NHS trials smart goggles to reduce time-consuming admin for nurses
A virtual reality headset A new leading-edge NHS pilot is set to give community nurses on home visits more time with patients through the use…
New research finds NHS staff crisis threatens to undermine virtual ward advances
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act data obtained by digital health technology provider Spirit Health has revealed the scale of the recruitment crisis that threatens to…
CSP cries out for realistic physio staffing levels to prevent delayed discharges
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) says that an increase in physiotherapy staffing numbers is required to reduce the pressures on acute and emergency care…
More virtual wards and new hospital beds announced as part of NHS winter package
The NHS has announced steps to rapidly boost capacity and resilience, including through increasing bed availability and pushing further integrated working between health and social…
Better Care Fund policy framework 2022-23: Details for the assistive tech sector
An elderly woman is using a smartphone. She is in a nursing home in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England. The UK Government is reinforcing…
Trials explore how wireless assistive technologies support the delivery of better health and care
NHS Digital is running a series of trials to explore how cutting-edge wireless assistive technologies can support the delivery of better health and care to…
Almost 40,000 extra NHS beds could be needed by 2030 to meet demand
New analysis has revealed that increasing population pressures in the next 10 years could lead to thousands more beds needed within the NHS to maintain…
Video: Open call for innovative digital tech to solve health and social care challenges in Wales
A search has begun for pioneering digital solutions, which could include assistive technologies, to the biggest challenges facing the Welsh health and social care sectors…
42 ICSs came into effect on 1 July 2022 deadline to deliver more person-centred care
A total of 42 statutory integrated care systems (ICS) came into effect on 1 July 2022 to better join up the health and social care…
DHSC commits to rapid expansion of virtual wards in new digitalisation plan
Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced a number of digital reforms to deliver benefits…