Understanding requests for Medical Records
Tania Richards, associate at law firm Mills & Reeve, looks at data protection issues when dealing with patients’ medical records
A recent case clarifies the...
The Whiteley Clinic launches non-invasive treatment for varicose veins
The Whiteley Clinic has launched a non-invasive treatment for varicose veins.
SONOVEIN is a treatment for varicose veins and uses high precision echotherapy to treat...
PHIN – moving between phases
Anna Cole-Bailey, spoke to PHIN chief executive Matt James about the organisation’s progress so far; a mood change in the private sector and the...
Keeping up with the reformers
As Covid-19 continues to dominate headlines and the Conservatives stake their claim in the centre ground, the new White Paper risks not getting the...
Independent sector capacity going unused by local NHS systems
A quarter of independent hospital providers say they have not been involved in any local planning discussions on elective recovery for 2022/23 despite the...
Bupa Cromwell joins specialist breast cancer network
Bupa UK Insurance has extended its network of specialist centres for breast cancer to include London's Bupa Cromwell Hospital in Knightsbridge.
The centres are part...
Medica appoints Barbara Moorhouse as non-executive director
Teleradiology provider, Medica Group Plc, has announced the appointment of Barbara Moorhouse as a non-executive director.
Moorhouse will join the board on 1 July 2021 and Steve...
More than two-thirds of NHS-funded abortions happen in independent sector
Almost three quarters (70%) of NHS-funded abortions took place in the independent sector in 2017.
A Department of Health & Social Care report titled Abortion...
Could data dilemmas impede AI adoption in healthcare?
Adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) could be transformative in healthcare but adoption has been slower than in other sectors. Pinsent Masons partner Cerys Wyn...
AI enabled cardiac monitoring
Zio XT, an AI powered outpatient monitor for arrhythmia, was one of the winners of the NHS AI in Health and Care Awards but...