more than 50 types of cancer. The Health Suite, a private doctor-led medical and wellness centre, is one of the first private healthcare providers in the UK to offer the Galleri blood test following the publication of initial results [...]
A £17m child health technology centre has been completed in Sheffield and is due to become operational later this year. The Spark is home to the National Centre for Child Health Technology at Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park. The 43,000 sq ft facility was delivered by HBC Construction with Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. [...]
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust implementation of a single integrated EPR (Epic) goes live with first-of-type integration with K2 INFANT-Guardian for maternity services. University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP), which supports nearly 3,400 births each year, has gone live with a first-of-type Electronic Patient Record (EPR) integration between Harris Health Alliance’s K2 INFANT-Guardian fetal monitoring [...]
The NPIC digital pathology network has expanded to 15 NHS sites after going live at University College London Hospitals. The National Pathology Imaging Co-operative, known as NPIC, is based at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and connects pathologists and laboratory experts through what it says is the UK’s first national digital pathology network. Further sites [...]
A sleep apnoea implant is being offered in the South West as an alternative for patients unable to tolerate CPAP machines. Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said it had become the first trust in the South West to offer the implantable device for obstructive sleep apnoea. The device is implanted inside the chest or [...]
Convatec has completed a £24m expansion of its south Wales manufacturing facility, increasing production capacity for an advanced wound dressing material. The medical technology company has opened a new production line at its Rhymney site following a multi-year investment programme. Convatec said the expansion will increase production of its Hydrofiber wound care material, which is [...]
