Europe

The London Clinic data breach prompts urgent review amid royal privacy concerns 

In response to alarming reports of a data breach at The London Clinic, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a statement confirming the initiation of an assessment into the matter. The breach allegedly involves unauthorised access to...

UK government launches initiative to combat ethnic and other biases in medical devices 

The government has announced action to tackle potential bias in the design and use of medical devices, as it accepts recommendations from a UK-first independent review into equity in medical devices.  The Department of Health and Social Care...

Scottish company makes key global breakthrough in robot-assisted heart surgery  

A Glasgow-based company has played a leading role in bringing the world’s first robotic aortic valve replacement through a tiny incision in the neck significantly closer to reality.    CardioPrecision – a specialist in less...

Get A Drip Pharma to distribute medical aesthetics, IV vitamin drips and vitamin injections to the private medical sector 

Get A Drip, a UK leading provider of health, well-being and diagnostics solutions and technologies, has expanded its services with the launch of Get A Drip Pharma – a dedicated pharmaceutical division specialising in seamlessly supplying, distributing...

Medtronic Diabetes announces world’s first approval for MiniMe 780G System with Simplera Sync disposable, all-in-one sensor 

Medtronic, a global leader in healthcare technology, received CE (Conformité Européenne) Mark approval for the MiniMed 780G system with Simplera Sync, a disposable, all-in-one continuous glucose monitor (CGM) requiring no fingersticks or...

Simulated learning using Virtual Reality recognised as example of best practice in nursing education 

Northumbria University’s innovative use of Virtual Reality and simulation technologies in nursing education has been highlighted as an example of best practice in the UK.  After investing in a new state-of-the-art Virtual Reality learning...

British technology company is selected by the White House-backed accelerator programme to half cancer deaths 

C the Signs, a British AI technology company founded by NHS Doctors at the forefront of early cancer detection, has been announced as part of the inaugural cohort of the White House CancerX Accelerator programme.  CancerX was unveiled by the White...

Ethnicity data from health records of over 61 million people studied in detail for first time  

In research published in Nature Scientific Data, ethnicity data from general practice and hospital records of more than 61 million people in England has been studied in detail in for the first time.  Researchers assessed the available details of...

Kooth’s transformative impact on digital youth mental health services 

In this exclusive interview, we hear from Kate Newhouse, COO at Kooth. A pioneer for digital mental health support, Kooth’s honourable mission has excelled in achieving life-changing support for young people across the UK and the US. Newhouse speaks...

New NHS software to improve care for millions of patients 

The NHS is introducing the Federated Data Platform in spring this year to enhance patient care by integrating existing data, aiming to reduce waiting lists and hospital discharge delays.  The NHS will roll out new software from spring next year to...

Intuitive’s da Vinci single-port surgical system receives CE Mark

Intuitive, a global technology leader in minimally invasive care and the pioneer of robotic-assisted surgery, announced that the da Vinci Single-Port (SP) surgical system has received CE mark approval for use in Europe for endoscopic abdominopelvic,...

Surgeons use HoloCare’s mixed reality platform to visualise a patient’s liver.  

Norwegian HealthTech startup HoloCare scales its commercial footprint across Europe, following UKCA and CE certification. The mixed reality and AI-powered platform will initially launch in five hospitals to support pre-surgical planning.   ...