Northampton General Hospital (NGH) NHS Trust has announced the selection of its preferred electronic patient record supplier, with Nervecentre chosen to deliver a ten-year programme to “create exciting new opportunities to transform healthcare services at NGH and propel the trust’s digital capabilities to HIMSS level 5 and beyond.” The trust […]
Month: December 2023
NHS contract awarded to scale up virtual wards across West Yorkshire ICB
Inhealthcare has been awarded an NHS contract to scale up virtual wards across West Yorkshire. The new contract will see the company working with NHS West Yorkshire ICB to roll out a range of clinical services, with an aim to make improvements in areas including early discharge, reducing avoidable hospital […]
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust sets date for EPR go-live
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust is to go live with its electronic patient record, encompass, on 6 June 2024, as part of plans to provide every person in Northern Ireland with their own health and social care record. The trust previously supported South Eastern Trust in their own roll-out […]
NHS England December board focuses on operational, financial, digital primary care and Federated Data Platform
The NHS England board met on 5 December to discuss operational and financial performance, to provide an update on the Federated Data Platform, and the role of tech in the delivery of the primary care access recovery plan. During the board’s meeting, Dame Emily Lawson, interim chief operating officer, offered […]
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS pilot informs national guidance for ECGs in mental health
A pilot project from Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust which saw portable ECG devices used to monitor community patients on certain antipsychotic medications during the pandemic, has helped to inform to national guidance around ECGs. Through the pilot project, which spanned three months, patients could place the device […]
Virtual “pill school” launched at Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals
Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, part of Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust, has shared that their ‘pill school’ – designed to help children and young people move from liquid medication to tablets – has been made available virtually, with staff praising how the virtual offering means that young […]
North East and North Cumbria ICB reports on progress made in digitising social care
North East and North Cumbria ICB has reported on the progress made towards digitisation of social care, following nearly £2 million in funding from the Department of Health and Social Care that has been distributed across the region to support adult social care in the transition to digital records and […]
Functionality updates to Patients Know Best portal at University Hospitals of North Midlands
University Hospitals of North Midlands has updated the functionality of their Patients Know Best (PKB) online portal, with the addition of two new services for lymphoedema outpatients and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients along with a weight management questionnaire. The lymphoedema service offered through the portal is designed to support […]
News in brief: digital health assessments in Birmingham, online staff appreciation hub in London, AI mental health support in Hertfordshire, and more
Let’s take a look at some of the health tech news that has taken our interest recently from across the NHS. New system of digital health assessments in Birmingham Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has revealed that it is trialling a new system of digital health assessments, which asks […]
VR software creates “immersive environment” to help young people with stammer in Barnsley
Barnsley children’s and adult’s speech and language therapy team at South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is utilising virtual reality software with the aim of supporting children and young people who stammer, providing them with an immersive environment in which to practise “everyday speaking situations in a safe space […]
