NHS Digital figures show that the number of people accessing talking therapies for conditions such as anxiety and depression through the NHS has increased by 21.5 percent from 2020-2021 to 2021-2022. The report, entitled ‘Psychological Therapies: Annual Report on the use of IAPT services, England 2021-22’ provides information on the […]
Month: September 2022
NICE makes conditional recommendation on wearable devices for Parkinson’s
The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has made conditional recommendations on five wearable technologies that could help improve symptoms and quality of life for people with Parkinson’s disease: The Personal KinetiGraph Movement Recording System from Global Kinetics Corporation, a watch that measures movement and is intended to […]
Trusts to introduce new app to reduce asthma attacks
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and the James Paget University Hospital are working with health tech supplier Aseptika to introduce a new app said to help reduce asthma attacks. The project aims to reduce hospital admissions for children and young people at high risk of an asthma attack and is open to […]
Cambric launches image transfer tech for GP practices
Cambric Systems, a supplier of healthcare patient data software, has launched a solution to support GPs in sharing clinical images when referring patients to specialist services. Intended to be used by GP practices and clinics, the company is introducing the tech to support the transfer of clinical images, whether a […]
News in Brief: tool prioritises vaccine need, digital cancer care platform at Guys & Thomas, funding from InnovateUK supports healthy ageing, and more
It’s been a very busy week in the health tech community – join us for our News in Brief to catch up on some of the top stories from the past few days. Guys and St Thomas collaborate with Careology for digital cancer care platform Guys and St Thomas NHS […]
HTN Now: CareFlow Medicines Management on managing controlled drug records
At our September edition of HTN Now, we were joined by Dan Hinchley, Business Development Manager and Pharmacy Technician for CareFlow Medicines Management (CMM). Dan joined us to discuss how drug records can be controlled with CMM’s Careflow Controlled Drug Manager, a single digital solution offering organisational efficiencies, compliance with […]
Camden and Islington NHS publishes annual report and digital priorities
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust has published its annual report for 2021/22, which details its successes over the past year along with continuing ambitions and improvement aims, including its digital strategy. The report set out four key aims to reduce health inequalities, improve outcomes for service users, eliminate unwarranted […]
International researchers propose framework to improve use of healthcare data in studies
An international team of researchers have proposed a framework to improve the integrity and quality of studies using structured healthcare data from electronic health records, along with using the results for clinical decision support. Published in The BMJ, Lancet Digital Health and European Heart Journal, the approach was coordinated by […]
Three integrated care systems join for large shared care records project
Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System (ICS), Coventry and Warwickshire ICS and Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICS, have joined to deliver shared care records using InterSystems HealthShare®. The programme includes 365 GP practices, hospital trusts, mental health and community trusts, local authorities, an ambulance trust, hospices and a prison service. The […]
NHS England publish supporting GPs this winter plan with focus on data and digital
NHS England has outlined plans and actions to support general practice and primary care networks this winter. A letter from Dr Amanda Doyle, National Director, Primary Care and Community Services, sent to GP practices and primary care networks, highlights a series of actions to increase capacity outside of acute trusts, […]
