Opinion Article by Dr. Paul Deffley, Chief Medical Officer, Alcidion.
Where would you position the NHS in relation to other countries, when it comes to the adoption of innovative technologies to support patient care?

Recent research from Newsweek and Statista, which ranked the world’s top 'smart hospitals', placed its first NHS trust at position 72 on the list.

Opinion Article by Dean Mawson, Clinical Director and Founder, DPM Digital Health Consultancy.
There's considerable interest in the potential uses of AI in healthcare at the moment; but there is also concern about the possible risks that it could pose.

Challenges include questions about data privacy and algorithmic bias, how we can make sure that AI tools are subject to robust validation and testing processes, and how to make sure they are used safely in a clinical setting.

Opinion Article by Mark Hindle, vice president EMEA, Orion Health,.
It's going to be a busy year in the shared care records space. NHS leaders, ShCRs and their suppliers are going to have plenty of work in hand to drive adoption, improve maturity, share data across boundaries, and start thinking about how to extend the use of ShCR information to system leaders and patients.

Opinion Article by Dr Mark Ratnarajah, practising paediatrician, UK Managing Director, C2-Ai.
NHS waiting lists have remained highly visible in the public eye, especially since the pandemic. With more than seven million people now waiting for elective procedures, media reports have focused on growing numbers month after month.

Opinion Article by Guilherme Carvalho, Sales & Contracts Manager, Sectra.
A new £21 million fund for AI was announced by the UK government in June, with the intention of providing NHS trusts with at least some of the tools needed to deliver faster, more accurate diagnoses for patients.

The urgency to get these tools in place, means that many NHS trusts and imaging networks will now be engaged in developing bids, ahead of what is a tight September deadline.

Opinion Article by Mark Venables, Chief Executive, Highland Marketing.
The NHS has arrived at its 75 th anniversary facing bigger challenges than it has faced since its inception. It's true that founder Nye Bevan faced a huge political and medical battle to establish a health service that was, and remains, universal, free at the point of delivery, and focused on need.

Opinion Article by Dr Mark Ratnarajah, NHS Paediatrician, UK Managing Director, C2-Ai.
Clinical teams continue to work relentlessly to get through the elective backlog. I see it every day with frontline colleagues, and with clinical leads I speak to at organisational and regional levels. Their aim is to help as many patients as possible in the face of a highly complex and enduring peri-pandemic challenge.