NHS Property Services (NHSPS) has published their Green Plan for 2022-2025, underlining their commitment to reducing its environmental impact and promoting sustainable healthcare now and in the future. Here we will take a look at the Green Plan, focusing in particular on the role of digital and data. The plan […]
Month: June 2022
University of Manchester launches trial to monitor psychosis digitally
A smartphone app using digital data collection to predict if an individual will relapse into psychosis is set to be trialled across the UK in a £12.5 million study. The remote data collection system was developed by researchers at the University of Manchester. It combines active and passive symptom, emotional, […]
HTN Now: a close look into the Great North Care Record
Our final session at the HTN Now event focusing on electronic patient records, strategy, transformation and change was delivered by Doctor Phil Stamp. Phil is an A&E Consultant and also the Regional Clinical Safety Officer for the North East and North Cumbria ICS and the Great North Care Record (GNCR). Phil shared […]
North East and North Cumbria ICS outline sustainability focus
North East and North Cumbria ICS (NENC) has published its first green plan, sharing an ambition to become the greenest region in England by 2030. In their strategy, they outline the action they are taking to reduce their environmental footprint by reducing waste, using electric vehicles, converting to more sustainable […]
Allied Health Professions new strategy with digital and data focus
An Allied Health Professions (AHP) strategy for England has been released entitled “AHPs Deliver” which is set to support the 14 distinct occupations of the AHP workforce. The purpose of the strategy is to provide a direction to the AHP community, with the aim of delivering quality care, improving health […]
BCS Health and Care releases report on building a clinical satnav
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, has published a report entitled “Building a clinical satnav for practitioners and patients”, produced by authors Jack O’Sullivan, Jeremy Wyatt and Philip Scott. The report calls for computer-driven support for diagnosis and other clinical decisions to become a mainstream part of the NHS. “There […]
Northern Care Alliance to assess root cause and lessons learned from IT issues
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust has confirmed the “IT issues affecting a number of clinical and non-clinical digital IT systems have now been fully resolved.” The Royal Oldham Hospital, Fairfield General Hospital in Bury and Rochdale Infirmary (run by the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust), and North Manchester […]
Moderna to build innovation and technology centre in the UK
An agreement has been made between Moderna and the UK government to build a research and manufacturing centre in the UK. The new Innovation and Technology Centre will develop mRNA vaccines for a wide range of respiratory diseases, including vaccines for COVID-19 aimed to protect against multiple variants, and “significantly […]
Nordic region to share unified digital health standards
A digital health and evaluation criteria programme has launched across Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland, with an aim to unify digital health standards. Developed to provide standardised regulation or risk management across the Nordic region, as well as supporting the adoption of health technologies on a large scale, the Nordic […]
HTN Now: system-wide access to patient records
At our two-day HTN Now event, focusing on electronic patient records, digital strategy, transformation and change, we were joined by Vijay Magon, CEO of CCube Solutions. Vijay led a session discussing how digital medical records are in daily use, can improve patient care, and save money. He began the session […]
