Somerset ICS has published its latest board papers, offering key updates on their cyber security strategy, with the aim to fulfil five objectives surrounding the reduction of cyber risks within digital healthcare. The strategy aims to ensure all organisations within the ICS are “compliant with the Network and Information Security Regulations […]
Month: February 2025
Primary care access recovery plan in Devon: £19 million digital savings, “good” progress, and tackling variation
NHS Devon ICB has shared an update on its Primary Care Access Recovery Plan (PCARP), highlighting “good progress” on delivery, a focus on tackling variation, and a potential saving of £19 million through digital advancements. “Devon continues to make good progress with the delivery of the PCARP and is in […]
Award-winning case study: Revolutionising skin cancer referral pathways
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) has won the 2024/25 HTN Health Tech Award for Health Tech Case Study of the Year for its groundbreaking collaboration with Isla Health. This partnership has transformed dermatology services by introducing remote care solutions for Community Lesion Imaging Clinics (CLICs), significantly improving patient access […]
£3 million awarded to innovations in children’s health including digital biomarker and digital passport for epilepsy
SBRI Healthcare has awarded £3 million to four innovations for children and young people’s health, including a handheld CO2 sensor for asthma, a digital biomarker for epilepsy, a digital health passport for epilepsy, and a non-invasive continuous glucose monitor for diabetes. Initially awarded funding for Phase 1 of the SBRI […]
Digital messaging platform Alertive secures £3.7 million investment to drive UK expansion
London and Derby-based digital messaging platform Alertive has secured £3.7 million from private investors to drive its UK expansion, announcing plans to “continue breaking down communication barriers within healthcare teams by integrating more third-party systems and enhancing workflows”. The platform has been developed to meet requirements for task management and […]
NHS Dorset board assurance framework explores risk around digital maturity
NHS Dorset’s board assurance framework, part of the ICB’s January board meeting, has explored risks around digital maturity as part of the strategic objective to improve outcomes to population healthcare, including insufficient resources, challenges around EHR, and a lack of progress on research and innovation. The risk, according to the […]
BSW digital strategy to 2028 sets out digital design principles for system-wide approach, highlights efficiencies of scale, information sharing, and simplification of the digital estate
Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire’s (BSW) digital strategy to 2028 has set out a series of digital design principles to guide a system-wide approach, highlighting priorities including efficiencies of scale, information sharing, and simplification of the digital estate. “A key design principle of the BSW Digital Strategy […]
Guidance issued by MHRA to develop safeguards, regulation and evaluation of digital mental health technologies
New guidance has been published by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), focusing on developing safeguards, regulation and evaluation for UK digital mental health technologies including mental health apps, AI-powered assessments, and virtual reality therapy. It notes that “some DMHTs qualify as software as a medical device (SaMD), and […]
Improving the health of your patient information white paper launches following NHS consultation
Specialist document management company, Restore Information Management has launched a white paper entitled ‘Improving the health of your patient information’. The publication follows a consultation process across the NHS, to detail the need for transforming the way patient records are managed across NHS trusts and to outline considerations and best […]
Neighbourhood health guidelines 2025/26 recognise population health management and care coordination tech
NHS England has published guidance for progressing and delivering neighbourhood health, asking ICBs to plan a neighbourhood health and care model, with an initial focus on people with the most complex health and care needs. It notes the need to develop a consistent, system-wide population health management approach and to […]
