NHS stories
Hospitals are adopting AI-linked equipment faster than security rules can keep up, leaving patient care exposed to new cyber risks.
Routine delays in NHS trusts are costing more than GBP £1 billion a year and leaving millions of appointments missed, a report says.
Travellers could soon book soundproof pods for calls and meetings in airports and convention centres as work shifts beyond the office.
Thirty percent of UK and Ireland board directors still rank cyber threats as a top risk, with healthcare concern rising, survey data showed.
The rollout will save dentists time on notes and letters as PortmanDentex broadens AI scribe use across UK and Ireland practices.
The platform is now used across 16 NHS organisations as services expand heart failure, COPD and virtual ward monitoring into community care.
NHS technology teams are facing mounting pressure as leaders warn that patchy standards and duplication are slowing better patient care.
NHS clinicians using the tool reclaimed more than four million hours of capacity, while paperwork time fell and burnout eased across pilots.
The funding could help turn hospital infusions into self-injectable treatments, as the London-founded firm scales microgravity drug crystallisation.
UK business leaders say tangled tech is raising costs and slowing growth, as O2 Business launches with a simpler offer for customers.
Public sector and essential services could gain tighter AI controls as OneAdvanced’s IQ keeps data hosted in the UK and embeds governance rules.
Information on about 500,000 volunteers is being offered for sale online, raising fears that stolen health and DNA data could be misused for years.
Many women facing miscarriage still receive scant follow-up, and a new app mode aims to fill that gap with free guidance and support.
Complaints over data handling are mounting across UK finance and health, with the ICO seeing the sharpest rise in retail and manufacturing too.
The plan could deepen UK firms’ dependence on overseas AI providers unless ministers also spur wider enterprise adoption and infrastructure.
The new unit aims to ease pressure on strained care services by testing tools that could cut hospital use and staff shortages.
Patients at risk of deterioration are being monitored at home as trusts seek to cut admissions and ease a 7.2 million-case backlog.
The hire underlines CirrusHQ’s push into public sector cloud work as councils and government departments seek safer, cheaper systems.
Record demand for the island's health innovation challenge has drawn 125 entries from 25 countries, with finalists now set for live testing.
Higher complaint volumes are adding regulatory and reputational pressure on UK firms handling sensitive customer data, especially in finance and health.
