On Monday 12th October the Government announced a new local approach to managing and containing the spread of coronavirus. It included the introduction of local COVID alert levels to ensure the right levels of intervention are targeted in the right places. To check the number of coronavirus cases in your area […]
Month: October 2020
HTN Voice: Mental health apps must win trust in how they use data if they are to achieve potential
By Evelina Georgieva, co-founder of Pryv As the long-feared second wave of Covid-19 begins to materialise across parts of Europe we are also seeing the continued growth of a second major concern; a global mental health crisis. Studies have found a huge rise in the number of people experiencing stress, […]
Digital health startup Numan completes £10M Series A
Numan, the online clinic built for men has closed a £10 million Series A funding round, led by Novator, along with Anthemis Exponential, Vostok New Ventures, and Colle Capital. The start-up launched in February 2019 to specifically support men take action when it comes to their health and wellbeing. The company […]
Cerner and Induction Healthcare partner to offer access to patient portal
Induction Healthcare and Cerner have agreed to partner to provide NHS trusts with access to the Zesty patient portal. The collaboration will also see the organisations develop a joint patient engagement solution, with an aim ‘to help NHS trusts deliver an easier, quicker and more efficient service for patients’. Through a […]
Royal Free London goes live with payroll app
Royal Free London NHS FT is the first to go live with a new payroll platform, following a collaboration between Earned, a mobile payroll app and NHS SBS. The Earned technology is being made available through the MySBSPay app to provide additional tools such as to support a ‘pay as you […]
SilverCloud Health and Dorset CAMHS offer new online approach to tackle teenage depression
Dorset Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services is working with SilverCloud Health to deliver a new digital mental health therapy programme to support young people with depression. The new programme, based on cognitive behavioural therapy, is supporting teenagers starting their GCSE and A level studies in the region by using interactive […]
Kettering General publishes cloud-first policy strategy
Kettering General Hospital NHS FT has published its cloud-first policy, part of the digital strategy for the organisation, outlining its plans to achieve a zero or minimal data-centre footprint by July 2024. Its cloud-first strategy highlights that from next year the trust will not look to procure new services that […]
Royal Devon & Exeter NHS FT goes live with EPIC over the weekend
At 4:45am on Saturday 10th October, the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust went live with EPIC, under the name MY CARE. The trust said the programme was the biggest clinical transformation programme they have ever undertaken, two and a half years in the making to the point of go-live. […]
Interview Series: Glen Burley, Chief Executive of South Warwickshire NHS FT, Wye Valley and George Eliot NHS Trusts
In our most recent edition of our popular Interview Series, we speak with Glen Burley, CEO across three NHS trusts: Warwickshire NHS FT, Wye Valley and George Eliot NHS Trusts. Glen described his entry to becoming a CEO, how his leadership style has changed and adapted during the pandemic, as […]
Southampton pilots AI software to support lung health checks
University Hospital Southampton NHS FT is running a pilot using artificial intelligence to help detect lung cancer at an early stage. The pilot is part of the NHS England Targeted Lung Health Check programme, a new initiative to improve early diagnosis and survival for those diagnosed with cancer. The programme at Southampton […]
