Council launches adult social care strategy which aims to promote assistive technologies
Neath Port Talbot councillors have endorsed three new strategic plans to address issues in adult social care, and children and young people's social care. Neath…
€750k funding to improve access to digital and assistive technologies in Ireland
€750,000 funding will support nine projects under the Health Service Executive’s Cooperative Real Engagement for Assistive Technology Enhancement (CREATE) initiative. CREATE II is the second…
14 new HealthTech Research Centres to develop assistive tech to support rehabilitation
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has awarded almost £42 million to establish 14 new centres across England that will drive life-changing…
Event exemplifies how health boards, academia, and social care can work to develop technologies
A symposium was hosted in October with the theme of co-creating the future of health technology, held by The University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s…
Council to host event for OTs to demonstrate assistive technologies to residents
Centre for Ageing Better Images - Pictures Peter Kindersley Kirklees Council and Medequip UK will host an event where residents can access free advice from…
£100m to rapidly deploy AI to create breakthroughs in treatments for previously incurable diseases
A new mission announced by the Prime Minister will accelerate the use of AI in life sciences to tackle chronic diseases. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak…
State-of-the-art medical training facility uses assistive tech to train healthcare professionals
A six-bed hospital ward with robotic mannequins and the latest medical and mobility equipment has been unveiled by The Sheffield College to train the next…
Over one-tenth of people look to purchase devices to increase independence at home
New research has found over one-tenth of respondents are looking to purchase smart home technologies that increase independence at home but feel overwhelmed with the…
Guest article: How monitoring devices benefit caring for people with dementia and Alzheimer’s
Tracey Hipkiss, Clinical Applications Specialist at Tunstall Healthcare, discusses how monitoring technology can support people with dementia and Alzheimer’s and the people who care for…
£400k funding to enable the development of a new upper limb device in £2m project
Prosthetic technology specialist Össur has gained support from Scottish Enterprise to support partial hand technologies and enable the development of a new upper limb device.…