NHS England has shared plans to spend up to £2 million in funding on “large-scale engagement events” to gather public views on digital and data transformation in the NHS, with the feedback to help shape how health data is used to improve patient care. Expected to begin in 2024, topics […]
Year: 2023
HTN Now: NHS England blueprinting team and South-West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust on EPMA in mental healthcare
At HTN Now, we were joined by the NHS England blueprinting team along with South-West London and St George’s (SWLST) Mental Health NHS Trust, for a discussion on EPMA in mental health, with a specific focus on prescribing and administering long-acting injections. Along with the blueprinting team’s co-chair Paul Charnley […]
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust goes live with new secure digital messaging platform
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with its new secure mobile digital messaging platform, Alertive, described as a secure digital platform “designed to empower healthcare staff, enabling them to seamlessly transfer critical information to the right person at the right time, every time”. Key features of the application […]
“Building a very low-friction data flow is key” – panel discussion on delivering remote care at scale
For our latest panel discussion on projects involving remote models of care, we were joined by Bruno Botelho, deputy chief operating officer and director of digital operations at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Becky Taylor, director for transformation and quality improvement at University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group; […]
Applications open for ICS £30 million tech fund
At the start of the month we covered the news that the Department of Health and Social Care was opening a £30 million funding programme which would invite integrated care systems to submit bids for digital projects; applications are now open, with the government stating that “project delivery is expected […]
Accurx integrates batch messaging with NHS App
Following a successful three-month pilot with 42 GP practices, health tech company Accurx has announced integration between two of its features with the NHS App: Batch Messaging, which allows practices to send the same text message to a large group of patients, and Batch Florey, supporting practices to send out […]
Patient education tools support Virtual Royal Infirmary Programme at Bradford Teaching Hospitals
Bradford Teaching Hospitals has shared updates from its Virtual Royal Infirmary (VRI) Programme, which focuses on delivering digital patient education tools across a range of specialties including paediatric surgery and fracture care. The tools include a paediatric surgery microsite, home to digital resources for parents and children and designed through collaboration […]
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare picks Sectra’s picture archiving and communications system
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare is the latest trust to join a collaborative of organisations across the Surrey and Sussex region to use Sectra’s imaging solution. The trust signed a deal in September to move to the solution, joining Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS FT, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, Queen Victoria Hospital […]
12 India based SMEs join Health Innovation Yorkshire’s boot camp
12 small to medium enterprises based in India, have been selected for Health Innovation Yorkshire and Humber’s Propel@YH Boot Camp, a programme designed to bring global health innovations to the region and to provide the SMEs with support and masterclass content delivered by a range of healthcare partners. The twelve […]
HTN Now: Dr Joseph Firth on digital lifestyle interventions in mental healthcare
At our HTN Now event focusing on digital mental health, we welcomed Dr Joseph Firth, senior research fellow at the University of Manchester and honorary fellow at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Western Sydney University. Joe is currently undertaking a UKRI-funded programme of research on digital lifestyle […]
