Ben Marshall
- Mar 21
- 6 min
Can digital innovation reduce healthcare inequalities?
Covid-19 overshadows all our lives. But just because we are battling the same storm does not mean we are all in the same boat. The people...
Melissa Thompson
- Mar 13
- 3 min
What can the NHS learn from Japan’s Unique Social Care System?
Longevity has increased immensely over the last several years, paving the way for longer, often fuller lives of people around the world....
Robert Wachter
- Mar 13
- 3 min
Technology will only transform medicine if we get privacy right
The cost of global healthcare is unsustainable. As people live longer they have more chronic diseases, their knees hurt, their cataracts...
Lloyd Price
- Apr 2, 2020
- 8 min
WhatsApp, Messaging Apps and the future of Digital Health in the UK
Messaging apps are the future of digital health technology in the UK. Looking forward 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, secure communication...
Lloyd Price
- Mar 28, 2020
- 5 min
Should NHS Doctors charge for patient appointments?
Faced with an ageing population and increased demand from diabetic and asthmatic patients, many GPs fear the current NHS system is...
Didi Rankovic
- Nov 10, 2019
- 4 min
Doctors and nurses raise the alarm on WhatsApp being used to transmit patient medical information
Facebook's WhatsApp has been growing in user numbers to become one of the globally dominant and most widely used messaging apps. And as...
Lloyd Price
- Aug 2, 2019
- 2 min
London-based Babylon Health raises €495 million to democratize healthcare in the US and Asia
London-based Babylon Health took its name from the ancient city of Babylon, where almost 2500 years ago citizens would gather in the town...
Pritesh Mistry
- Jul 21, 2019
- 4 min
Will Alexa upend the NHS?
You may have seen in the news last week Amazon and the NHS have partnered to improve access to health information through Alexa, Amazon's...
Corrinne Burns
- May 21, 2019
- 2 min
Co-op to trial 'Amazon Locker-style' prescriptions service
The Co-operative Group is to trial what it says is the first click-and-collect ‘Amazon-style’ locker service for medicine prescriptions...
Vicky Allan
- Apr 14, 2019
- 7 min
The Virtual Couch: Rise of the Digital Therapist
When it comes to mental health, the digital world is often portrayed as the enemy. Digital detoxes are all the rage. We fret over the...
Ben Wood
- Apr 14, 2019
- 4 min
Could a Finnish Artificial Intelligence model be the answer to streamlining NHS services?
NHS GP waiting times are at their all-time worst but things are set to improve as the leading Nordic tech firm Klinik Healthcare...
Department of Health and Social Care
- Feb 19, 2019
- 4 min
NHSX: new joint organisation for digital, data and technology
A new joint unit, NHSX, will be created to bring the benefits of modern technology to every patient and clinician. It will combine the...
Rachel Carter
- Feb 13, 2019
- 2 min
The vast majority of patients do not want to register with a Digital-first GP service says Which? su
The vast majority of patients do not want to register with a digital-first GP service, according to a survey by independent consumer body...
Trish Greenhalgh
- Feb 5, 2019
- 4 min
Video doctor appointments are the future, but there is a reluctance to change from both patients and
In January, the NHS published a long-term plan in which it promised to redesign services so that, by 2024, up to a third of hospital...
The Economist
- Feb 4, 2019
- 3 min
(Inter)National Health Service : the NHS is developing a profitable line in overseas consulting
In 2013 the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust was approached by two Emirati investors with a business opportunity. Six years...
