Author: Jo Henderson
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ORB named North West regional finalist in the UK StartUp Awards 2026
Founded by Dr Danny Glover and Dr Steven Whatmough, health-tech start up ORB has been recognised for building technology that improves access to health information and supports safer, more connected care. Date: 14 April 2026 ORB has been named a North West regional finalist in the UK StartUp Awards 2026 in the Technology StartUp of…
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Case Study: Using NHS Medical Records to Support Safer Weight-Loss Treatment
David Haddrell, 58, from Swindon, is using Mounjaro as a once-a-week injection tolose weight and has now lost over 44kg in six months. He believes that people whowant to use weight loss jabs should always be able to get medical advice from adoctor who checks their NHS medical records. When David Haddrell – who is…
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Case Study: Real-Time NHS Record Access Gives a Mum of Two Confidence to Start Medication
Aimee Bishop, a bank employee and mum of two who lives near Bristol, recently saw her NHS GP and mentioned she had always struggled with her weight. Within days she was seeing another private GP who prescribed Mounjaro, but Aimee says she wouldn’t have ahead with it if her private GP had not been able to check her full NHS medical records…
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Case Study: MessageGP.com and ORB Connect
Transforming Private GP Care Through Secure, Efficient Digital Access Dr Arpit Srivastava, an experienced NHS GP and Clinical Director in North Swindon, has dedicated nearly a decade to both primary care and clinical governance, with additional contributions to NICE’s Technology Appraisals Committee. Alongside his NHS role, Dr Srivastava and his wife regularly found themselves providing informal medical advice to friends and…
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ORB x Patient.info partnership
ORB Connect partners with trusted medical advice website patient.info, bringing seamless patient record sharing to 8 million monthly users, who can now access their NHS records and share them with private practitioners through the ORB Connect platform London, UK. Strictly Embargoed to Tuesday 14th October 2025 – ORB Connect, the health tech solution enabling patients to digitally share their full NHS records with private practitioners, has today announced a partnership with award-winning U.K. medical…
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ORB Rx launches
ORB launches ORB Rx as the first complete medicines management system with secure, compliant prescribing to elite professional sports. The secure platform harmonises and integrates reporting data via multi-level, live dashboards plus built-in Global DRO, digital prescriptions and Athlete Passports London, UK. Strictly Embargoed to 12 NOVEMBER 2025 – ORB, the sports physician-founded digital health…
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ORB Connect launches
People living in England can now opt to share full details of their GP-held patient records outside of the NHS, so that private providers can see the records and pre-prepare their consultations for the first time. London, UK. Strictly Embargoed to July 30, 2025 – NHS patients in England can opt to share their full medical records held…