Innovation to underpin healthcare
As we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, politicians, policy advisors and economists are all asking the same question; how do we build back better? At ABPI Scotland we are having...
£1m fund to keep care home residents ‘connected’
Around 1,400 care homes in Scotland will be able to apply for up to two iPads after a £1m government funding pledge was unveiled to support residents through the winter...
Hospital in North-East England acquires AI tools to ‘ease pressure on frontline staff’
A hospital in North-East England has acquired a sophisticated suite of new artificial intelligence (AI) and automation tools to better manage and predict patient outcomes and care. South Tees Hospital...
Protect Scotland app now compatible with English and Welsh equivalents
People who have downloaded the Protect Scotland app will now be able to continue using it if they travel to England and Wales, as well as Gibraltar. Scotland has developed...
Remote emergency care technology platform secures £248,000 in government funding
A remote emergency care technology platform has secured £248,000 in government funding to boost expansion plans and help accelerate adoption of the solution in new markets. Mime Technologies, a spin-out...
Scottish healthtech company aims to go global with cloud-based waiting list and operating theatre capacity tool
A Scottish healthtech startup is aiming to revolutionise the way patient waiting lists are managed and improve the utilisation of operating theatre capacity in the NHS. Infix, which is commencing a...
Tech volunteers develop new online tool to help visually impaired access COVID-19 data
Tech volunteers in Scotland have developed a new online tool to help visually impaired people access COVID-19 data in a useable format. In a ‘world first’, the Scottish Tech Army...
NHS Grampian publishes new five-year digital strategy
A Scottish health board has published details of a new five-year digital strategy which seeks to shift health and care services towards a greater degree of planned care, self-management and...
Healthcare video consulting platform in line for £25m government funding boost
A healthcare video consulting platform is in line to receive a £25m funding boost as part of a new draft infrastructure investment plan unveiled by Ministers. NHS NearMe, which saw...
‘We can’t even see your data’, government insists, after contact tracing app privacy fears
The public cloud infrastructure used to host the Scotland’s proximity contact tracing app has been configured so no one can access user data which is entirely anonymised and encrypted at...

