Category: Health & Social Care

A Glasgow tech firm that has developed an AI assistant for patients and clinicians is looking to new markets after securing £250,000 investment. GeneralPractice.AI is looking to expand its existing...

Plans for ‘Scotland’s largest virtual hospital’ represent the beginning of a tech revolution in how the country delivers better healthcare to the population, a formal NHS innovation partner insists. With...

The Scottish Government has today confirmed that £12 million will be invested in a ‘health and social care app’ that will be introduced in its initial form at the end...

A new digital platform is aiming to slash the waiting times for occupational therapy in Moray – by automating the triage process before patients take their next clinical steps. Open...

A new digital platform is being launched to boost NHS volunteer numbers in Scotland following a post-pandemic decline in people signing up to help local communities. The ‘volunteer management system’...

A new digital self-service system at a Lanarkshire hospital has been unveiled in a bid to enhance patient experience and reduce unnecessary delays. The ‘e-triage’ system at University Hospital Monklands...

A new blood test paired with a smartphone app could speed up the detection of disease in remote communities – thanks to scientific research developed in Dundee. Researchers at Abertay...

A technology company has entered a ‘landmark partnership’ with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to build the ‘virtual hospital of the future’. Doccla, which provides remote and continuous patient monitoring...

Scotland’s health secretary has praised a crack team of medics set up to ease hospital pressures and shift more care into the community in Lanarkshire. Neil Gray has congratulated an...

A Scottish health board is joining a university-led research network in a bid to leverage new technologies to improve dementia care. NHS Forth Valley is to become part of a...