Procuring healthcare services: the provider selection regime
The provider selection regime, due for launch later this year, aims to move procurement away from competition towards collaboration, flexibility and integration. On the...
AI enabled cardiac monitoring
Zio XT, an AI powered outpatient monitor for arrhythmia, was one of the winners of the NHS AI in Health and Care Awards but...
Tomorrow in the making: immersive education in healthcare
Immersive reality (XR) is still in its relative infancy but, boosted by the pandemic and global staffing crisis, it’s already starting to disrupt education...
A health crisis under scrutiny
Terms of reference for the long-awaited Inquiry into the Covid-19 pandemic have now been published and it is clear that health and social care...
Keeping the conversation civil
Dr Lynne McKinlay, Senior Medical Educator, Risk Prevention Education Faculty, Medical Protection Society Partnerships (MPS Partnerships) looks at the role civility can play in...
The doctor will see you now
The crisis in primary care has coincided with a ‘want it now’ consumer culture and the digital technology to make on-demand access a reality....
Your health in your hands
Microchip implants remain a long way from the mainstream but the technology is already moving beyond key fobs and contactless payments to health monitoring...
Digital clinical trials: a new era
Dr Michelle Tempest and George Holden of Candesic, investigate the emerging market and white space in digital clinical trials and discuss how mixing old...
City limits: self-pay demand in the Capital
All of the evidence is pointing to a sustainable growth story for the UK self-pay market, but there are indications of a tale of...
Vision for the future
Demand for vision correction has boomed in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr Ali Mearza, consultant ophthalmic surgeon and co-founder of OCL Vision,...