Category: Health & Social Care

A £27.8 million three-year contract for a ‘digital front door’ for patients in Scotland to access their online health and social care records has been awarded to BJSS. NHS Education...

Assistive housing technologies for elderly residents have been praised by Scotland’s social justice minister in a visit to a demonstration hub. Shirley-Anne Somerville visited the experimental facility in Linlithgow where...

Business mogul Sir Tom Hunter has called for a ‘radical rethink’ on healthcare delivery with a shift to AI-enabled prevention and change to the funding model for the NHS in...

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...