A report titled “Cancer Services in Wales: A review of the strategic approach to improving the timeliness of diagnosis and treatment” has been published by the Auditor General for Wales, outlining that “despite increased investment, there is a continuing failure to meet the national performance targets for cancer”, highlighting risks […]
Month: January 2025
Feature: Building confidence in AI telephony tools for primary care
By Max Gattlin, Commercial Director, X-on Health The latest NHS England figures show that general practice delivered a record 38.6m appointments in October 2024 (or more than 40m if you include COVID-19 jabs), that’s the highest ever one-month total on record. Alongside this, primary care struggles with overwhelming demand and […]
Launching the HTN AI and Data Awards!
We’re officially launching the HTN AI and Data Awards, to share and celebrate how these technologies are making an impact across health and care. The awards programme is designed to provide a platform for projects and innovations that are helping to shape future services and to showcase how AI and […]
Kidney Beam secures £610k investment to support virtual kidney care
UK health tech startup, Kidney Beam, has received £610,000 in seed funding to help with improving virtual kidney care. The Kidney Beam app offers a range of physio-led virtual exercises, education, nutrition and wellbeing programmes specifically designed for people with kidney disease. With the funding, Kidney Beam plans to expand […]
Mid and South Essex ICB board highlight digital and data in supporting total triage, whole system stewardship, modern general practice, resilience, and more
The latest board papers from Mid and South Essex ICB have highlighted the impact of digital tools and data in supporting a number of different projects and priorities, including total triage, whole system stewardship, modern general practice, emergency preparedness, resilience and response, and more. In the area of primary care, […]
Digital Health and Care Wales to procure £5m audit solution
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) has shared a prior information notice for the procurement of a ‘National Intelligent Integrated Audit Solution’, with a budget of up to £5 million. The aim of the audit solution is to “monitor user access to the NHS Wales single patient record” and to […]
NHS England shares update on SNOMED International proposals for description length limit
NHS England’s Terminology and Classifications Delivery Service has shared updated details of SNOMED International’s planned changes to Fully Specified Name and Synonym descriptions, which propose an extension to the current maximum limit from 255 to 4,096 characters. In a blog post accompanying the announcement, SNOMED International called for feedback, launching […]
HTN Now: South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust present an overview of their latest virtual reality project
For a recent HTN Now webinar, we welcomed Saj Kahrod, assistant director for the National Blueprinting Programme at NHS England; and Kelsey Dunning, resuscitation officer at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, and project lead for Enabling Effective Learning Environments: Digital Placement, Enhancement and Expansion with Virtual Reality. Saj […]
AI Opportunities Action Plan to establish AI growth zones, unlock data assets, support vendors to scale, promote trust and adoption
The UK Government has published its AI Opportunities Action Plan, accepting recommendations for expanding computing capacity, establishing AI growth zones, unlocking data assets, and sharing alongside a proposed delivery timeline. In a foreword, Prime Minister Keir Starmer highlights the “defining opportunity of our generation”, outlining the potential of AI to […]
New report offers recommendations to unlock value of Scotland’s public sector personal data for public benefit
The Scottish Government has published a response to a report commissioned from an independent expert group on ‘Unlocking the Value of Data’, focusing on maximising the value of “Scotland’s public sector personal datasets in secure, ethical and transparent ways, to realise public benefit”. In a Ministerial Foreword, Richard Lochhead, Minister […]
