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Trusted data is the backbone of digital healthcare

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Patient data quality becomes a crucial trust test as AI, telehealth and interoperability reshape digital healthcare.
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Doccla AI virtual wards ease NHS backlog & admissions

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Doccla says AI-powered home monitoring is helping NHS trusts cut admissions, free up beds and tackle a 7.2 million-case backlog.
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Majority of workers using AI at work, survey finds

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European workers embrace AI on the job, but most fear personal data is being used to train tools and many have already seen errors.
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Virgin Media O2 helps one million get online in UK

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Virgin Media O2 says its Better Connections Plan has helped one million digitally excluded people get online, as it beats its skills target.
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Hertfordshire NHS trust rolls out ambient voice tech

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Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust expands ambient voice technology to 1,000 clinicians, aiming to ease admin and support 250,000 annual appointments.
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AI healthcare needs low-latency links, says DE-CIX chief

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DE-CIX Chief Executive Officer Ivo Ivanov says medical AI will depend on ultra-low latency links, edge computing and secure interconnection.
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Clarence Medical Centre launches multilingual AI assistant

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Clarence Medical Centre in Wales has launched a multilingual AI assistant to ease admin pressure and streamline patient registration online.
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JAAQ raises GBP £13 million to expand mental health platform

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London mental health AI platform JAAQ raises GBP £13 million Series A to embed clinically governed support into employers' and insurers' apps.
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Docplanner rolls out AI voice booking agent with Twilio

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Docplanner's AI voice agent, built on Twilio tech, has doubled doctor bookings and onboarded 1,300 clinicians in just three days.
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Heidi launches wearable Remote device for clinicians

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Heidi debuts a wearable Remote microphone for clinicians, aiming to improve AI scribe accuracy in noisy, offline and rural care settings.
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AI in pharmacies gains support for faster ear checks

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UK adults back AI in local ear checks, with two-thirds saying they'd accept pharmacy use of the tech if it cuts waits and speeds referrals.
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Carea unveils IVF support app to ease fragmented care

Fri, 27th Feb 2026
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Carea launches IVF and IUI support mode in its app, aiming to plug care gaps between clinic visits as UK fertility treatment demand surges.
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Most Britons shun digital detox as online life dominates

Fri, 27th Feb 2026
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Most Britons resist digital detoxing, with nearly two thirds never fully switching off as online access becomes a day‑to‑day necessity.
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Oura unveils AI health model tailored to women's needs

Fri, 27th Feb 2026
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Oura launches an AI health model tailored to women, blending medical insight with Oura Ring data to support users through life stages.
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Heidi buys AutoMedica, launches new clinical AI tools

Tue, 24th Feb 2026
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Heidi buys UK clinical AI startup AutoMedica and debuts ad-free evidence and patient comms tools to bolster its healthcare platform.
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Heidi expands with new AI tools & acquires Automedica

Tue, 24th Feb 2026
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Health AI firm Heidi launches Evidence and Comms tools and buys UK-based Automedica to grow its clinical decision and patient support platform.
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3DiVi sets four-layer defence for face authentication

Thu, 19th Feb 2026
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3DiVi unveils four-layer defence model to harden face authentication against deepfakes and spoofing as remote ID checks surge globally.
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Flok Health expands digital physio to 11 NHS areas

Thu, 12th Feb 2026
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Flok Health has expanded its app-based digital physiotherapy service to 11 NHS areas in England, covering more than 2.4 million patients.
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Smartphone app claims to deliver full eye prescriptions

Sat, 31st Jan 2026
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A Copenhagen startup says its Argus software can generate full eye prescriptions from a single smartphone photo in under a minute.
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Evaro raises USD $25m to scale embedded UK healthcare

Thu, 29th Jan 2026
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Evaro raises USD $25m to scale embedded “healthcare-as-a-service” in the UK, aiming to reach 10m patients and ease NHS primary care strain.