We must ensure ‘no one is left behind’ in healthcare revolution, says digital health and care director
31 March 2023
Good afternoon and welcome to the weekly Futurescot Newsletter, keeping you up-to-date with news and analysis across the public technology and innovation sector.
In our lead story today, we bring you the latest from Futurescot's Health & Care Transformation conference, hosted yesterday at Strathclyde University's Technology & Innovation Centre in Glasgow. Stephen Gallagher, director for digital health and care at the Scottish Government, opened the event with a commitment that 'no one will be left behind' by the digital healthcare revolution.
Read that piece in full below and check out our other stories from the week, which includes a special focus on health and care. Don't forget to also register for upcoming Futurescot conferences.
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HEALTH
We must ensure ‘no one is left behind’ in healthcare revolution, says digital health and care director?
No one must be left behind in the digital healthcare revolution, the Scottish Government’s director of digital health and care said at a conference in Glasgow yesterday. Traditional forms of communication will continue to be used to ensure people are not excluded from important community health messaging, said Stephen Gallagher, director of digital health and care. MORE ?
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HEALTH
Strategy puts data at heart of health and social care
A new health and data strategy for Scotland will build on the appetite of the public during the Covid pandemic to use healthcare data and statistics in treatment and care.?The Health and Social Care: Data Strategy, published at the end of February, will seek to provide citizens with greater access to their own information and address “gaps and weaknesses in how we collect, share and analyse data to improve health outcomes”.?MORE ?
Time for change – over the years the patient journey has altered, now we all have to adapt our approach to healthcare
Advances in medical science over the past 40 years have delivered a wealth of new investigations and treatments for disease, some as old as humanity while others have become more common due to choices in our lifestyle. Success is evident by the increase in our population’s life expectancy but is accompanied by long-term illnesses – for old age does not come alone, writes Dr Sam Patel.?MORE ?
Ensuring early intervention for deteriorating patients at NHS Fife
Partner content: When vital signs observations are confined to paper charts, healthcare professionals have no way of quickly identifying the hospital’s sickest patients easily to ensure they receive the timely care they need. In 2017, NHS Fife adopted Miya Observations & Assessments to record Peripheral Vascular Catheter (PVC) management, replacing onerous manual processes.?MORE?
DATA & AI
'Wicked' challenges need complex solutions
Partner content:?The ‘wicked’ challenges we face today – from climate change, to harnessing data for good, to addressing health inequalities – are called wicked because of their complexity. They have no obvious cause and effect, and no one solution. They require both collaboration and innovation for us to have any hope of meeting them.?MORE?
New chair announced for the Scottish AI Alliance
A new chair has been appointed at the Scottish AI Alliance to drive innovation and the adoption of artificial intelligence across the country.?Catriona Campbell, client technology & innovation officer at consulting giant EY, will take over from Gillian Docherty OBE after completion of a two-year term.?MORE ?
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STARTUPS
Techscaler launches first scaleup programme with Silicon Valley’s Reforge
Techscaler – the new ￡42m national network for tech startups – has launched its first scaleup programme in partnership with one of the world’s leading tech education content providers. The startup programme – delivered by Edinburgh-headquartered CodeBase – is to partner with Silicon Valley’s Reforge as it seeks to support the growth of tech companies founded in Scotland.?MORE ?
Fourteen entrepreneurs selected for Big Apple tech trip
Fourteen entrepreneurs will showcase Scottish tech to an American audience after being chosen to take part in a business mission to New York.?The startup founders will visit the Big Apple next month as part of a programme supported by the Scottish Government and enterprise agency Scottish Development International (SDI).?MORE ?
Glasgow real estate data analytics platform plans to create 50 jobs after ￡5m investment
A Glasgow-based data analytics platform is planning to create 50 new jobs after securing ￡5m from the Scottish National Investment Bank.?Utopi, which specialises in energy consumption monitoring technology, will use the bank’s support to scale-up to target new global markets. MORE ?
CONNECTIVITY
From a Ford Fiesta to a Formula One racing car – pioneering wifi technology connects Edinburgh’s Old and New Towns
A pioneering form of broadband which doesn’t rely on digging up channels in the road is bringing lightening fast web speeds to properties in Edinburgh’s Old and New Towns. Millimetre wave technology is an above-ground solution that uses 60GHz spectrum to beam gigabit capable internet to local residences in harder to reach city centre locations.?MORE ?
SKILLS
Digital boost for Tay Cities as ￡50,000 ‘data skills’ funding pot announced
A new ￡50,000 funding pot has been announced to support training providers to deliver data skills courses to people across the Tay Cities region.?The scheme – administered by The Data Lab, Scotland’s innovation agency for data and artificial intelligence and the University of Edinburgh – seeks to help close the digital skills gap for people across the region.?MORE ?
Forty young people from disadvantaged communities sign up to digital skills academy
Forty young people from disadvantaged communities have signed up to do a tech course with Scotland’s digital skills academy.?The young people aged 16 to 21 from across Edinburgh and Glasgow are to enrol on a free summer course at CodeClan, the national digital skills provider. MORE ?
TECH BRIEFING
BUSINESS
Digital transformation warning for businesses
Adapting to the rapid advances in digital technology will be key to Scottish businesses surviving an uncertain future, according to tech expert Duncan Girvan.?As confirmed by the Chancellor in his Spring Budget, forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) show the UK will avoid recession in 2023 despite previous predictions.?MORE ??
COMMUNITY
Scottish Government invests ￡250k taking local gift card scheme digital
The Scottish Government is urging shoppers to think of our high streets first, as Scotland Loves Local (SLL) gift cards go digital.?The scheme, which aims to boost trade in town and city centres, was introduced after the pandemic to help small businesses recover.?MORE ??
PUBLIC SECTOR IT CONTRACTS
Glasgow agency awarded government user centred design contract
A Glasgow-based web consultancy has been awarded a ￡25,000 user centred design services contract. This is Milk will work towards the development of a 'single, accessible, trusted place for information related to care support services'.?MORE ??
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