An upgrade to the Welsh Nursing Care Record (WNCR) has seen eight separate databases replaced with a single national instance, in a move hoped to bring efficiencies in managing, updating and applying new features, as well as improvements in patient care, patient access, and access to information across NHS Wales. […]
Month: January 2024
Sciensus acquires patient app and physician support platform Vinehealth
Pharma services business Sciensus has acquired Vinehealth, a cancer-focused health tech business offering a patient app and physician support platform, in a move designed to expand Sciensus’s digital and patient support offering. Vinehealth was founded by former NHS physician Rayna Patel and data scientist Georgina Kirby, with the website sharing […]
Engagement invited on new draft primary care strategy launched in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West
Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) ICB is inviting the public to have their say on its draft Primary Care Strategy, which has the aim of transforming general practice, community pharmacy, optometry and dentistry. The strategy tackles challenges facing primary care including high demand, reduced access to services, ageing populations, […]
NHS England £16 million opportunity for “Tiger Teams” to support EPR delivery
NHS England has published a £16 million prior information notice for the provision of “Tiger Teams” to support electronic patient record delivery. Defined as “a partner to create an experienced, multi-skilled, rapid response intervention service”, it aims to support the Frontline Digitisation programme, enabling healthcare providers to implement an EPR […]
HTN Now: Delivering innovative new models in community healthcare
For HTN Now, we were joined by a panel of experts for a live discussion on delivering innovative new models in community healthcare. Delving into the dynamic landscape of community healthcare delivery, and exploring key strategies for a successful transition to a remote-first model, we discussed how by harnessing software and […]
GOSH joins consortium of children’s hospitals to collaborate on decentralised data ecosystem
Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has announced that it is part of a consortium of six leading European children’s hospitals, who will be working together to advance research on children’s health, collaborating on data management to develop new therapies for children and support new technologies such as AI in healthcare […]
Digital-first provider Livi launches “all-in-one primary care solution”
Digital-first healthcare provider Livi has announced the launch of a new ‘virtual practice partner’, described as an “all-in-one primary care solution” combining clinical resources and appointment support with digital tools such as a patient app, websites, smart messaging and remote monitoring. Bryony Henderson, associate medical director at Livi, shares that […]
Northumbria Healthcare’s action plan to tackle climate change shares “digital by default” target
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has published a sustainability action plan to support aims to reach net zero for carbon emissions by 2040, with “digital by default” listed as a key target. As an ongoing objective, the action plan sets out a pledge to monitor ongoing savings from the Digital […]
Headset and behaviour training app offered as depression treatment option in Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is offering a headset and behaviour training app as a treatment option for patients with depression, with the ‘Flow’ headset delivering transcranial direct current stimulation treatment and patients using the app to control the headset and monitor progress. The app contains training modules on topics […]
£7.5m in grant funding from Innovate UK for development of virtual regulation networks
£7.5 million in grant funding has been made available from Innovate UK for Scottish innovators and science collaborators looking to link up and support the development of new tools, data sets and “approaches that enhance regulatory decision making”, with InnoScot Health encouraging organisations to apply for funding of up to […]
