Category: Health & Social Care

A Glasgow-headquartered online pharmacy which specialises in offering medications – including weight loss injections – direct to patients has launched a digital skills drive with schools in the city. Simple...

New digital triage ‘kiosks’ are being installed in Glasgow hospitals to support ‘faster, safer patient care’ in busy accident and emergency departments. The eTriage system has gone live at the...

An AI training platform that helps students prepare for clinical practice through simulation of realistic patient conversations has scooped a £150,000 development prize. MedAscend, founded by University of Dundee student...

Patients across Scotland are being promised ‘greater choice and control’ over their care with the launch of a new national app for healthcare. MyCare is now available for download on...

NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde is to play a leading role in a new UK study exploring how AI could be used to support earlier lung cancer diagnosis and improve...

A new blueprint for smart homes could help people in rural Scotland live healthier lives, whilst tackling fuel poverty and cutting carbon emissions. Developed by the Digital Health & Care...

A doctor in Glasgow has worked with an academic to develop a virtual reality training tool to help children and their parents manage better manage kidney dialysis at home. Dr...

A Scottish health board has now completed over 5,000 operations using robotic-assisted surgery – with an 83-year-old Renfrewshire man one of the latest to benefit from the continued rollout of...

Princess Anne has visited a cutting-edge NHS urgent care facility outside Glasgow to see how teams of clinicians are working to reduce pressure on hospital services. The Princess Royal visited...