Insights

NEC Health’s AI Algorithm Validated in Landmark Lancet Study for NHS Diabetic Eye Screening

A groundbreaking study published in The Lancet Digital Health has delivered the world’s first large-scale, independent evaluation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in diabetic eye screening, confirming that commercial AI systems can be both safe and equitable for NHS use. 

Transforming criminal investigations with AI-enabled facial recognition

Facial recognition has become an essential technology for law enforcement and government agencies. Retrospective facial recognition system is an ideal tool for this fast-paced world, because it helps officers to identify suspects in a fraction of the time. 

Reducing the stress and cognitive load in the Control Room

PRO-MAPP Wins Digital Innovation Award at Advancing Healthcare Awards Cymru 2025

NEC Health’s PRO-MAPP has been recognised for its groundbreaking work, winning the Digital and Technology Innovation Award at the Advancing Healthcare Awards Cymru 2025.

NEC Health to sponsor the 2025 AI in Orthopaedics and MSK Conference

NEC Software Solutions will be sponsoring and exhibiting at the AI in Orthopaedics and MSK Conference 2025, taking place on 1–2 December 2025 at 10 Union Street, London. 

Improving the working day for Wrexham’s revenues and benefits team

To sustain local government, we must all step up

Putting council finances on a stable footing will require more than economies of scale, says executive director Roger Birkinshaw. Partners like us need to work harder too. 

Helping Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing to free income officers from manual tasks

Delivering Oxfordshire’s Resident Support Scheme to avoid and relieve financial crises

Improving patient outcomes: How better use of data can help the NHS achieve its 10-year plan

Improving patient outcomes is the central ambition of the NHS’s long-term plan. Achieving it at scale though depends not just on clinical excellence, but on how effectively the system uses data. Every decision, from prevention and diagnosis to treatment and resource allocation, relies on access to accurate, connected information. 

Can commercial innovation transform control rooms?

New technology is unlocking potential worldwide, but the pace of development sits in stark contrast to the speed of adoption in control rooms. Could the way we buy and sell software be holding us back? Ian Hillier from NEC Software Solutions explores how new commercial approaches might accelerate the benefits.  

Crucial technology for front-line policing to enhance investigations and protect the vulnerable

The two key use cases for Facial Recognition technology in policing, live and retrospective, are becoming more and more proven and trusted with many police forces ensuring their ethical and transparent usage of the technology is widely communicated and understood.