Assistive AI Updates

Prominent figures from leading health and social care organisations have responded to the recently published NHS 10-year health plan, which details the government’s priorities and policies for the health service in England. The King’s Fund, Health Foundation, RCOT, BHTA, and SCIE, have all responded to the 10-year plan. Reactions from across the health and…

Visitors to Posture & Mobility Group Training, Conference and Exhibition (PMG2025), will have the opportunity to see and experience heavy-duty wheelchairs and accessories from RHealthcare. RHealthcare will be showcasing its Dash 200 HD and Dash Super HD wheelchairs on stand 46, from 14-16 July 2025, at The International Centre, Telford, alongside the Dash Lite…

The UK Government has published the long-awaited NHS 10-year plan, which sets out the government’s priorities and policies for the health service in England. Entitled ‘Fit for the future: 10 Year Health Plan for England’, the policy paper is centred around three big shifts: from hospital to community, from analogue to digital, and from…

A groundbreaking project aimed at boosting the use of e-scooters and e-bikes by disabled people will be hosted in Salford. The year-long initiative, to be delivered by Cycling UK, is being led by the UK’s shared transport charity, Collaborative Mobility UK (CoMoUK), and grant-funded by the Motability Foundation. It aims to support disabled people…

Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US have built and tested a mobile robot designed to physically support elderly people and prevent them from falling as they move around their homes. The Elderly Bodily Assistance Robot (E-BAR) was designed in a bid to address the challenges of an ageing population,…

Jenx’s Supine Stander 3 has helped 11-year-old Zain easily socialise at eye-level with his peers, give his mum a standing a cuddle for the first time, and go from a horizontal to standing position in seconds. Zain is a cheeky boy from Rochdale with a wonderful smile that instantly lights up the room. He…

A new study by the University of Chichester in collaboration with a range of universities and charities across the South coast highlights the critical gap between technological promise and lived reality for people with dementia. It found that innovation developed with the intention to help people, such as voice-assisted devices, can instead cause anxiety,…

The British Healthcare Trades Association (BHTA) is inviting the healthcare and assistive technology industries to take part in its annual awards evening. The British Healthcare Trades Industry Awards 2025 will take place at Cutlers’ Hall in Sheffield on 4 December 2025. With a variety of categories to enter, the BHTA is calling on innovators,…

North Bristol NHS Trust has opened an innovative centre for 3D scanning and printing, providing state-of-the-art technology for the development of bespoke prosthetics and devices. The Bristol 3D Medical Centre brings together expertise for digital planning, design, and manufacturing of patient-specific devices and medical models to enable safer and more accurate patient care. According…