Bayer AG today announced a strategic collaboration with Samsung Electronics America, Inc. to address data gaps on sleep disturbances associated with menopause (SDM). The companies will co-develop an observational study to further improve the understanding of the burden and impact of SDM using data provided by women through Samsung consumer devices.

Sam Shah has seen health tech policy up-close and worries that little progress has been made over the past five-years. However, he has a plan for any health and social care secretary who'd like to solve problems instead of issuing sound bites.

Sam Shah has a very diverse portfolio: spanning clinical work, academic leadership, legal advice, and health tech advisory roles that see him travelling from the UK to the Middle East and back.

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is working with Oleeo to help to support its recruitment processes and deliver a better experience for recruitment managers and candidates.

The trust, which employs 14,000 people across two acute hospitals, 13 community hospitals and a range of community, primary care and mental health services, is planning to go-live with the new recruitment, applicant management, and reporting software in May.

AXREM represents member companies that collectively provide UK hospitals with most of their diagnostic medical imaging technology, and radiotherapy equipment.

The association has seen substantial growth in recent years, with membership also including suppliers of health IT, AI and care equipment such as patient monitors. AXREM helps to facilitate cross industry dialogue on key issues affecting the sector.

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.

The developments mean SPARK TSL can offer trusts a unique digital platform to accelerate the adoption of innovation and deliver quantifiable improvements in operational efficiency and patient education and engagement.

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."