The MHRA said: “From mental health apps and AI-powered assessments to virtual reality therapy, digital mental health technologies are increasingly being used by individuals and the NHS to support mental health. Digital mental health technologies that diagnose, prevent, or treat conditions using complex software must meet medical device standards to ensure they are effective and

The CDC is one of two built by MTX concurrently in Lincoln and Skegness using Modern Methods of Construction. To create the new facilities for United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (ULTH), precisely engineered structural steel modules were factory-manufactured off site while groundworks were under way to create the foundations at the two sites. Mechanical

The study – conducted among senior managers in public and private healthcare and pharmaceutical organisations – reveals ‘a notable shift from traditional long-term planning to more frequent, agile strategy updates’. The Association says this shift ‘reflects an urgent need to adapt rapidly to emerging challenges and trends in an increasingly complex and fast-changing environment’. The

The 5,550 m2 ‘all-electric’ building will accommodate some of the University’s most popular courses – including podiatry, prosthetics and orthotics, sports rehabilitation, occupational therapy, and sports science. Plans are also being explored for the delivery of mother and child health sessions, weight management clinics, and wellbeing support services. Forming part of the University’s School of

The majority of the funding, which comes from the District Council’s Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Fund, followed extensive liaison over the last nine months. This saw the initial estimate of £600,000 increased to nearer to £900,000 to reflect the needs identified by the local community to move care closer to home and co-locate more mental

The hospital has received funding from NHS England to create a boosted Same Day Emergency Care Service. The expanded service will increase the number of spaces for patients receiving Same Day Emergency Care to 20, in comparison to the nine spaces available currently, and will be located on the ground floor, in the treatment rooms

Capital efficiency – how to reform healthcare capital spending  says the NHS is ‘being held back’ from most effectively spending the investment it has been given to repair its estates, purchase vital equipment, and build new facilities, due to ‘bureaucratic hurdles’ that are ‘slow, unclear, and duplicative’.  The Confederation says local NHS leaders have told

NICE says the changes ‘aim to transform’ how medical devices, diagnostics, and digital and AI health technologies are evaluated as the NHS moves from ‘analogue to digital’, ‘hospital to community’, and ‘treatment to prevention’. The organisation explained: “The plans enable more products to be evaluated, and remove the requirement for medical devices to be cost

Seeking ‘to foster collaboration and create actionable solutions’, and titled ‘Tackling the silent pandemic of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and other Healthcare-Associated Infections (HCAIs) in the Healthcare Built Environment’, the workshop will be held from 9.00 am-12.00 pm, and will aim to: Investigate recurring issues and their root causes. Encourage open dialogue under Chatham House rules

This phase of work is intended to conclude with planning consent for a new hospital within a redeveloped life sciences campus in 2027/28. A first tranche of £19.4 million is due to be released this month from what is anticipated will be a total of around £50 million to complete this phase. Chief Executive of

SFS says its analysis of ‘the gap between costs and capabilities’ illustrates that throughout the world, healthcare delivery costs have grown over the last eight years, and remain in excess of the development of Gross Domestic Product (a key indicator of a country’s resources to pay for healthcare). This, SFS maintains, is ‘the continuation of

The development is being supported by Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity), which is in the midst of what the charity dubs ‘the biggest and most ambitious fundraising appeal in our history’. The ‘Build it. Beat it’ appeal aims to raise £300 million to help build the CCC,  and ‘deliver transformation in cancer care,

With ‘access to innovative AI-enabled systems designed to help overcome some of the biggest challenges in healthcare’, Nuffield Health says the collaboration will support its ambition ‘to deliver an industry-leading diagnostic service in the UK’. The agreement is also ‘underpinned by a shared commitment to sustainable healthcare, incorporating ongoing upgrades to energy-efficient technology as it

The two organisations say the partnership aligns with Digital for Care 2030, HSE’s ‘strategic vision for modernising healthcare through technology’. Under the contract, Version 1 will collaborate with HSE Technology and Transformation ‘to implement modern digital solutions that enhance collaboration, communication, and data sharing’ among healthcare professionals. Version 1 says these advancements ‘will improve care

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