Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) has avoided an estimated 1,300 hospital admissions over the past 12 months by using proactive home monitoring to identify early signs of deterioration before some of its most vulnerable patients reach crisis point.

The results come as the NHS accelerates its shift towards neighbourhood health services, with the Government's recently published NHS 10 Year Health Plan placing prevention,

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced it has received an up to US$33.7 million award under the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)) Autonomous Interventions and Robotics (AIR) program, led by Dr. Ileana Hancu, to advance AI-enabled robotic procedure automation for stroke care.

The Highland advisory board has welcomed a new member - Dylan Roberts, a digital leader with almost 40 years’ experience of working in and across local government, health, and public services.

Dylan brings a wealth of experience to the board, which debates issues in digital health, advises the specialist health tech agency and its clients, and informs the Elevate series of showcase events, which take curated digital and med tech direct to trusts.

Researchers and students now have a new AI-native workspace, with the launch of Digital Science's Papers AI - where they'll never have to re-explain their work every time they turn to AI for assistance.

Built by the team behind Overleaf, Papers AI is designed specifically for research workflows. Researchers can write, organize their materials and analyze data, with context-aware AI assisting across a whole project, rather than working in one document at a time.

Rail stations across the Netherlands have been fitted with modern defibrillators, creating a time-critical lifeline for passengers who suffer sudden cardiac arrests, and for surrounding communities.

Across the Netherlands, an enhanced emergency response system is taking shape. It is one that most people pass every day without noticing, yet one that can make the difference between life and death.

Three leading digital health innovators - Tieto Caretech, x‑tention, and Better - have entered into a strategic partnership to accelerate the next generation of open, patient‑centric healthcare systems. United by complementary strengths and a shared commitment to openness, interoperability, and data freedom, the three companies are setting a new benchmark for how healthcare IT can evolve.

AI is already saving clinicians the equivalent of over 16 working days a year and helping them see more patients, but healthcare systems risk falling behind because of inadequate training and fragmented infrastructure. That’s according to findings from Philips’ Future Health Index 2026, the 11th edition of the global report, based on perspectives from over 2,000 healthcare professionals and 20,000 patients across 10 countries.