{"id":18589,"date":"2025-04-21T10:38:34","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T08:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/drones-could-deliver-nhs-supplies-under-uk-regulation-changes\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T10:38:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T08:38:34","slug":"drones-could-deliver-nhs-supplies-under-uk-regulation-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/drones-could-deliver-nhs-supplies-under-uk-regulation-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Drones could deliver NHS supplies under UK regulation changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New rules would allow flights beyond visual line of sight limit, enabling remote prescription deliveries as well as offshore inspections<\/p>\n<p>Drones could be used for NHS-related missions in remote areas, inspecting offshore wind turbines and supplying oil rigs by 2026 as part of a new regulatory regime in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>David Willetts, the head of a new government unit helping to deploy new technologies in Britain, said there were obvious situations where drones could be used if the changes go ahead next year.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/apr\/21\/drones-could-deliver-nhs-supplies-under-uk-regulation-changes\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/dfdba159774f1adebe861abd505f1bf628324f88\/0_232_3500_2101\/master\/3500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=9acf3529a5aea7271692fae9e633d37f\" title=\"Drones could deliver NHS supplies under UK regulation changes\" \/>New rules would allow flights beyond visual line of sight limit, enabling remote prescription deliveries as well as offshore inspections<br \/>\nDrones could be used for NHS-related missions in remote areas, inspecting offshore wind turbines and supplying oil rigs by 2026 as part of a new regulatory regime in the UK.<br \/>\nDavid Willetts, the head of a new government unit helping to deploy new technologies in Britain, said there were obvious situations where drones could be used if the changes go ahead next year. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New rules would allow flights beyond visual line of sight limit, enabling remote prescription deliveries as well as offshore inspections Drones could be used for NHS-related missions in remote areas, inspecting offshore wind turbines and supplying oil rigs by 2026 as part of a new regulatory regime in the UK. David Willetts, the head of &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/drones-could-deliver-nhs-supplies-under-uk-regulation-changes\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Drones could deliver NHS supplies under UK regulation changes<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18589"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}