Technology

When The Machines Write Faster Than Anyone Can Check Their Work

A Silicon Valley funding round exposes a verification gap the NHS cannot afford to ignore.

The Treasury Has Solved The Wrong Problem For Britain's Health Technology Companies

A £500m expansion of the Growth Guarantee Scheme addresses the financing gap facing SMEs, but for digital health firms selling into the NHS, capital was never the obstacle blocking growth.

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Missing The Bridge: Why British Innovation Matures Abroad Before The NHS Buys It

Cambridge Innovation Capital's appointment of Ilana Wisby to translate deep tech research into companies exposes a translation problem the NHS has never solved.

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The 125-Gigawatt Crunch: Can Technology Solve Britain's AI Energy Crisis?

As data centre connection requests outstrip the nation's entire peak electricity capacity, experts warn of a 15-year backlog threatening the UK's tech ambitions.

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What Britain's Health Service Can Learn From China's Race To Build A Robotic Hand

A global contest to solve the hardest problem in robotics exposes an uncomfortable truth about where the UK has chosen to invest its ambitions for AI in healthcare.

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The NHS Cannot Build Its AI Future On Unbuilt Power

Lanarkshire's datacentre shortfall exposes a pattern of ambition outrunning infrastructure that NHS technology programmes would do well to heed.

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When The Machine Acts Alone: What The FCA's AI Warning Means For The NHS

The Mills Review's verdict on agentic finance reads like a preview of the argument already under way inside the MHRA.

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Same Lab, One Login Screen Fewer

Anthropic's new AI workbench for scientists lands just as the NHS tries to work out who will actually run the analysis on its unified health data.

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Britain's AI Windfall And The Widening Gap Between Capital And Care

A record half-year for AI investment says more about London's financial gravity than about what the NHS will actually receive.

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Google's Retreat From A Founder-Led Mission Should Sharpen The NHS's Terms With Its AI Partners

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A State-Backed Bet On Solar Heat Technology Raises Awkward Questions About The NHS's Own Stalled Decarbonisation

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