Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, reports on the appointment of the final tranche of Ministers at the DHSC. The Government has announced the final tranche of appointments to Ministerial positions in the Depar
Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, reports on the appointment of two Ministers of State at the DHSC. New UK Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, has confirmed that Karin Smyth MP will remain as Minister of State in t
Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, flags the appointment of a new Health Secretary. The UK’s new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, has today announced the appointment of Yvette Cooper as his new Secretary of State
How can medical technology startups successfully navigate strict regulatory pathways without slowing down their path to market? In this interview from the Med-Tech Expo 2026 show floor, Laurie Rowe, Founder of Red MedTech breaks down why traditional “late-stage” compliance planning is a major commer
What happens when you take complex, flat 2D medical scans and transform them into highly accurate, tactile 3D models that surgeons can actually hold? In this interview, Editor Oli Johnson sits down with Jacqui O’Connor, founder and CEO of MedScan 3D and winner of the Med-Tech Expo 2026 PITCH competi
Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, looks at the changing faces coming and going in the new Government. Lord Patrick Vallance has quit his post as Science Minister ahead of the coming Cabinet reshuffle. Lord Va
Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, looks at NHS England’s new Sepsis modern service framework. NHS England has published a new Sepsis modern service framework setting out its strategy for addressing a life-thr
FPT, a global technology and IT services provider headquartered in Vietnam, has announced the launch of MediSight, an AI-powered framework that it says is designed to help healthcare organisations, medical device manufacturers, and pharmaceutical organisations accelerate digital transformation, stre
Researchers at Loughborough University are uncovering new evidence that exercise may help counteract the cancer-promoting effects of fat cells. The research uses advanced 3D cell culture models and bioluminescence-based assay technology from Promega to generate physiologically relevant data that tra
A ‘state-of-the-art’ 3D printing lab producing ultra-realistic medical models for training, surgical simulation and patient-specific anatomical modelling has been unveiled at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Funded through a wider National Institute for Health and Care Research (N
‘Ride for Rare’ will combine fundraising with real-world validation of VENTO as the UK charity accelerates development towards clinical deployment As many medical technologies are validated in laboratories, Keep Me Breathing is taking a different approach. This July, the UK MedTech charity will emba
Medicaroid Corporation has announced that the CE marking under the Medical Device Regulation (MDR(2017/745)) has been obtained for the hinotori Surgical Robot System. The hinotori was originally approved for manufacturing and marketing in Japan in 2020 and subsequently launched domestically. After t
