North East and North Cumbria ICS has published its strategy for providing data capability to support health and care projects for service improvements, new innovations and research. It’s ‘Trusted Research and Evaluation Environment strategy’ aims to support joint collaboration between health, care and academic institutions, using governed processes and a data […]
Month: June 2021
Wales invests £25 million in diagnostic equipment
The Welsh Government has announced £25 million will be invested in diagnotisc technology across all its health boards. The funding will be used to purchase imaging and diagnostic equipment such as CT scanners, gamma cameras, and MRI and fluoroscopy x-ray imaging rooms. It’s hoped the investment will help healthcare providers […]
Health Tech Trends Series 2021: the most successful technologies adopted
Our Health Tech Trends Series 2021, which is supported by InterSystems, continues with a reflection on some of the technologies our readers think have been successful in their organisation. In April, we sent out a survey to you – our audience – asking readers to respond to a series of […]
PRSB updates care planning standards for community mental health care
The Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) has updated its personalised care planning standard for adults in the community living with severe mental health conditions. Produced to support community mental health care, the standard provides a model for person-centred care, supporting planning and the information that should form part of the […]
Interview Series: Kam Sidhu, Interim CIO, Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS FT
In our latest interview in the series we sat down with Kam Sidhu, Interim CIO at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust. We talk about the various digital programmes in-flight at the trust, digital literacy, digital inclusion, strategy, learnings and lots more. Can you tell me about your […]
BLG Data Research Centre launches new funding round for data analytics projects
The ESRC Business and Local Government Data Research Centre is set to launch a new funding round for data analytics research projects. Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ERSC), and based at the University of Essex, the centre is encouraging applications from healthcare organisations and companies for grant-funded […]
27 trusts to introduce app to support patients coping with Long COVID
The University of Leeds, Leeds Teaching Hospitals and Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trusts, and digital health company ELAROS, have developed an app to support patients with Long COVID. Developed to enable patients to self-report their symptoms, the app will track the impact their symptoms are having on their daily living and […]
HTN Now: 4 live sessions not to miss
With only 12 days until the next HTN Now event in the series, here we highlight four sessions to look out for. We recently made 2,000 free passes available for any NHS employed professional wishing to attend one session or more. To claim your ticket, please register here >. At […]
NHS Digital appoints new chief nurse
NHS Digital has announced the appointment of Jo Dickson as its new Chief Nurse. Jo joins NHS Digital from Nuffield Health, where she held the role of Clinical Informatics Director and Chief Clinical Information Officer. Previously she held roles at The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust as the Lead Nurse Informatics […]
Interview Series: Richard Stubbs, CEO at Yorkshire and Humber AHSN
In the latest of our interview series, which sees us chat to influential figures from the UK health tech and innovation sphere, we caught up with Richard Stubbs, Chief Executive Officer at the Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network (AHSN). Also, as a Vice Chair of the wider AHSN […]
