AS the new chair of the health and social care council at techUK, Shane Tickell talked to Highland Marketing about his determination to support small and innovative companies, by having some frank conversations with the NHS and the health tech industry about strategy and commercials.
Shane Tickell has been working in the health tech industry since the late 1990s. He is probably best known for his long career at IMS MAXIMS, where he worked for 13-years, predominantly as group chief executive officer. However, he left IMS MAXIMS four-years ago "to pursue a wider agenda."
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust has successfully implemented Alcidion's Miya Precision platform to streamline bed management workflow across seven community hospitals in Worcestershire. The trust delivers community nursing and therapy services within the county, as well as being the main provider of mental health and learning disability services across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. 
SPARK TSL is acquiring Sentean Group, a Dutch company with a complementary background in hospital entertainment and communication, and bringing its Fusion Bedside platform for clinical and patient apps to the UK.
Bayer and Google Cloud announced a collaboration on the development of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to support radiologists and ultimately better serve patients. As part of the collaboration, Bayer will further develop its innovation platform to accelerate the development and deployment of AI-powered healthcare applications with a clear focus on radiology, using Google Cloud's technology, including its generative AI (gen AI) tools. 
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust has replaced two, legacy laboratory information systems with a single instance of Clinisys WinPath.
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has become the first organisation anywhere in the NHS to deploy Sectra's enterprise imaging service using public cloud.