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The Telegraph: Doctors diagnose leprosy patients in war-torn Myanmar with the help of an NHS app

The Telegraph: Doctors diagnose leprosy patients in war-torn Myanmar with the help of an NHS app

Oxford Mail: Consultant Connect tech helps support Myanmar skincare initiative

Oxford Mail: Consultant Connect tech helps support Myanmar skincare initiative

Digital Health: Consultant Connect helped keep 150,000 elderly patients out of hospital

Digital Health: Consultant Connect helped keep 150,000 elderly patients out of hospital

Dorset Echo: Consultant Connect tech helps Weymouth doctor to get patient a scan

Dorset Echo: Consultant Connect tech helps Weymouth doctor to get patient a scan

Health Matters: Health Tech helps thousands of elderly patients avoid hospital queues

Health Matters: Health Tech helps thousands of elderly patients avoid hospital queues

Hospital Times: Consultant Connect has helped more than 400,000 patients avoid unnecessary trips to hospital

Hospital Times: Consultant Connect has helped more than 400,000 patients avoid unnecessary trips to hospital

Stratford-Upon-Avon Herald: South Warwickshire use Health care tech to help elderly patients and win award

Stratford-Upon-Avon Herald: South Warwickshire use Health care tech to help elderly patients and win award

Health Matters: South Warwickshire win award for frailty service

Health Matters: South Warwickshire win award for frailty service

Digital Health: Over 400,000 unnecessary hospital trips avoided with Consultant Connect tech

Digital Health: Over 400,000 unnecessary hospital trips avoided with Consultant Connect tech

Warwickshire World: Frailty service at South Warwickshire receives national recognition

Warwickshire World: Frailty service at South Warwickshire receives national recognition

HTN Now 2023/24 Awards: SWFT frailty wins HTN Now award with Consultant Connect tech

HTN Now 2023/24 Awards: SWFT frailty wins HTN Now award with Consultant Connect tech

The business magazine: Over 200,00 patients avoid unnecessary hospital trips with the use of Consultant Connect tech

The business magazine: Over 200,00 patients avoid unnecessary hospital trips with the use of Consultant Connect tech

Intelligent Health.tech: New tech for NHS to get quick dermatology consultations

Intelligent Health.tech: New tech for NHS to get quick dermatology consultations

The Daily Telegraph: Consultant Connect streamlines healthcare communication

The Daily Telegraph: Consultant Connect streamlines healthcare communication

MK Citizen: Over 20,000 patients treated as Milton Keynes medical centre celebrates first birthday

MK Citizen: Over 20,000 patients treated as Milton Keynes medical centre celebrates first birthday

My News 24×7: Healthcare tech from Consultant Connect gives GPs access to dermatology specialists

My News 24×7: Healthcare tech from Consultant Connect gives GPs access to dermatology specialists

Bollyinside: Consultant Connect’s Teledermatology Technology gives GPs access to Dermatology Specialists for Rapid Advice and Treatment

Bollyinside: Consultant Connect’s Teledermatology Technology gives GPs access to Dermatology Specialists for Rapid Advice and Treatment

COMPSMAG: How technology is helping GP’s and Dermatology specialists collaborate

COMPSMAG: How technology is helping GP’s and Dermatology specialists collaborate

News Medical Life Sciences: Connecting GPs to dermatology specialists with Consultant Connect

News Medical Life Sciences: Connecting GPs to dermatology specialists with Consultant Connect

ICJ: Healthcare tech from Consultant Connect’s allows GPs to share photos and files with Dermatology specialists

ICJ: Healthcare tech from Consultant Connect’s allows GPs to share photos and files with Dermatology specialists

Reuters: Consultant Connect’s tech enables sharing of files and photos with dermatology consultants

Reuters: Consultant Connect’s tech enables sharing of files and photos with dermatology consultants

Scotland News Today: GPs using Consultant Connect tech to take photos and share with dermatology consultants

Scotland News Today: GPs using Consultant Connect tech to take photos and share with dermatology consultants

Digital Health: GPs can take photos, store and send to dermatology consultants with Consultant Connect tech

Digital Health: GPs can take photos, store and send to dermatology consultants with Consultant Connect tech

Scotland News Today: Healthcare tech from Consultant Connect helps 17,000 patients avoid unnecessary hospital visits in Scotland

Scotland News Today: Healthcare tech from Consultant Connect helps 17,000 patients avoid unnecessary hospital visits in Scotland

Open Access Government: Consultant Connect tech helps over 17,000 patients avoid an unnecessary hospital visit

Open Access Government: Consultant Connect tech helps over 17,000 patients avoid an unnecessary hospital visit

Business News Wales: Consultant Connect technology helps 18,000 patients avoid hospital visits in Wales

Business News Wales: Consultant Connect technology helps 18,000 patients avoid hospital visits in Wales

Building Better Healthcare: The impact of Consultant Connects tech on waiting times – Q&A

Building Better Healthcare: The impact of Consultant Connects tech on waiting times – Q&A

Building Better Healthcare: Consultant Connect technology is helping reduce pressure for Wales NHS services

Building Better Healthcare: Consultant Connect technology is helping reduce pressure for Wales NHS services

Digital Health: Industry news in brief: 18,000+ patients avoid unnecessary hospital visits in Wales

Digital Health: Industry news in brief: 18,000+ patients avoid unnecessary hospital visits in Wales

​Herald Wales: How Consultant Connect has helped 18,000 patients avoid unnecessary hospital visits in Wales

​Herald Wales: How Consultant Connect has helped 18,000 patients avoid unnecessary hospital visits in Wales

​Health Matters: Healthcare tech enables more than 18,000 patients avoid unnecessary hospital visits in Wales

​Health Matters: Healthcare tech enables more than 18,000 patients avoid unnecessary hospital visits in Wales

NHE: How NHS can use remote NHS consultants to reduce the NHS waiting list backlogs

NHE: How NHS can use remote NHS consultants to reduce the NHS waiting list backlogs

Silicon: How telemedicine tech is evolving and the impact it is having on healthcare services

Silicon: How telemedicine tech is evolving and the impact it is having on healthcare services

Digital Health: Why Scottish Health Boards are using Consultant Connect tech

Digital Health: Why Scottish Health Boards are using Consultant Connect tech

NHS Confederation: Older patients living with frailty getting urgent health care at home

NHS Confederation: Older patients living with frailty getting urgent health care at home

Open Access Government: Reducing pressures in A&E with health technology

Open Access Government: Reducing pressures in A&E with health technology

Health Business: Tackling the backlog with technology

Health Business: Tackling the backlog with technology

Health Tech Digital: How Consultant Connect’s tech is unlocking A&E capacity

Health Tech Digital: How Consultant Connect’s tech is unlocking A&E capacity

Digital Health: Unlocking A&E capacity with Consultant Connect technology

Digital Health: Unlocking A&E capacity with Consultant Connect technology

BBC East Midlands Today: See how Leicester are using Consultant Connect

BBC East Midlands Today: See how Leicester are using Consultant Connect

Building Better Healthcare: ‘talk before you walk’ technology helps with A&E capacity

Building Better Healthcare: ‘talk before you walk’ technology helps with A&E capacity

Digital Health Digital Spotlight: Reduce NHS pressures with triage solutions

Digital Health Digital Spotlight: Reduce NHS pressures with triage solutions

Open Access Government: Can health care tech transform the NHS?

Open Access Government: Can health care tech transform the NHS?

Evening Standard: North London launches ‘silver triage’ service

Evening Standard: North London launches ‘silver triage’ service

Building Better Healthcare: Tackling the NHS Backlog with remote consultants

Building Better Healthcare: Tackling the NHS Backlog with remote consultants

Health Tech Digital: There is a solution for NHS waiting lists

Health Tech Digital: There is a solution for NHS waiting lists

Building Better Healthcare: Using Consultant Connect technology to reduce pressure on A&E capacity

Building Better Healthcare: Using Consultant Connect technology to reduce pressure on A&E capacity

Smart Futures: Connecting Paramedics to Consultants to ease A&E Pressures

Smart Futures: Connecting Paramedics to Consultants to ease A&E Pressures

​Health Matters: Unlocking A&E capacity with pioneering “talk before you walk” tech

​Health Matters: Unlocking A&E capacity with pioneering “talk before you walk” tech

Wales 247: Connecting Dentists with Consultants for expert advice with Consutlant Connect’s app

Wales 247: Connecting Dentists with Consultants for expert advice with Consutlant Connect’s app

Swansea Bay Health Board: Connecting dentists with consultants for expert advice and support via App

Swansea Bay Health Board: Connecting dentists with consultants for expert advice and support via App

The Herald: Expansion of antibiotics service in NHS Glasgow

The Herald: Expansion of antibiotics service in NHS Glasgow

Leamington Observer: HSJ Awards 2023 shortlist SWFT for HealthTech Partnership of the Year

Leamington Observer: HSJ Awards 2023 shortlist SWFT for HealthTech Partnership of the Year

Stratford Observer: South Warwickshire team nominated for award

Stratford Observer: South Warwickshire team nominated for award

BBC Essex: Jonathan Patrick CEO at Consultant Connect

BBC Essex: Jonathan Patrick CEO at Consultant Connect

Digital Health: Industry news in brief: NHS reduces unnecessary hospital trips with Consultant Connect tech

Digital Health: Industry news in brief: NHS reduces unnecessary hospital trips with Consultant Connect tech

Smart Futures: Primary Care teams have placed one million calls via Consultant Connect

Smart Futures: Primary Care teams have placed one million calls via Consultant Connect

BBC News:  on the work SWFT are doing to support patients to be treated in the right place, at the right time

BBC News: on the work SWFT are doing to support patients to be treated in the right place, at the right time

London Daily News: GPs given access to Monkeypox advice line

London Daily News: GPs given access to Monkeypox advice line

Management in practice: London GPs given access to Monkeypox helpline

Management in practice: London GPs given access to Monkeypox helpline

Femtech World: Remote NHS consultants reducing Menopause waiting list

Femtech World: Remote NHS consultants reducing Menopause waiting list

Healthcare Newsdesk: Reducing Menopause waiting lists with remote consultants

Healthcare Newsdesk: Reducing Menopause waiting lists with remote consultants

Building Better Healthcare: Using remote consultants to reduce menopause waiting list

Building Better Healthcare: Using remote consultants to reduce menopause waiting list

Oxford Mail: NHS waiting lists being reduced by Consultant Connect in Oxford

Oxford Mail: NHS waiting lists being reduced by Consultant Connect in Oxford

Tech Round: Meet Jonathan Patrick, CEO at Consultant Connect, a Telemedicine Company

Tech Round: Meet Jonathan Patrick, CEO at Consultant Connect, a Telemedicine Company

Maddyness: Meet Consultant Connect, the platform reducing NHS patient waiting times by connecting GPs and consultants

Maddyness: Meet Consultant Connect, the platform reducing NHS patient waiting times by connecting GPs and consultants

The Star: New emotional wellness app ‘myStrength’ helps people of South Yorkshire

The Star: New emotional wellness app ‘myStrength’ helps people of South Yorkshire

Doncaster Free Press: New emotional wellness app ‘myStrength’ helps people of South Yorkshire

Doncaster Free Press: New emotional wellness app ‘myStrength’ helps people of South Yorkshire

Rotherham Adviser: A new app aimed at boosting mental health has been hailed as an “excellent addition”

Rotherham Adviser: A new app aimed at boosting mental health has been hailed as an “excellent addition”

BBC Radio CWR: The new way to connect paramedics to consultants in under a minute

BBC Radio CWR: The new way to connect paramedics to consultants in under a minute

Health Matters: Free ‘Headspace Style’ emotional wellness app now available to 1 million over 16s in South Yorkshire

Health Matters: Free ‘Headspace Style’ emotional wellness app now available to 1 million over 16s in South Yorkshire

BBC News Midlands: How SWFT have been helping Frail and Elderly patients with the use of Consultant Connect

BBC News Midlands: How SWFT have been helping Frail and Elderly patients with the use of Consultant Connect

Free Radio (Coventry and Warwickshire): Unnecessary A&E referrals halved in South Warwickshire thanks to new technology

Free Radio (Coventry and Warwickshire): Unnecessary A&E referrals halved in South Warwickshire thanks to new technology

Warwickshire World: Unnecessary A&E referrals could be cut by 50% for the over 80s in South Warwickshire with use of new health technology

Warwickshire World: Unnecessary A&E referrals could be cut by 50% for the over 80s in South Warwickshire with use of new health technology

Loughborough Echo: NHS efficiency set to be revolutionised by virtual doctor robots

Loughborough Echo: NHS efficiency set to be revolutionised by virtual doctor robots

MK Citizen: Award given to health trust covering Milton Keynes for improving patient care

MK Citizen: Award given to health trust covering Milton Keynes for improving patient care

Stratford Observer: Hospital trust recognised for award-winning patient service

Stratford Observer: Hospital trust recognised for award-winning patient service

Digital Health: Pressure on hospitals during Covid-19 eased by telemedicine robots

Digital Health: Pressure on hospitals during Covid-19 eased by telemedicine robots

Hemel Hempstead Gazette: Award for fastest roll out of new life saving system awarded to Hertfordshire and West Essex NHS

Hemel Hempstead Gazette: Award for fastest roll out of new life saving system awarded to Hertfordshire and West Essex NHS

BBC Radio Leicester – featuring Consultant Connect’s: Jonathan Patrick and Steve Jackson

BBC Radio Leicester – featuring Consultant Connect’s: Jonathan Patrick and Steve Jackson

Smart Futures: Telemedicine robot devices arrive to help as NHS waiting lists continue to rise

Smart Futures: Telemedicine robot devices arrive to help as NHS waiting lists continue to rise

Building Better Healthcare: NHS recovery supported by telemedicine robot technology

Building Better Healthcare: NHS recovery supported by telemedicine robot technology

Leicestershire Live: Patients can have virtual doctors at their bedsides thanks to new technology ‘robots’

Leicestershire Live: Patients can have virtual doctors at their bedsides thanks to new technology ‘robots’

Wonderful Engineering: How new technology ‘robots’ could save the lives of hundreds of pre-mature babies

Wonderful Engineering: How new technology ‘robots’ could save the lives of hundreds of pre-mature babies

The Guardian: New technology ‘robots’ will save the lives of hundreds of premature babies

The Guardian: New technology ‘robots’ will save the lives of hundreds of premature babies

Milton Keynes FM: Consultant Connect used in GPs in Milton Keynes in efforts to reduce waiting lists

Milton Keynes FM: Consultant Connect used in GPs in Milton Keynes in efforts to reduce waiting lists

Cranfield & Marston Vale Chronicle: Consultant Connect being used by Bedfordshire’s GPs  in efforts to reduce patient waiting lists

Cranfield & Marston Vale Chronicle: Consultant Connect being used by Bedfordshire’s GPs in efforts to reduce patient waiting lists

BBC Radio Northampton: Consultant Connect’s work at Northampton General Hospital features on BBC News bulletin

BBC Radio Northampton: Consultant Connect’s work at Northampton General Hospital features on BBC News bulletin

ITV News Anglia: Consultant Connect at Northampton General Hospital

ITV News Anglia: Consultant Connect at Northampton General Hospital

Northampton Chronicle: Northampton General Hospital reduces Covid backlog with use of service to connect consultants and GPs

Northampton Chronicle: Northampton General Hospital reduces Covid backlog with use of service to connect consultants and GPs

South London Press: Mental health trust is first to use Consultant Connect to better treat patient’s physical illnesses

South London Press: Mental health trust is first to use Consultant Connect to better treat patient’s physical illnesses

National Health Executive: Easing summer A&E pressures with the use of Consultant Connect

National Health Executive: Easing summer A&E pressures with the use of Consultant Connect

The Courier: Impact on hospital admissions made by NHS Tayside advice line

The Courier: Impact on hospital admissions made by NHS Tayside advice line

National Health Executive: The success of Referral Triage in Northamptonshire – Carl Holland

National Health Executive: The success of Referral Triage in Northamptonshire – Carl Holland

The BMJ: Will England recover better from the pandemic with the help of a new NHS structure?

The BMJ: Will England recover better from the pandemic with the help of a new NHS structure?

Optometry Today: What changes the industry expect when remodelling eye care

Optometry Today: What changes the industry expect when remodelling eye care

Healthcare IT News: £5m funding boost received by NHSX for teledermatology services

Healthcare IT News: £5m funding boost received by NHSX for teledermatology services

National Health Executive: NHS consultant explains how they are addressing triage backlogs

National Health Executive: NHS consultant explains how they are addressing triage backlogs

Emergency Services Times: New Digital Strategy published by Welsh Ambulance Service

Emergency Services Times: New Digital Strategy published by Welsh Ambulance Service

Wrexham.com: Welsh Ambulance Service embraces technology for frontline staff under new digital strategy

Wrexham.com: Welsh Ambulance Service embraces technology for frontline staff under new digital strategy

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