Join HTN at our one-day online event focusing on electronic patient records! Taking place on 21 February, the event is open to all to attend – register for your free ticket now to discuss, discover and learn about the latest happenings in health tech. Through the event, a range of professionals […]
Month: February 2023
Department of Health and Social Care publishes medical technology strategy
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published a medical technology strategy, setting out how they will ensure that the health and social care system can “reliably access safe, effective and innovative technologies.” DHSC has worked with partners across the industry, the government and the healthcare system to […]
HTN Now: Agilio Primary Care and My Locum Manager on tackling recruitment and retention challenges
At the latest HTN Now: Digital Primary Care event, we were joined by Dr Surina Chibber, Co-Founder of My Locum Manager (MLM), and James Stephenson, Commercial Director at Agilio Primary Care. Surina and James delivered a webinar on the staff retention challenges currently facing primary care, discussing how their respective […]
NHS England board meeting shares update on tech and data projects
Last week NHS England held a public board meeting at which key technology and data projects from NHS Transformation Directorate were discussed. An update on a range of programmes were shared, including the frontline digitisation programme, federated data platform, shared care records, patient access, waitlist management, and other areas. Electronic […]
SBRI Healthcare’s Accelerated Access Collaborative awards £6m to 18 innovations
SBRI Healthcare, part of NHS England’s Accelerated Access Collaborative, has announced that £6 million has been awarded to 18 innovations designed to improve patient care, save money and support NHS green plans. SBRI (Small Business Research Initiative) Healthcare is an AAC initiative: a partnership between patient groups, government bodies, industry […]
HTN Now Digital Primary Care: Generated Health and BLMK ICB on Florence and BP@Home
At HTN Now: Digital Primary Care, we were joined by Dr Jonathan Sergeant, Chief Medical Officer of Generated Health, and Matthew Davies, clinical pharmacist within the medicines optimisation team at NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK) ICB. Generated Health run Florence, an intelligent messaging platform that communicates with patients […]
Judges announced for the Health Tech Awards 2023!
HTN is delighted to announce the first group of fantastic judges confirmed to support the Health Tech Awards 2023, sponsored by CCube Solutions. Following an open invitation just over 24 hours ago, we were overwhelmed with the response from the health tech community. We wanted to bring together a wide […]
University College London Hospitals outlines digital role in Net Zero Strategy
University College London Hospitals (UCLH) NHS Foundation Trust has released a new strategy entitled ‘Critical Care For Our Climate: UCLH’s Net Zero Strategy’, including a focus on digital and technology. The strategy covers key areas including: clinical activity; procurement and supply chain activities; estates, facilities, technology and transport; education and engagement; […]
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals appoints new chief information officer
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals (BTH) has recently appointed a new chief information officer, Mark Singleton, to lead the organisation’s digital journey and be responsible for the data and digital systems and teams at the trust. Mark has recently spent the last nine years working at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals […]
HTN Now: a session with NHS England blueprinting team and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
For the final webinar of HTN Now: January, we were joined by Saj Kahrod, Assistant Director of Blueprinting from the NHS England Blueprinting Team, along with Sarah Atkins (Scan4Safety Nursing & Product Specialist) and Rachael Ellis (Director) from Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH). Saj, Sarah and Rachael kindly […]
