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Clive Flashman

@cflashman.bsky.social

Founder of Flashfuture Consulting & Bidshaper. Disrupting #digital #health #charities. CDO of Patient Safety Learning. Strategy Director, Orcha Health. Ex-Pres RSM Digital Health council

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Former nurse tackles β€˜UK maternal health crisis’ with Matresa Mari-Carmen Sanchez-Morris raises Β£315,000 to provide mothers with personalised, continuous care during matrescence

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20.02.2026 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Building openness, trust, and courage: the journey of the Patient Safety Management Network In this blog, Claire Cox, Associate Director at Patient Safety learning and chair of the Patient Safety Management Network (PSMN), describes how the PSMN is transforming from a community of interest t...

"Presence became the foundation. Even in silence, people began to sense that they were not alone in their work, their questions, or their uncertainties." www.pslhub.org/learn/cultur... #patientsafety

19.02.2026 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Medpal acquires Universal Pharmacy assets out of administration Listed firm enters online pharmacy market and triples robotic warehouse footprint as it secures approval from NHS England

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16.02.2026 10:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Optima Health to buy PAM Healthcare in Β£100m deal Acquisition is part of Optima’s strategy to hit Β£200m revenue and the deal will signal an exit for private equity investor LDC

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16.02.2026 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Evaro bags Β£18m 'to turn any brand into digital healthcare provider' NHS-licensed β€˜healthcare-as-a-service’ firm based in Norwich partners with period-tracking app Clue & sexual wellness retailer Lovehoney

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28.01.2026 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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OpenAI acquires health-care technology startup Torch for $60 million, source says Torch CEO Ilya Abyzov previously co-founded Forward, a direct-to-consumer primary care business that did patient visits with tech-enabled "CarePods."

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17.01.2026 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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MedPal AI links health app & pharmacy in 'UK-first' AIM-listed digital health company’s app now uses AI to analyse aggregated user health data in move that comes only months after its IPO

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08.01.2026 10:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cera launches AI agents to transform care delivery Rollout of agents, automating recruitment, staff cover and administrative tasks, to be licensed to other care providers

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08.01.2026 10:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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2025: A turning point for digital patient safety Clive Flashman is Chief Digital Officer at Patient Safety Learning. In this long-read article, Clive shares his reflections on the digital patient safety landscape and how it has developed in the last...

Was 2025 a turning point for digital patient safety? @cflashman.bsky.social shares his reflections on the digital patient safety landscape and how it has developed in the last year. www.pslhub.org/learn/commis... #patientsafety

08.12.2025 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, you are the OG 🐐

18.11.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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11.11.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Top picks: Mental health resources for patients and staff hub resources on mental health

Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay.

On the hub below is a set of resources, blogs and reports focused on improving #patientsafety across different aspects of mental health services and also supporting staff with their own mental health & wellbeing. www.pslhub.org/learn/patien...

10.10.2025 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Owlstone Medical awarded Β£39m to detect cancer early in US Cambridge-based MedTech will lead POSEIDON programme, which is aiming to detect solid tumours at Stage I using only breath & urine samples

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08.10.2025 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(4/4) And at 2.30pm @cflashman.bsky.social, our Chief Digital Officer, will be hosting a session on artificial intelligence and patient safety in the Roundtable Area.

07.10.2025 07:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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At my first healthcare event since I had spinal surgery in July, and it’s a good one @sehta.bsky.social

03.10.2025 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kevin Hart 'hyped' to lead Β£26m round for HealthTech Simple Life AI health coaching app raises Series B round led by Hartbeat Ventures to accelerate platform after hitting profitability & $100m 2024 revenue

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02.10.2025 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Online hospital’ to open in 2027, says PM Plans for a new NHS 'online hospital' service to deliver millions of appointments each year by "digitally connecting patients to specialist clinicians" are set to be unveiled by the prime minister today.

This has the same vibe as the Nightingale Hospitals during the pandemic. No detail on staffing and then there were no people to actually staff them, so they failed.

β€˜Online hospital’ to open in 2027, says PM www.hsj.co.uk/technology-a...

30.09.2025 07:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Patient Safety Learning: World Patient Safety Day 2025 Patient Safety Learning reflects on World Patient Safety Day 2025

Today is #WorldPatientSafetyDay!

In a new blog on the hub, we set out the need for a transformation in our approach to patient safety and consider this year’s theme, β€œSafe care for every newborn and every child”. www.pslhub.org/learn/patien... #WorldPatientSafetyDay2025 #WPSD2025 #WPSD

17.09.2025 06:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Inspiration share price flies as turnaround continues Listed MedTech, whose founder left last year, has seen remarkable recovery since new CEO was appointed in January

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20.08.2025 08:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Moving care out of hospital: what can England learn from other countries? With the 10 Year Plan for England having a strong emphasis on shifting more care out of hospitals and into the community, over the past year we have been studying other health systems which have had…

With the #NHS 10 Year Plan having a strong emphasis on shifting more care out of hospitals and into the community, we have been studying other health systems which have had the same goal. 🏘️

This blog by @sjanereed.bsky.social discusses what we can learn from Denmark and Ireland. πŸ‘‡
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11.08.2025 08:36 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oxford Nanopore founder & CEO to leave after two decades in role Gordon Sanghera, who has spearheaded University of Oxford spinout to FTSE 250 inclusion and market cap of Β£2bn, will depart at end of 2026

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11.08.2025 08:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Could have been worse. Could have been yours!

06.08.2025 09:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bristol HealthTech secures Β£1.9m to drive US expansion Wanda Health aims to reduce hospital admissions by collecting real-time health data from patients at home and alerting clinicians

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06.08.2025 09:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Patient barcode scanning in NHS hospitals: safety, snags and workarounds. A nurse’s perspective Claire Cox, Patient Safety Learning’s Associate Director, talks about the opportunities to improve patient safety and the risks associated with the use of barcode technology in healthcare

πŸ†•In a new blog on the hub today, our Associate Director @safetynurse999.bsky.social talks about the opportunities to improve patient safety and the risks associated with the use of barcode technology in healthcare. www.pslhub.org/learn/improv... #patientsafety

06.08.2025 07:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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TechMarketView Bringing you opinionated, authoritative research & analysis on the UK technology scene.

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01.08.2025 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sava Technologies raises Β£14m to commercialise wearable device London MedTech is developing real-time molecular health monitoring & reported positive results from clinical trial on diabetes patients

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31.07.2025 08:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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AI can’t hold your hand in ICU - BusinessCloud Shilvan Tavares, technical co-founder of The Wellbeing Doctors, on clearing bottlenecks that leave people stuck in delays & inefficiencies

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30.07.2025 10:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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FTSE 250 member Oxford Nanopore sees huge share price spike University of Oxford spinout sees 21% share price spike already today following release of H1 2025 results, which has revenues up at Β£105m

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21.07.2025 11:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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MICHELIN Genesis - a Hugging Face Space by immunobiotech This application helps create personalized recipes, dietary plans, and health guides based on user input. Users can ask for creative recipes, custom diet plans, or personalized recommendations by p...

Use AI to create customised menu plans and recipes

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16.05.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Long covid patients are desperate for treatments. These trials may help. Some trials are focusing on drugs that target the immune system, which is affected by different pathways to long covid.

On finding treatments for #LongCovid
β€œWhat’s so sad here is people are so desperate, and we don’t have anything [of so many solid candidates] validated."
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16.05.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 233    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

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