NICE has announced proposals to “shake-up” its health tech programme, to change how medical devices, diagnostics and digital and AI health technologies are evaluated. Said to enable more products to be evaluated, the proposals suggest a process that involves “multi-tech assessments of products”, with an aim to support purchasing decision […]
Month: February 2025
North Central London ICB awards Kooth Digital Health online counselling and support service contract
NHS North Central London ICB has awarded a contract valued at £386,600 to Kooth Digital Health for the procurement of an online counselling and support service for children and young people. The ICB will use the service to provide people aged 11-18 years and vulnerable people up to 25 years, […]
Somerset ICB share key updates on their Recovering Access to Primary Care programme
Somerset ICB board has highlighted progress on its Recovering Access to Primary Care programme, noting digital progress against key deliverables ahead of the conclusion of the programme in March 2025. The ICB highlights that more appointments are being provided than before the pandemic, however its approach to access is wider […]
Surrey Heartlands ICB opens early engagement for digital patient engagement and inbound communication workflows
Surrey Heartlands integrated care board has opened an early engagement for potential providers to gauge the level of interest and explore the market for patient portal engagement and inbound communication workflows. According to the notice, the exercise will include the “development of testbeds and/or pilots for some products and functionalities”, […]
NHS England board on productivity, genomics, ICB delegated vaccination and screening services
The NHS England board meeting in February shared updates and outlooks on operational performance and productivity, the NHS Genomic Medicine Service, children and young people’s health, and vaccination and screening services. On digital, the update noted the continued focus for digital to drive productivity, including improving processes, optimising system capacity, […]
News in brief: University Hospitals Dorset collaborates on portable diagnostic device for skin cancer, robotics for “smart biopsies” at The Royal Marsden NHS FT
Here for HTN’s latest news in brief, we take a look at some of the latest news around digital and data from across the health service. University Hospitals Dorset collaborates on portable diagnostic device for skin cancer A collaboration between University Hospitals Dorset and Bournemouth University is aiming to identify […]
DHSC appoints Tom Kibasi to support drafting of 10 Year Health Plan
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced its direct ministerial appointment of Tom Kibasi, joint chair of three mental health and community NHS trusts, to provide “expert advice and support” on the reform agenda, including the upcoming 10 Year Health Plan. Kibasi acted as senior policy advisor to […]
Panel discussion: Transformation in women’s health; the role of digital and data in meeting healthcare needs and supporting transformation
For a recent HTN Now panel discussion, we were joined by expert panellists from across the healthcare sector to debate some of the key priorities and areas for the application of digital tools in women’s healthcare, as well as barriers to tech and the future outlook for digital in this […]
Feature: How to create capacity to help get through the backlog – today
By Aimee Wilde, Partnerships Lead, Accurx Amongst many other competing and urgent priorities, elective recovery is on the minds of most acute leaders right now. Restoring performance on the 18 week standard for elective care is also a central health priority for the Government and NHS England. The publication of […]
NHS England awards two new contracts to support development of NHS.uk and the NHS App
NHS England has awarded two new contracts to support the “delivery of large-scale public facing digital services”, for NHS.UK and the wider portfolio including the NHS App and Login. Technology consultancy company, BJSS Limited has been awarded a three-year contract valued at £37.5m to support the development of the NHS.uk […]
