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NHS launches UK’s first Covid-19 test drone delivery service
The NHS has launched the UK’s first Covid test drone delivery service in Scotland. Argyll & Bute Health & Social Care Partnership (HSCP) has begun carrying Covid test samples and other medical materials on drone delivery flights between medical facilities in the Argyll & Bute region. Following a proof-of-concept phase last year, the three-month…
Skyports to transport medical supplies using drones
Drone delivery service provider Skyports has collaborated with Vodafone and digital consultants Deloitte to transport medical supplies and samples for the NHS in Scotland using drones. The live flights will take place later this year. The Skyports-led project was selected following a drive to find space-enabled technology and services that can support the NHS response to coronavirus in…