University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) has been awarded a grant of £685,316 to test in clinical practice a new proof-of-concept machine learning algorithm designed to improve cancer care. The new algorithm – tested in collaboration with Durham University and health tech company Evergreen Life Ltd, and […]
Month: April 2022
Join us for the next edition of HTN Now [April 2022]
It’s nearly time for the return of HTN Now, a health tech tour in which we virtually visit different teams to find out what’s happening in the world of digital healthcare, and invite suppliers to share their news and innovations. Join us on 19 – 21 April for virtual discussion and […]
NHS England opens ‘Federated Data Platform’ market engagement
NHS England has opened a pre-market engagement process to develop a ‘Federated Data Platform’, ahead of an anticipated tender process up to the value of £240million. The organisation is holding an online session for prospective suppliers to take place 13 April, 2:00pm – 4:00pm. At this stage and before opening a […]
Feature: How Malinko is putting community services at the centre of NHS data strategy
As part of our focus on data strategy, HTN spoke to Malinko, to find out about their caseload management system, their partnership with NHS Wales, their goals for the future, and the importance of community health data sets for the NHS. We were joined for a virtual chat by Rob McGovern, Malinko’s […]
Nine NHS trusts trial VR psychological therapy trial
A clinical trial into the provision of psychological therapy using virtual reality (VR) across nine NHS trusts has highlighted ‘breakthrough success’. The gameChange VR programme, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and developed by researchers from the University of Oxford and Oxford Health NHS FT, focuses on […]
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals starts go-live to digitise patient records
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has started its go-live of CCube Solutions’ electronic document and records management system (EDRMS), as part of a significant investment in delivering digitally-enabled care. The project is part of a major change programme within the trust that will see 7500 clinical staff trained to […]
‘Better, broader, safer’ report published on use of health data for research
‘Better, broader, safer: using health data for research and analysis’ has been published, a report on how the safety and security of health data use can be improved. Professor Ben Goldacre was commissioned in February 2021 by the government to undertake the review. It is aimed at policy makers in […]
Opinion: Trusts to HIMSS5 by December 2023: will they make it this time?
Feature by Highland Marketing Health and social care secretary Sajid Javid has announced a new target to complete the digitisation of the acute sector. The Highland Marketing advisory board discussed the approach being developed by NHS England’s transformation directorate, and the challenges to making it work. In the first week […]
Grants available for care providers to test technologies for ageing population
Care providers are being invited to apply for grants of £75,000 as part of the Technology for our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation (TAPPI) project, led by the Housing Learning and Improvement Network, and the TEC Services Association. The purpose of the grants is to enable care providers to test […]
Significant rise in telephone appointments in general practice, NHS Digital data highlights
NHS Digital has published data this month on the number of general practice appointments held in February 2022, including the type of appointment. Comparing the total number of appointments with data before the pandemic, it shows over 2.2 million more general practice appointments were held in February 2022 than February 2019. […]
