Continued increase in NHS waiting lists inevitable says Javid
22 November 2021
Health Secretary for England Sajid Javid confirmed that the pressures on the NHS mean that the waiting list will continue to grow "It is going to go higher, because this is unprecedented demand”. Some modelling predicts a waiting list of 12m by 2023.
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Almost one in ten patients waiting more than two years
8 November 2021
Over the last three months Healthwatch, which exists to make sure NHS leaders hear patients’ voices, has heard from more than 2,500 people about their experiences of waiting for NHS treatment.
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When Artificial Intelligence gets it wrong, who gets the blame?
11 October 2021
Medtech is a huge industry and billions of dollars of investment and development have poured into the sector in the last few years. Amongst the big advances has been the rise in Artificial Intelligence (AI) to diagnose patient conditions.
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How personalised care can improve outcomes for patients.
14 June 2021
According to international consulting group McKinsey, a personalised care approach can not only help patients get better outcomes, but also potentially reduce unnecessary costs.
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NICE work (if you can get it)
28 May 2021
Earlier this month, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) made two welcome and forward-thinking announcements
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Can technology make healthcare more human?
2 May 2021
One of the things that we all value most in our healthcare professionals is empathy. As digitisation is implemented are we in danger of losing that? Is healthcare becoming dehumanised?
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Can we trust Dr Facebook?
8 April 2021
Facebook has joined the likes of Apple, Amazon and Microsoft and thrown its proverbial hat into the Healthcare ring.There are reports that they are developing an Android-based smartwatch for launch in the summer of 2022
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Are we ready for Diagnostic AI?
6 March 2021
Image recognition artificial intelligence (AI) is here to stay and has the potential to transform medical diagnostics by prioritising urgent cases and identifying disease at an early stage.
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Is Medical Indemnity cover in need of a rethink?
11 February 2021
It has been clear for a number of years that the current UK system of medical indemnity is not fit for purpose.
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