The UK Government’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves unveiled the spending review on Wednesday 11th June, confirming the budgets for each government department over the next three years, seeing an increase in funding for social care and NHS technology. Med-Tech Insights received comment fro
Volta Medical, a health technology company on a mission to treat the underserved complex atrial fibrillation (AF) patient population through the use of intelligent, AI solutions, has announced a significant update to the U.S. labelling of its flagship system, Volta AF-Xplorer. The AF-Xplorer deliver
Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, an advisor to MedTech suppliers, chair of the Urology Trade Association, and governor of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre, sets out his understanding of the main thrust of the i
Nurses could each be saved up to 11 hours of ‘pointless’ work per month – the equivalent of almost 1 billion GBP per year across the NHS, if basic monitoring equipment was made more efficient, claims a student at Nottingham Trent University. Zaki Razak, 23, has created a new system to read patient v
Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, an advisor to MedTech suppliers, chair of the Urology Trade Association, and governor of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre, reports on major plans for the roll-out of robotics ac
NANO-X IMAGING LTD, an innovative medical imaging technology company, has announced that its deep-learning medical imaging analytics subsidiary, Nanox AI Ltd, has received EU MDR CE (Conformité Européenne) mark certification for AI-powered spine assessment software HealthOST, an SaMD (Software as a
Musculoskeletal disorders such as osteoarthritis, arthritis, and sports injuries affect more than 1.7 billion people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). To address this challenge, Blautic Designs, AIMPLAS (Plastics Technology Centre), the European Musculoskeletal Institute (
One of Europe’s largest specialist intellectual property (IP) firms, Haseltine Lake Kempner (HLK), with offices in Leeds, West Yorkshire, is the latest high-profile organisation to join Medilink North of England as Corporate Partners. HLK boasts over 200 IP professionals across six offices includin
Treace Medical Concepts, Inc., a medtech company specialising in the surgical treatment of bunions and related midfoot deformities through its flagship Lapiplasty and Adductoplasty procedures, has announced that it filed a lawsuit against Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. and Paragon 28, Inc., alleging i
The prestigious national Medilink UK Healthcare Business Awards 2025 will celebrate the achievements of some of the most innovative life sciences organisations in the UK, at the iconic London Institute for Healthcare Engineering (LIHE) in London on Thursday 10th July, where eight companies will be p
Researchers develop advanced contact lenses with stable MXene coatings providing enhanced protection against electromagnetic radiation. As the development of smart contact lenses is on the rise, concerns about radiation exposure and eye health continue to grow, posing potential risks such as catarac
An ambitious technology project to support the transformation of pathology services across Northern Ireland has been completed, with the go-live of the Clinisys WinPath laboratory information management system at the final two health and social care trusts. Western and Southern trusts went live wit
