How Safe Will Your Medical Records Be Online? Davis Raises Spectre of WikiLeaks over Plan to Put NHS Data on WebByline: Daniel Martin Whitehall CorrespondentDaily Mail (London)
This article highlights the limitations of the tendency to frame health- and wellbeing-related digital tools (mHealth technologies) as empowering devices,
heart disease and cancer. And reducing the number of people with these chronic conditions would lead to a significant decrease in healthcare spending—which has beensteadily risingin real terms since the NHS was founded.
In England and Northern Ireland, if you’re caught without a face mask, you’ll be denied access to the premises and fined £200 – up from £100. This can be reduced to £100 if it is paid within 14 days. If you are a repeat offender, the fines will double each time – fo...
The NHS has pledged to eliminate cervical cancer in England by 2040. This will be achieved by amping up current vaccination and screening programs.
Alongside £2.4bn in additional funding, the new NHS workforce plan to fix staffing shortfalls in the service also includes consulting with the General Medical Council and medical schools to offer a shorter, four-year medical degree.
Known as "My Vax Records," the official app allows users to access a digital version of their COVID-19 vaccination credentials, which they can then use to enter venues where proof of vaccination is required. The app relies on the SMART Health Card platform and Massachusetts Governor Charlie ...
One ofmy studiesindicates that if half of England's5 million smokersswitched to e-cigarettes or heated tobacco, the NHS would save more than £500 million a year. The shift away from cigarettes would lead to a decrease in cases of lung cancer, mouth cancer andheart disease. While the ris...
The NHS should be a leader in health research: it's vast, well regarded by the public, and it's starting to shake off its reputation for botched IT projects as it aims for more substantial tech-led transformation. And it's very good at recording all sorts of data, from medical...
Since gaining close access to the UK prime minister, Tripathi has been pursued through the courts by unhappy investors in his start-up Signifier Medical Technologies (SMT). They include Alan Howard, the billionaire co-founder of Brevan Howard Asset Management — himself a big Tory donor. One in...