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Caring for people and caring for the planet share a common goal: creating the conditions for a better, more sustainable future. Reflecting on a recent DHI workshop exploring digital health, care and net zero, this thought piece considers the role of social care in environmental sustainability, the opportunities for digital innovation, and why collaboration, shared learning and better evidence are essential to shaping the future of care.

Nicola Cooper, Head of Digital Futures, Scottish Care Across Scotland, considerable time, energy and resources are invested in innovation. Projects, pilots and research programmes explore how technology might improve care and support, generating valuable evidence, practical learning and promising approaches. Yet turning those approaches into everyday practice remains a persistent challenge. It's something I've been thinking about for some time, drawing on my experience acros

When I joined the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) in 2015, digital health and care was still an emerging field. While enthusiasm for technology’s potential was abundant, there was much less certainty about how innovation would scale, how services would adapt, or what the future workforce might need.

There are moments in your career that remind you why international collaboration really matters.

Scotland's social care sector is not short of innovation. The challenge lies in making sure that digital innovation travels, scales and creates impact beyond the organisations and communities where it begins.

DCCS Delivery Group member Ron Culley, Chief Executive of Quarriers shares a leadership perspective on the opportunities of digital in social care.

In mid-April, leaders from across Moray’s business, public and third sectors came together at the Rural Centre of Excellence at Moray UHI for a focused business breakfast. This was not to discuss another strategy, but to test something far more ambitious.

Reflections from the Scotland Net Zero in Health Care Conference exploring how sustainability in health and care goes beyond carbon reduction to reshape systems, with digital innovation playing a key role in delivering a more sustainable future.

At DHI’s recent event with the Scottish Women in Science network, Janette Hughes Director of Planning and Performance at DHI reflected on the experiences that have shaped her career.

Women are central to the momentum behind the Rural Centre of Excellence. Across Moray, women give their time and perspectives through Living Labs workshops and engagement sessions, speaking candidly about their experiences of rural health and care.

This International Women’s Day feels particularly special for me as I mark 30 years since starting my career in the NHS.

One of DHI’s roles in SUMIT is to ensure people are at the centre of the innovation process and that lived and living experience drives change.

OpenAI’s new private health experience brings personal records and wearable data into conversational AI. There are lessons for personalised health and care here

Digital health and care innovation and sustainability go hand in hand and DHI has established Net Zero as one of our 7 Priority Action Areas as identified in our 10 Year Strategy.

This month marks National Diabetes Awareness Month, a timely opportunity to spotlight the digital health innovations being accelerated within the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI).

The Rural Centre of Excellence for Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) in partnership with Health & Social Care Moray (HSCM) hosted an Occupational Therapy Community Appointment Day at Elgin Community Centre.

On World Mental Health Day, we’re celebrating the work of the Digital Mental Health Innovation Cluster and the positive steps being taken to shape the future of mental health care.

A recent evaluation of the digital pain assessment tool, PainChek, by a team at Edinburgh Napier University suggests it could improve the way pain is identified and managed for people with dementia in Scottish care homes.

63-year-old Fleming McNiven from Broxburn spent 40 years sitting behind a desk as a chartered accountant before the desire to “give something back” took hold. So, when the chance to volunteer at St John’s Hospital in Livingston came up during Covid, he threw himself into it. Fleming works Tuesday mornings in the outpatient department for ophthalmology, diabetes, and podiatry and on a Thursday morning at the hospital’s main entrance reception.

Developing a national harm reduction app to enhance digital support for people with lived experience of substance use.