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Latest cardiovascular disease

Scottish Government invests in technology to transform lives of stroke patients

By Liz Wells 24 September 2025

The Scottish Government is to invest £1.9m in the deployment of mobile heart monitors for around 8,000 recent stroke patients each year.

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

Plan to prevent cardiovascular disease in Wales

By Liz Wells 10 September 2025

Identifying and treating up to 70,000 more people in Wales who have high blood pressure will prevent more than 1,000 heart attacks and strokes, saving nearly £18m for the NHS and social care sector...

NICE

NICE conditionally recommends six digital platforms to support at home cardiac rehab

By Liz Wells 19 August 2025

People with heart disease will be able to do their recovery sessions from home rather than travelling for rehabilitation appointments after NICE’s independent committee conditionally recommended si...

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

Foot-recognition AI scanner can prevent heart failure hospitalisations

By Liz Wells 04 June 2025

An AI device with ‘foot recognition’, similar to face-recognition technology, could potentially flag when heart failure is becoming severe and life-threatening, new research reveals.

TECHNOLOGY

Scottish pharmacies to roll-out at-home test for cardiovascular disease

By Liz Wells 25 February 2025

PocDoc, the digital health diagnostics company, has launched a new partnership with Dears and Amiry & Gilbride Pharmacy - two independent community pharmacy chains in Scotland.

POCDOC

PocDoc and Well rollout at-home test for cardiovascular disease

By Liz Wells 03 February 2025

PocDoc, the digital health diagnostics company, is partnering with pharmacy chain Well to launch its at-home cardiovascular disease (CVD) test in its pharmacies across the country and online.

HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE COMMITTEE

Health and Social Care Committee writes to DHSC over NHS Health Check programme

By Liz Wells 30 January 2025

The Health and Social Care Committee has written to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention Andrew Gwynne, on the NHS Health Check programme, used to identify an...

TECHNOLOGY

The Royal London Hospital's enhanced technology to benefit stroke patients

By Liz Wells 17 January 2025

Stroke patients will benefit from quicker and more accurate treatment thanks to a state-of-the-art scanner at The Royal London Hospital.

COMMUNITY CARE

Heart failure clinic offers patients treatment closer to home

By Lee Peart 09 January 2025

A new heart failure clinic is offering North Norfolk patients treatment closer to home.

PREVENTION

AI model can predict high blood pressure and related complications from ECGs

By Liz Wells 09 January 2025

An AI model can be used to predict both the risk of high blood pressure and which patients may go on to experience complications from high blood pressure using an ECG, new research reveals.

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