Surgeons at Moorfields Eye Hospital and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust have used a robot to help perform a “delicate procedure” to remove a cancerous tumour from next to a patient’s eye. According to Moorfields, it’s believed the surgery is a “world-first” of its kind, and the operation […]
Month: June 2021
New data strategy to be published
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced that a new data strategy is to be published. In an announcement made this week, the proposed strategy will be released ahead of public and stakeholder consultations. It’s said to propose how patients will view their digital medical records and ensure […]
Leeds CCG working with Iatro on website accessibility
Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has been working with Iatro Partners, an intelligent platform company, to make digital primary care more accessible across West Yorkshire. According to a recent case study published by the Leeds-based company, 292 GP practices across six CCGs in West Yorkshire are now benefitting from the […]
Video: Real-world impacts of remote monitoring and digital tech
On the first day of HTN Now, we welcomed Inhealthcare to discuss remote patient monitoring, digital healthcare, and the real-world impact of these. Jamie Innes, Product Director for the health technology company, led the presentation. Jamie began by outlining the reach of the company’s scope: “At Inhealthcare we provide over […]
RPA supplier reports 24% growth
Blue Prism, a supplier of robotic process automation tools, has reported revenue growth of 24% in its recently published half-year report. Published on 17 June, the report highlights revenues up to £80.4m, from £66.6m in the first half of 2020. The company has seen bookings in the first half of […]
Women’s health charities part of collaboration to provide ‘information prescriptions’
The Cognitant Group, which works on health technology for patient empowerment, has partnered with a host of women’s health charities and healthcare providers to create ‘information prescriptions’. These will allow people to have “access to the right information, at the right time, in a format that is useful to them”, […]
Digital healthcare provider Livi rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC
Following inspection, Livi has announce it’s become first digital healthcare provider to be rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), England’s independent health and adult social care regulator. Livi, which was established in 2018, enables patients to see GPs and healthcare professionals via a video through their smartphone or […]
Video: Effective comms and opportunities to save clinician time
Time is a precious resource, particularly for frontline clinicians – so how can we save some for them? This was the theme of our lunchtime webcast on the third day of HTN Now June 2021. To discuss this, and the different types of communications that take place within hospitals and […]
NHS set to invest £52 million in fast-tracking online maternity records
Chief Nursing Officer for England, Ruth May, has announced that the NHS will invest £52 million to help speed-up the implementation of online maternity records. The investment aims to ensure that all women can have access to their maternity notes and information via either a smartphone or other device, by […]
Data and digital standards forms part of NHSE Integrated Care Systems design framework
NHS England has published a design framework for NHS leaders and organisations, to provide guidance and operational commitments from April 2022 – with a section also dedicated specifically to digital and data. Published 16 June, the document sets out the next steps for Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) to ‘seize opportunities […]
