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As junior doctors gear up for their third round of strikes, Katie Strick meets the medics who’ve left the profession to find smart solutions

An online workforce initiative pioneered in the North West has become the country’s “biggest flexible staffing project.”

Manchester’s Praetura Ventures and Social Chain's Dominic McGregor join consortium backing Patchwork Health with £20m of Series B funding.

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Letters: <strong>Anas Nader</strong> says the focus should be on retention, while <strong>Amanda Grantham</strong> looks to volunteer helpers. Plus <strong>Jeremy Seymour</strong> on early retirement and <strong>Dr Sharon Holland</strong> on apprenticeships

Peppy, a B2B digital health platform has announced a £6.6m Series A funding round. The investment was led by Felix Capital with previous investors including Outward VC, Seedcamp and Hambro Perks also participating. The investment will be used to scale Peppy’s existing menopause, fertility, pregnancy and early parenthood support and introduce a range of new services for others, including men’s health. Onto accelerates the UK shift to electric vehicles All-inclusive electric vehicle (EV) su...

LATVIAS COVID-19 APP CONNECTS TO EUS INTEROPERABILITY SYSTEM Latvias contact tracing app, Apturi Covid (Stop Covid) has connected to the interoperability system for other contact tracing apps in the European Commission. This will allow the Apturi Covid app to warn and notify a user if they have come into contact with an COVID-19 infected person when in Germany, Italy, Ireland and Spain. The European Commissions solution enabled interoperability of EU member states contact tracing apps last mont...

CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON ROBOTICS RESEARCH CENTRE   Construction has started on a research facility for robotics and AI, based at Heriot-Watt University’s Edinburgh campus, the National Robotarium. The facility is supported by a £21 million funding from the UK government, and £1.4 million from the Scottish Government as part of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal. Expected to open in spring 2022, the National Robotarium will create innovative solutions to global challenges...