by Chris Norton, Managing Director, UK & Ireland, InterSystems The 42 Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) created under the Health and Care Act (2022), are founded on the principle of partnership. Embedded in the heart of every ICS is an integrated care partnership (ICP), a statutory committee jointly formed between the NHS integrated […]
Year: 2023
Poll: If you had additional funding, which area should be the priority for an ICS and digital across a system?
The latest question we posed to our health tech audience focused on people’s thoughts on investment priorities. We asked: If you had additional investment/funding, which area should be the priority for an ICS and digital across a system? 66 people took part in the poll, with participants from a wide […]
Feature: whatever way you slice it, connectivity holds the key to innovation for emergency services
Feature by Andrea Dona, Chief Network Officer, Vodafone UK Whatever way you slice it, connectivity holds the key to innovation for emergency services. It would be fair to say that 5G has so far been marketed as little more than faster speeds on your mobile. Most 5G promotion has focused […]
NICE recommends digital technologies for children and young people with anxiety
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended four digital technologies designed to children and young people manage symptoms of anxiety and low mood for use within the NHS. The technologies recommended by an independent NICE committee are: Lumi Nova (BfB labs) Online Social anxiety Cognitive therapy […]
Join us for our EPR event on 21 February
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 […]
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 […]
