London launches ‘world-first’ care AI lab to tackle NHS pressures Tech A new AI lab focused on the care sector is being launched in London with government backing, as the UK looks to scale homegrown healthtech and turn NHS innovation into exportable products. Cera said it is making an eight-figure investment into the facility, which will bring together AI specialists and a cohort of “entrepreneurs in [...]
Immigration: The UK care system will collapse without overseas workers Opinion Yvette Cooper’s proposed visa restrictions for care workers dangerously misrepresent a skilled profession that is already in crisis, says Jonathan Byrd Yvette Cooper’s comments suggesting care workers may face additional visa restrictions as part of a broader effort to reduce so-called “low-skilled” immigration make for troubling reading — not just for those of us in [...]