How to Care for Your Employees in Healthcare Right Now
Healthcare workers have faced unprecedented stress and strain over the past year, and their wellbeing is at stake as the pandemic continues. Steve Mason, VP…
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Addressing the Epidemic of Loneliness in the Wake of COVID-19
The pressures of a pandemic The epidemic of loneliness was worrying health professionals long before coronavirus arrived. UK mental health services were already straining to…
Covid-19 – The NHS Beyond the Immediate Crisis
If there is one agreed fact regarding Covid-19 it is that the NHS has changed and will continue to change. There is consensus amongst both…
Part II: Will Criminal Prosecutions follow the Health Sector Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic?
Samuel Lindsay and Duncan Astill of Mills & Reeve revisit earlier discussion about whether health professionals should be concerned about criminal prosecutions in light of…
Artificial Intelligence in the Real World
Royal Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has been much praised for its deployment of AI in the fight against Covid-19. Rizwan Malik, divisional medical director of…
Digital Technologies: An Opportunity to make Healthcare more Inclusive
2020 saw a huge increase in the adoption of digital technologies within modern healthcare economies. From the adoption of video-based triage and GP-to-patient consultations within…
NHS Offered Free use of the Visionable Connect Video Platform amid Second Wave of Covid-19
Visionable has renewed its offer of free video calls to connect hospital patients with their loved ones as the Covid-19 pandemic continues. The company, which…
Supporting the NHS in its Time of Need
As we embark on a new year, the challenges of 2020 are still rife for the NHS across the UK. Hospitals in England are currently…
X-on Develops ‘One Number’ Contact System to Support Primary Care Covid-19 Vaccination Efforts
UK cloud telephony specialist X-on is supporting wide regional networks of GP practices to manage Covid-19 vaccination programmes with a simple contact system for patients…
HealthTech Finalists Selected in Pandemic Response Challenge
XPRIZE, the world’s leader in designing and operating incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges, in partnership with Cognizant announced that 48 teams from 17 countries are advancing to…