This week on CTRL + Care Michelle and Katie share a near-miss cyber attack at Digital Care Hub, explorepilots in health and care, and ask why innovation so often gets stuck at the pilot stage.... They dive into the ethics of data, the importance of digital basics plus a hilarious humanoid robot story to brighten your day.

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

01:52 We almost had a cyber attack

07:35 Health Foundation - rollout of AI in health and care

14:33 Digital Wounds app in Cheshire and Wirral

19:17 Scottish Care - Ethical technology

24:26 Digital Inclusion Funding

26:37 Cyber Squirrel - Scottish accelerator invests in female led start-ups

27:54 Cyber Squirrel - first humanoid robot games

Links:

Nell Thornton from the health foundation: https://www.globalplayer.com/catchup/lbcnews/uk/episodes/BUqk555DFZ79vJk7qNfrvwmL8/ (2:26:30-2:31-30) / https://www.health.org.uk/press-office/press-releases/estimated-21-billion-required-over-next-5-years-to-digitise-nhs-and-adult-social-care-across-uk

Digital Wounds App
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT pilots digital wound app – HTN Health Tech News

Donald MacAskill – Ethical Technology in care article
https://scottishcare.org/storyholding-and-handing-back-the-pen-a-reflection-on-care-autonomy-and-ethical-technology/

Donald MacAskill Podcast

Digital Inclusion Funding
https://find-government-grants.service.gov.uk/grants/digital-inclusion-innovation-fund-2

Scottish accelerator invests in female led health start-ups
https://www.digitalhealth.net/2025/08/scottish-accelerator-invests-1m-in-female-led-healthtech-startups/

2025: World Humanoid Robot Games
https://en.people.cn/n3/2025/0818/c90000-20353835.html