Test has demonstrated 94 per cent accuracy in identifying prostate cancer, compared to 55 per cent from traditional PSA tests, along with significant reduction in false positives.

Trial of RNA-based host response analytics technology shows up to 95 per cent accuracy in ruling out lower respiratory tract infection.

Thousands of patients across North East London are set to benefit from new initiative, using artificial intelligence (AI) and personalised clinical coaching, easing pressure on NHS services. 

Integrated care systems strive to provide seamless, equitable healthcare by coordinating services, but fragmented data sharing remains a major challenge. Strong data partnerships are vital for continuous care, addressing health inequities, and optimising resources. Yet, technology, governance, and collaboration gaps hinder progress, disconnecting patients and providers.

Digital pathways can transform access to care and ensure that those with the greatest need receive the care their conditions require, writes Finn Stevenson, Co-Founder and CEO of Flok Health.

1 million carers across England are benefiting from tech-powered support, as 1 in 4 (25 per cent) local authorities across the country have joined an initiative providing essential, digital services for all those who look after loved ones in their communities over the course of this year.

Use of digital care plans for sickle cell disease hailed for giving healthcare providers visibility of patients’ unique medical history and preferences, enabling more compassionate and personalised care.

Research by PIF and Ipsos reveals inequalities in access to health information and the impact of misinformation, calling for greater signposting towards credible health information.

Endemic medicines shortages need urgent action, says RPS, as supply chain woes and manufacturing consolidation drive worsening outcomes for patients and extreme pressures on pharmacy sector.

A groundbreaking feasibility study in Northumbria is exploring the potential of collaborative clinical trials between health tech providers and primary care, with early results showing significant lifestyle and self-management improvements.

Restoring NHS productivity to pre-pandemic levels would have freed £19 billion more in 2023/24, enough to build a new health centre in almost every neighbourhood, according to a new report from IPPR.

Healthcare systems can learn vital lessons from other sectors further along the AI implementation transition, writes James Neal, Chief Revenue Officer at EBO.

Phil Bottle, Managing Director of NHS workforce planning specialists, SARD, explains how a limited view of workforce data is preventing trusts from workforce planning effectively, and explores whether NHS England's newly published job planning improvement guide will help solve the problem.

PPP’s Director of Market Access and Policy, Ameneh Saatchi, spoke with Naj Rotheram, Medical Lead for Partnerships at Boehringer Ingelheim, to discuss their view on primary care, partnerships and how they can best support the NHS in delivering a new holistic approach to diabetes care.

As we navigate the complexity of modern healthcare, it is clear that preventative, data-led approaches can help solve some of the NHS' major challenges. But 'are we finally ready for population health management?' asks Health Navigator CEO, Simon Swift.

Integrated Care Journal recently spoke to Dr Ashton Harper, Head of Medical Affairs (UK & Ireland) at Roche Diagnostics, to examine the heart failure diagnostic pathway and identify where the biggest opportunities in NHS diagnostics exist.

Dr Jean Challiner, Medical Director for Medinet, outlines how the NHS must harness spare capacity from all corners of the health and care sector to meet this period of unprecedented service demand.

Seasonal pressures and existing backlogs look set to increase demand for non-emergency transport this winter. Writing for ICJ, ERS Medical’s Chief Executive Andrew Pooley, and Quality and Governance Director Simon Smith, outline why they are pushing hard for winter transport resilience.

In taking decisive action to bring down elective care backlogs, Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System has demonstrated the value of industry collaboration – made possible by the new ICS construct.

With virtual wards vital to the NHS’s ability to function this winter, three experts assess what is needed to bridge the gaps in provision ahead of increased demand.

Medicines used to treat serious and long-term conditions are not being prescribed as often as they should be following the pandemic, raising fears that this could be causing avoidable deaths from heart disease and strokes. 

The West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN) has released its 2021-22 Impact Report, highlighting the innovative solutions that have contributed to improving health and generating income growth across the West Midlands, and nationally. 

Public Policy Project’s ICS Network has urged the NHS to leverage its position as England’s largest employer and to realise its potential for social and economic rejuvenation.

The latest report from Vanguard, Assessing the current state of play of CDC delivery across England, 2021, provides much needed clarity on the current status of CDC rollout and identifies where more support is required to achieve regional equality in healthcare provision.

Maria Kane, Chief Executive of North Bristol NHS Trust, addresses the need for defined and aligned metrics to provide one overall picture of system wide activity and reveal where improvements can be made.

Service uses population health data to identify those most at risk of having surgery postponed

PPP’s report stresses the need to support and empower the pharmacy sector and align its priorities with system-level health and care objectives.

The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has published a new report outlining how independent pharmacies are ready to redefine their role within the NHS. 

Report calls on government to “go further and faster” in giving more capability to pharmacy to prescribe prescription-only medicines and reduce pressure on general practice.

More than 240,000 online patient registrations have been completed through new national online service designed to make registering patients quicker and easier.

Patients to receive quicker, more convenient access to NHS care from high street pharmacies, in a major expansion of services under new plans to improve access to primary care.

Findings from pharmacy tech startup Charac reveals more than half of patients do not use their local pharmacies for anything more than minor illnesses.

Integrated Care Journal recently spoke to Dr Ashton Harper, Head of Medical Affairs (UK & Ireland) at Roche Diagnostics, to examine the heart failure diagnostic pathway and identify where the biggest opportunities in NHS diagnostics exist.

Health Education England is extending a new online tool for clinicians, GeNotes, designed to help them access vital care for their patients. 

Despite the already catastrophic impact of the government's mini-budget, the first casualty of the government’s short-termist approach to governing was health and care.

Global market leading health and care technology company, Tunstall Healthcare is investing in the next generation of health, housing and social care professionals with the launch of a new range of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) accredited courses.

Leading UK health charities have highlighted the untapped potential of pharmacy services in tackling the nation’s major health conditions. 

Public Policy Project’s ICS Network has urged the NHS to leverage its position as England’s largest employer and to realise its potential for social and economic rejuvenation.

White nurses are twice as likely to be promoted as Black and Asian staff in the NHS, new survey results from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) show.

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Gavin Bashar, Managing Director at Tunstall Healthcare, discusses why it’s important to protect the dignity of vulnerable people and how technology can be used to achieve this while improving health and care outcomes.

Structural weaknesses, unaddressed by successive governments, left social care struggling to provide the service and protection that people needed during the initial waves of Covid-19.

The North West Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (NW ADASS) has published guidance to support Adult Social Care (ASC) Commissioners in increasing the implementation of the Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT) across the ASC market.

Care England, as a member of the Care Provider Alliance, which brings together the main national associations that represent independent and voluntary adult social care providers in England, published a report on the current state of social care in England this week.

As social care workers and providers grapple with sharply rising energy costs this winter, Community Integrated Care has launched a new programme to support social care workers, people using services and family carers.

Care England has this week written to the newly appointed Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, calling for the Conservative manifesto promise to ‘fix social care’ to be delivered in his premiership.

As a Health Foundation report finds care home staff are more likely to be living in poverty than other health workers, figures from Skills for Care show the social care vacancy rate has risen to a record-high.

Association of Directors of Adult Social Services reports dramatic rise in numbers of those seeking review or start of social care provision.

With the country facing a stark cost of living crisis, social care representative bodies are calling on the government to do more to protect the sector.

Global market leading health and care technology company, Tunstall Healthcare is investing in the next generation of health, housing and social care professionals with the launch of a new range of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) accredited courses.

On 25th July, the Health and Social Care Committee (HSCC) published their report, Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care.

As the race to become the next Conservative leader and Prime Minister of the UK heats up, and the government accepts the recommendations from the independent NHS pay review bodies in full, Care England and Access for Social Care have urged the government to act to protect the standing of social care workers, in statements issued yesterday.

The West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN) has released its 2021-22 Impact Report, highlighting the innovative solutions that have contributed to improving health and generating income growth across the West Midlands, and nationally.