Category: Health & Care

A team of pre-operative care specialists has won an innovation award after introducing a digital system to streamline the onboarding of patients for surgery. The ‘pan Lanarkshire pre-operative assessment team’…

A national server upgrade for GP practices has caused significant issues for local services in Orkney for the second day in a row. Family doctor services on the island have…

At a challenging time for NHS Scotland, striking the right balance between longer-term investment in innovation and ensuring current delivery of services is undoubtedly tricky – but it can be…

A Glasgow health tech startup is deploying its operating theatre scheduling platform with two additional health boards after saving £2m in running costs for a fellow board. Infix, which works…

‘Life-changing’ technology that enables an insulin pump and a continuous glucose monitor to ‘talk to each other’ is set to revolutionise diabetes care in Scotland. Type I diabetes patients will…

It is an important time to help make life-changing discoveries by volunteering for research into progressive conditions affecting the brain, says Scotland’s Chief Scientist for Health.  With the recent publication…

NHS Scotland staff have been urged to submit their ideas for new innovations to develop pioneering treatments for pregnant women and new mothers. InnoScot Health – the healthcare innovation agency…

Hospital at Home’s virtual wards programme has secured a £3.6m from government to expand its use across Scotland. More than 150 extra virtual beds will be supported after the Scottish…

A Scottish medtech firm is claiming a ‘world first’ after deploying ChatGPT-based technology to make better use of online patient data for pharmaceutical marketing purposes. Glasgow-founded Talking Medicines has taken…

Near Me is NHS Scotland’s video-free online consulting service. It is safe, secure, and easy to use with nothing to download. There is no need to create an account and no information…