Last week I had the opportunity to take part in a panel discussion at Connected Places Catapult. The topic of discussion was ‘Impact-led innovation: investor’s friend or foe?’ The discussion was facilitated by Yusuf Chadun, the Catapult’s SME Investor Relations Manager. The other panelists were Arnold du Toit, Co-Founder and Read more…
In the final of The Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) series on Healthy Living and Housing, our focus was on the future of intelligent homes. You can access the session by clicking here and registering to watch on demand. For this session, I was pleased to be joined by: Read more…
With the easing of lockdown restrictions, much attention is being paid to the ‘new normal’ of managing social distancing in public spaces. In my local area, Lambeth Council have narrowed some roads to widen footpaths to ensure people can pass each other at an appropriate distance. Navigating our public spaces Read more…
This is the fourth article in a series of articles on issues arising from, and responses to, Covid-19 in the UK and beyond. In this, I look at how local care models are being reshaped in the delivery of health services. The cases presented here were discussed as part of Read more…
Does housing affect health? We know in the UK that there is a significant shortfall in housing. The Housing Federation puts this figure as an annual shortfall of 340k homes a year just to meet requirements. In addition to this, many people live in unhealthy or unsuitable homes, or live Read more…
There’s been a lot in the media about AI in health and care over the last two years. While there is some really exciting work going on, and a clear focus from government, how much of this is hype? And what is all the fuss about? On AI in health Read more…
London’s Knowledge Clusters*, a recently published report, looks at the looks at the role of evolving villages or ‘clusters’ based on the life sciences and associated industries including tech. The focus is on outlining opportunities for the property development sector. The value of the life sciences to London, and the Read more…
Matt Hancock, the Secretary of State for the Department of Health and Social Care, has promised a technological transformation of the NHS. The opportunities are enormous – the improved delivery of services, supporting the shift from reactive to proactive care models, freeing up staff time to focus more on patient Read more…
AI assisted health and care has the potential to change how we deliver services. In health, it’s impacting areas including electronic health records, genomics, and medical imaging. And there is a real potential for AI to significantly impact health and care through physical environments – hospitals, clinics, the home – Read more…
Wearable technologies, Real Time Health Systems for monitoring and diagnostics, apps to help with weight loss, insomnia, mental health, the data landscape of health is changing and it’s changing fast. But where do we sit on the regulation of medical devices in this landscape? We’re beginning to see the shift Read more…