1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (493+ words) Medicine has spent years documenting gender bias among physicians. Pay gaps, patient trust, career penalties tied to motherhood – all of it has been measured, published and argued over in journals for a decade or more. Dentistry never got the same…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (413+ words) More than one in five (22%) UK adults have needed urgent medical attention after ignoring early symptoms, as the continued cost-of-living crisis forces many to put their health on hold. Against a backdrop of sustained pressure on household finances and stretched…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (847+ words) Healthcare AI is learning to do more than record what a patient says or measure what their body does. Systems can analyse voice, gaze, movement, response time and physiological signals, then infer distress, fatigue, pain, confusion, declining attention or cognitive…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (950+ words) UK private equity firm Phoenix Equity Partners has invested in Medmark, Ireland’s largest occupational healthcare provider. The deal will support Medmark’s next phase of growth through organic expansion, M&A and technology development. Founded in 1987, Medmark operates across nine locations…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (184+ words) The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has published a position paper clarifying how microbiome-based medicines can be made available for patients in the UK. Microbiome-based medicinal products are medicines that work through modulating, restoring or replacing the human…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (252+ words) More people are turning to private healthcare, but many lack confidence in navigating their options or finding reliable information, a new survey has found. Nearly one in seven people (16%) used private healthcare in the past year, according to research by…...

1+ mon, 7+ hour ago   (182+ words) Financial terms have not been disclosed. In a statement, Radar Healthcare said that the acquisition brings together two complementary healthcare technology businesses with a shared commitment to safer care, better experiences, better outcomes and measurable improvement. “Radar Healthcare and Cemplicity…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (641+ words) “The Trust’s culture is characterised by homophobia, racism and bullying”. That was how the CQC reported it, and how my conversation with Laura, the associate director of HR for a major NHS Trust, introduced me to the problem their organisation…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (684+ words) University of Edinburgh spinout Kāhu SiliconBio has secured £1.2 million in funding from the German Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation (SPRIN-D) to adapt its bioelectronic sensing platform for real-time continuous hormone monitoring. Founded in 2025 by biophysicist James Flewellen and Teuta Pilizota,…...