For HTN’s latest interview, we spoke with Julian Coe, managing director at X-on Health, to discuss the future of the digital front door in primary care, including what good looks like, the importance of the user experience and approaches to improving primary care. We discussed complicated vs complex in primary […]
Month: April 2025
HTN Now panel discussion: Go-live best practices, key learnings and challenges
For a recent HTN Now panel discussion we welcomed experts from across health and care, including Sally Mole, digital programme manager at The Dudley Group NHS FT, Fhezan Ashraf, clinical configuration manager at The Dudley Group NHS FT, Stacey Spence, EPR programme manager at Medway NHS FT and Hayley Grafton, […]
DHSC seeks feedback on emerging ideas for change and NHS App
The Department of Health & Social has opened a call for feedback on emerging ideas for change, as part of the Change NHS initiative launched in October 2024. The NHS App and a single digital care record for patients, are in focus. Following more than 175,000 change idea submissions, a […]
Great Western Hospitals NHS FT introduces patient communication toolkit
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has launched a patient communication toolkit, with the aim to support patients with additional communication needs. The trust highlights the toolkit provides “a diverse collection of pictures and icons” to cover a range of everyday topics, designed to help patients when it comes to explaining […]
North Central London ICB digital diagnostics 5-year strategy focuses on digital workflows, data flows, and the potential for AI
North Central London ICB’s Digital Diagnostics Strategy for 2025 – 2030 outlines plans to upgrade infrastructure, digitise workflows, equip staff with “intuitive tools”, and leverage AI and advanced analytics. The ICB presents a roadmap for delivering digital diagnostics, with focuses for year one including single order comms for pathology and […]
Over £1.7m in funding awarded for tackling workplace barriers for people with poor mental health
SBRI Healthcare and the Health Innovation Network have awarded more than £1.7m to nine digital innovation projects designed to offer workplace support for individuals with poor mental health. The initiative comes as a result of SBRI Healthcare’s Competition 27: Work-related digital innovations for individuals with poor mental health, which saw […]
NHS Gloucestershire ICB exploring continuing healthcare digital system
NHS Gloucestershire ICB has published a prior information notice to explore procuring a continuing healthcare digital system, by opening a preliminary market engagement exercise. The ICB notes a number of key requirements for the system, including the ability to map the continuing care assessment process across all age groups, ongoing […]
HTN Now: Virtual consultations, best practices, successful adoption, and more
For a recent HTN Now webinar, we welcomed OX.DH founder John Kosobucki, who shared his insights into best practices around virtual consultations and user adoption, as well as using the national Microsoft tenant, and presenting case studies from OX.DH’s OX. waiting room component. The webinar began with John outlining how […]
HTN AI and Data Awards finalists revealed…
The Reveal… HTN AI and Data Awards Finalists The HTN AI and Data Awards share and celebrate how these technologies are making an impact across health and care. From health promotion, personalisation, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, interventions, and system efficiency, we highlight how AI and data tools are supporting health and […]
ICB framework focuses on Advice and Guidance maturity level, use and quality
Aiming to address “considerable variation in how Advice and Guidance is applied, delivered and monitored”, a framework intending to provide a tool to support ICBs on effective implementation has been published. From April 2025, all ICBs will be required to submit quarterly progress of Advice and Guidance, providing a maturity […]
