Category: Health & Social Care

A Livingston-based medical diagnostics specialist has teamed up with a French manufacturer of advanced electrodes to develop next generation biosensors and wearables. FlexMedical aims to revolutionise ‘point-of-care’ medical testing kits...

A new £49.2 million data-driven innovation and research centre for health and social care opens today in Edinburgh in a bid to tackle ‘urgent’ challenges – including an ageing population,...

A Glasgow-headquartered online pharmacy which specialises in offering medications direct to patients in regulated digital clinics has broken into its third international market with a new service for Denmark. Simple...

A digital physiotherapy platform that allows patients to start treatment instantly on their phone instead of waiting for a GP appointment has now gone live in six areas of Scotland. The...

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has welcomed politicians’ commitment to the creation of digital patient care records in Scotland during a vote in parliament this week. The umbrella organisation for pharmacists...

NHS Scotland’s regional health boards are to consolidate their HR, finance, payroll and procurement processes on one shared national cloud system. A £206m tender has been launched by NHS National...

Patients at a Lanarkshire hospital will be able to use new self check-in digital kiosks in the emergency department when the system goes live next month. The eTriage system will...

A new strategic partnership between NHS Lanarkshire and the University of Glasgow will seek to land the real-world benefits of research and innovation in healthcare. The health board and the...

Governance for Scotland’s health system needs to be strengthened amid concerns the current arrangements do not provide sufficient scrutiny or oversight, according to the auditor general. Stephen Boyle said changes...