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The Digital Futures lab now has a new home. We’re now located in the Centre for Health & Care Professionals building – you can find the location at the bottom of this page.

Author: Jon Watt

Using virtual reality therapy

Implementing new patient-facing technology in the NHS is not for the faint hearted! It is essential to gather a team around you, which includes patients with lived experience of pain and understanding managers. We are grateful to the specialist teams who have been on this journey with us, including the Digital Futures Team, IT help-desk… Continue reading Using virtual reality therapy

Eye tracking wheelchair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEwxuXprezI A wheelchair that uses Eye tracking to aid people with motor neurone disease in order to give them the freedom of mobility for longer, the chair was adapted by David Hallett and Jett Bradford. Share: Twitter LinkedIn On Key Related Posts

Rheumatology Questionnaire

The rheumatology questionnaire is a mixed-reality application developed in-house for the paediatric ward for reducing anxiety in adolescents. Patients often come in and are asked to fill out questionnaires while waiting before their appointments. However, the staff find that patients are particularly anxious and do not engage well with completing clipboard questionnaires.   To help… Continue reading Rheumatology Questionnaire

InSites Workshop 2024

Watch the Digital Futures Team take part in InSites workshop 2024! https://immersive.tsdft.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/insites_workshop_2024-1080p.mp4 Share: Twitter LinkedIn On Key Related Posts

Sexual harassment in the healthcare workforce: what next?

The recent publications1–3 on sexual harassment, sexual assault, and rape among healthcare workforces in the National Health Service (NHS) make shocking reading, and show that the initial reporting4–8 of an unhealthy culture, both in the NHS and internationally, has been validated. What is needed now is a discussion about how such widespread embedded cultures can… Continue reading Sexual harassment in the healthcare workforce: what next?