Four frontline clinicians have begun a year’s informatics fellowship at NHS Digital to use their experiences as clinicians to support the design of a new generation of digital tools and services for NHS staff and patients. The fellows, from a range of care settings and professions, are pioneering a first […]
Month: April 2018
The Sound Doctor launches new diabetes library
The Sound Doctor has produced a short film urging people with minor ailments to visit pharmacies after it was revealed that 20 per cent of GP and A&E consultations are wasting NHS time and money. The Pharmacy Song is part of a campaign to encourage people to use patient information […]
Patients get the green light for smarter choices after latest GP pilot
A pilot system is now making it easier for GPs to understand the waiting times at hospitals for their patients. The e-traffic light system could help reduce hospital waiting times while offering patients a clearer choice of treatment and is set to be rolled out across the country after a […]
Pfizer champions innovative healthcare solutions
Following an oversubscribed first year, Pfizer Ltd has opened applications to the second cohort of Pfizer Healthcare Hub: London. The initiative, which began in 2017, helps established start-up companies, innovating at the cross-section between health and technology, to grow. The Pfizer Healthcare Hub: London is a part of a global network of […]
Baroness Tessa Jowell the first person to donate medical information to a new global database
Baroness Tessa Jowell has become the first person to donate her medical information to a new global database. The ex-culture secretary who has an aggressive brain tumour became the first person to sign up to the database, called the Universal Cancer Databank. “It is my hope that through my cancer journey […]
West Suffolk and Cambridge clinical information link is UK first
A technical breakthrough which links the electronic patient record (EPR) systems at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) has gone live in a UK first of its kind. At the push of a button, clinicians are now able to easily and securely access clinical […]
One hundred patients benefit from robotic surgery
The Royal London Hospital has now operated on one hundred patients using an innovative robot, funded by Barts Charity. Since the first robotic case in November 2017, over a hundred patients have now benefited from surgery using a Da Vinci Xi Robot, resulting in reduced pain, fewer complications and a […]
Hitachi Consulting participating in NHS England Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme
Hitachi Consulting in conjunction with Salford Royal Foundation NHS Trust and Salford CCG, has been awarded a pilot scheme by NHS England as part of Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme – digital stream. The aim of the national pilot is to establish whether digital technology can help people at […]
NHS Digital joins Open Data Institute in Leeds to promote innovation through data
NHS Digital is joining the Open Data Institute (ODI) Leeds as a sponsor to form a collaboration seeking to pursue innovation through data. The partnership between NHS Digital and ODI Leeds is being announced during ODI Leeds’ Showcase event at Leeds Digital Festival today (Monday 16 April). Both NHS Digital […]
Northern Ireland Trust installs logistics management platform
The Western Health and Social Care Trust is one of the first trusts in Northern Ireland go live with medical records management software Idox Health’s iFIT. The Western Trust has rolled out the solution to improve the filing, tracking and retrieval of medical records. The deployment will support the trust in […]
