Emergency services can instantly assess patients from afar using live video streaming technology. A new feature on the GoodSAM platform enables medics to initiate a video link with 999 callers,
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Cancer researchers in the UK are to benefit from an app which crunches data while smartphone owners sleep. The DreamLab app, developed by the Vodafone Foundation, uses the collective power
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The Scottish Social services Council (SSSC) have produced a new video explaining their social media guidance for social service workers. There are many parts of the Codes of Practice for
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The Scottish Government has launched a new Digital Health and Social Care Strategy that sets out how technology can support person-centred care and help to not only sustain but improve
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‘Cancer Caring Coping’ is a new online resource created by cancer caregivers for cancer caregivers. It is based on research by Dr Olinda Santin from Queen’s University Belfast, who found
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A vast majority of the British public think time spent on social media is harming young people’s wellbeing, a poll suggests. Four in five people support tighter regulation of the
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More child sexual abuse imagery is being found on the internet than ever before, according to new research by a British charity which tracks such images online. The Internet Watch
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Social care should take inspiration from apps like Uber to offer individualised services for people who need support, according to experts. The sector desperately needs a “creative disruption” that will
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Social media companies have been warned they must no longer be “passive hosts” in the fight to tackle surging levels of violence. Ministers told firms that the status quo “cannot
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Twitter has updated the wording of its rules to make the reporting of hateful comments against disabled people easier following a campaign by a disability charity. Muscular Dystrophy UK had
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