Category: Health & Social Care

CitrusLabs is offering its services for free to organisations and researchers trying to find vaccines and drugs to treat Covid-19.  The company has helped with 200 clinical trials worldwide over...

From time immemorial, an invariable feature of the interaction between a patient and doctor is that it has taken place, in person, either in the GP surgery or hospital. The...

How tech can help reduce the strain at a time of high demand Health and Social Care services across the country are experiencing a level of pressure never felt before and...

A new online system that enables Scottish GPs to triage patients before they arrive at the practice is helping doctors manage potential coronavirus cases, while ensuring face-to-face appointments are managed...

Scotland prepares to fast-track digital health platform to help tackle coronavirus Even before the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, it was already clear this was no longer...

Virus research centre named among 13 key UK centres A virus research centre in Glasgow is leading the Scottish response to COVID-19 after being named among 13 key centres in...

Healthcare is leading the pack in some areas of technological innovation – but elsewhere it’s lagging behind in it’s journey to digital. Health and care services are poised for a...

We must recommit to an innovation ready NHS that can benefit everyone The public health emergency caused by the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) at the start of the year is...

A new expert group providing additional scientific analysis of the impact of COVID-19 in Scotland has been announced by the First Minister. As the number of cases increases, the Scottish...

Experts from the University of Edinburgh have secured £5m in funding to join the government’s ‘rapid response’ to the coronavirus pandemic. Researchers are set to collect data and samples of...