Toyota unveils smart city of the future to enhance health and mobility for residents
Revealed at CES 2020, Toyota unveiled plans to build a prototype smart city in Japan, which combines autonomy, robotics, personal mobility, smart homes and AI…
NHS to receive an extra £33.9 billion a year by 2024 in new Government announcement
Announced today by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), the NHS Long Term Plan Funding Bill will enshrine in law an extra £…
Finalists across the adult social care sector announced for Skills for Care’s Accolades 2020
The finalists have been announced for all ten categories at the annual Skills for Care Accolades awards. Now in its 17th year, the Accolades honour…
NHS England releases guidance to CCGs concerning legal rights to personal wheelchair budgets
Following the extension of personal wheelchair budget (PWB) eligibility in December 2019, new guidance has been published by NHS England and NHS Improvement to CCGs…
“World’s first” fall prevention smart belt wins coveted innovation award
Korean digital healthcare company WELT has won the innovation award for its new product – the WELT Smart Belt Pro – at CES 2020, which…
AI-powered activity monitoring wearable for elderly people selected as a CES 2020 Innovation Awards Honoree
CarePredict, an AI-powered digital health platform that enables two-way communication between the wearer and carers or loved ones, has announced that its smart wearable Tempo…
White paper assists in the choice and specification of appropriate toilet facilities for bariatric patients
Responding to the obesity crisis in England, accessible toilet specialist Closomat has produced a free guidance document to assist in the choice and specification of…
University team creates innovative spinal cord injury rehabilitation tool to help patients improve their trunk control
A team of university students from Columbia Engineering have created a clever robotic device called TruST to help people with spinal cord injury (SCI) improve…
New survey finds 46 percent of passengers with reduced mobility feel unable to travel by air
Passengers with reduced mobility are sometimes being left humiliated and physically hurt when travelling through airports, putting them off flying altogether, according to a new…
Surrey County Council opens new homes to support independent living with helpful assistive tech
New purpose-built homes have been opened by Surrey County Council to support residents to live independently in the community, with the help of Alexa. The…