virtual reality (VR)

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3 December 2024

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

Today's news roundup covers an intelligent bedside medicine cabinet at Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital and Europe's new £6.5m XR project.
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A woman wearing a Neurotherapeutics device sitting at a laptop
18 November 2024

SLAM awarded £1.3m for new VR and neurotherapeutics hubs

NIHR has awarded £1.3 million to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to fund new research technology and equipment.
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31 October 2024

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

Today's news round-up covers a pioneering ultrasonic blood pressure monitor and NHS Confederation's take on the Autumn Budget 2024.
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VR at Apax
6 September 2024

VR project aims to improve mental health for homeless

A virtual reality initiative has been launched to help homeless people improve their mental health and prepare for independent living.
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6 September 2022

Guy’s and St Thomas’ conducts surgical training using virtual reality

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has been training its surgeons of the future using innovative virtual reality (VR)
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20 August 2022

NHS to pilot smart goggles to free up time for community nurses

The NHS is trialling the use of cutting-edge high tech smart goggles that will be worn by community nurses on
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Oxford VR offers virtual reality environments that help patients overcome anxious social avoidance
13 March 2020

NHS offers new virtual reality treatment for patients with social anxiety

Oxford VR's social engagement program helps people overcome anxious social avoidance by coaching them through a series of tasks in
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Nesta Reeve, Consultant Clinical Psychologist with NSFT and Clinical Lead for the Wellbeing service demonstrates the VR equipment
27 February 2020

Mental health trust introduces virtual reality for phobia treatment

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) has introduced virtual reality as part of the treatments it offers patients suffering
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Surgeons use AR technology in theatre
4 February 2020

Augmented reality predicted to edge out VR in healthcare stakes

AR will succeed its technical cousin in the healthcare market owing to falling costs and more practical applications for clinicians,
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