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Helps prioritise action and investment and comply with regulations Medway NHS Foundation Trust, which operates Medway Maritime Hospital, has introduced a new digital system to manage fire safety information and improve its understanding of fire risks across the hospital estate.

St Albans care worker Tom Rose, 23, takes home £5,000 after stunning talent show judges with blindfolded piano performance of Purple Rain A 23-year-old care worker who stunned judges by playing Prince’s Purple Rain on the piano while blindfolded has been crowned the winner of Care Sector’s Got Talent 2026, taking home a £5,000 prize.

The new eLearning bundle has been developed by Skills for Care, the organisation behind the statutory and mandatory training guidance used across the adult social care sector. Aligned to part 1 of that guidance, it provides employers with a trusted way to deliver the essential learning their workforce needs to work safely, confidently and effectively.

Stigma surrounding mobility scooters is causing people who need them to feel isolated and looked down on. These are the key findings according to new research revealing how negative perceptions of mobility aids are affecting independence, confidence and social lives across Britain. More than eight in 10 mobility-aid users believe there is a stigma attached to using a mobility scooter.

Alexion and Aide Health partnership will provide two years’ free access to Mirror People living with rare diseases are being offered two years’ free access to an AI-powered app that captures medical appointments and turns them into easy-to-read summaries of what was discussed and what happens next. Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease, is working with UK digital health technology company Aide Health to make Mirror available free of charge.

Six primary care networks will offer patients an AI app from Aide Health to help them manage their medication and symptoms between appointments. People living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) across North West London will be offered daily AI-powered support to help them manage their health at home.

A UK-first brain health clinic that is set to transform how dementia is diagnosed, slowed down or prevented launched on 21 September, World Alzheimer’s Day, in Manchester. Designed as a scalable model that could be adopted nationwide, it represents a major step forward in reshaping the UK’s approach to brain health and dementia care. Around one million people are living with dementia in the UK, yet at any time, a third do not have a diagnosis.

Executives, digital, operational, and frontline staff from the newly integrated North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust, will welcome both big tech and innovative health tech firms on 27 November. The trust, which integrated in April, is the latest in the NHS to host Elevate – a programme of health tech showcases that bring curated and relevant technology together with healthcare staff for an entire day.

Sangha Capital-led Series A as DYAD accelerates rollout of technology already used by more than 200 GP surgeries and extends into secondary care. UK healthcare AI company DYAD, whose technology turns unstructured healthcare data into structured patient context and onward actions, has raised $10 million to accelerate its expansion across the NHS and into new markets.

By Dave Schwaller, DriSteem Senior Manager, Engineering Applications Carefully maintained indoor conditions are essential to patient care and day-to-day hospital operations. Humidity control is part of that picture, but its importance is often underestimated. Appropriate humidity levels can support the body’s natural respiratory defences, reduce the effects of very dry indoor air and help limit electrostatic discharge around sensitive equipment.