Category: Health & Social Care

Scotland’s innovation body for the NHS is launching a series of webinars aimed at ‘“getting great ideas into patients’ hands”. InnoScot Health, which partners with the NHS on bringing innovation...

Researchers in Scotland are part of a new project which is setting out to develop tiny injectable robots capable of predicting and mitigating epileptic seizures. The project, called CROSSBRAIN, is...

An Edinburgh health tech company has been acquired by one of the UK’s leading providers of hospital-wide software for the NHS. Clevermed will work with System C to “unlock growth...

Harnessing the game-changing potential of emerging technologies is important in every sector – but within NHS Scotland it is absolutely vital. Improving the quality, efficiency, and sustainability of healthcare must...

A Scottish digital health start-up has secured a £2m investment as it gears up to scale sensing technology that helps manage patients’ conditions remotely. Waire Health’s C-Detect platform helps clinicians...

German pharmaceuticals giant Bayer has acquired an Edinburgh digital health start-up that specialises in artificial intelligence-powered medical imaging. Blackford Analysis, which was acquired for an undisclosed but thought to be...

An NHS chief executive who broadcasted weekly Facebook livestreams and led Shetland’s island response to Covid has been awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours List. Michael Dickson, NHS...

In recent years, innovation has been considered one of the key enablers for healthcare improvement, underlining its importance to the NHS Recovery Plan, and enhancing the healthcare system’s capacity now...

A Glasgow ultrasound sensor specialist has signed a partnership agreement with a US medtech firm to develop technology aimed at advancing intravascular imaging.   Novosound, which brings its technology to emerging...

A Scottish med-tech company that produces specialist microwave generators to treat a range of skin conditions has acquired a US distributor. Emblation has acquired Saorsa Inc as part of a two-year...