Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

Your morning summary of digital health news, information and events to know about if you want to be “in the know”. 

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???? The Scottish Government has announced it will provide up to £8.8 million to roll out closed loop system technology to all children in the country living with type 1 diabetes. The technology removes the need for patients to calculate their insulin dosage or to take injections. As well as removing this burden, the technology can also improve patients’ sugar control and minimise the risk of long-term complications.

???? TheBusinessDesk has revealed that digital health company Inhealthcare has been bought by ResMed, a US-based medical equipment firm. The deal was for an undisclosed sum and will see Harrogate-based Inhealthcare become part of a global operation. The British company provides remote patient monitoring and virtual wards across the UK.

???? Four webinars will be running from 10 June 2024 to 2 July 2024, to kick off the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme (CEP), delivered by Anglia Ruskin University, as part of the NHS Accelerated Access Collaborative. The webinars aim to inspire budding Scottish healthcare innovators to apply for the programme. Applications will open on 1 October 2024.

???? Peter Corscadden is joining Oxipit, an AI radiology solutions provider, as chief executive officer to strengthen its global footprint. Corscadden is replacing Gediminas Pekšys who will be moving to the role of Head of AI within the company.

???? Hospital Rooms has announced a major nationwide arts programme that will deliver artist-led digital workshops to every NHS inpatient mental health site in England. The three-year programme, Digital Art School, hopes to reach 180,000 inpatients and will support healing and wellbeing by fostering the integration of creativity into mental health spaces.

❓ Did you know

A study led by the University of Westminster has found that ethnic minorities reported racism and discrimination in healthcare, along with the stigma of Covid-19, as barriers to them seeking support for long Covid.

The study, published in the British Journal of General Practice on 28 May 2024  was a collaboration of the University of Westminster, Keele University, Queen Mary University of London and the University of Southampton, funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research.

???? What we’re reading

The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee’s report published on 28 May 2024,  examines domestic and international developments in the governance and regulation of AI since the publication of the committee’s interim report published in August 2023.

It also revisits the 12 challenges of AI governance identified in the interim report and suggests how they might be addressed by policymakers.

???? This week’s events

5-6 June 2024 , Munich – health.tech conference