Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has introduced an online symptom checker tool, designed to help patients understand and manage their musculoskeletal symptoms. Physio Checker aims to support patients understand the type of pain they’re feeling and points them in the right direction for finding the best care. Users are prompted […]
Month: July 2025
Cambridge University Hospitals launches self-assessment eye test
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has launched DigiVis DVA, a web application which allows patients to test their own vision while they wait for their eye appointment and keep track of their own eye health at home. Developed by Dr Louise Allen, a consultant paediatric ophthalmologist at the trust, […]
William Lumb, Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB’s CCIO discussion paper on how to meaningfully transform health and social care through digitisation
William Lumb, Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB’s CCIO, has shared a discussion paper on LinkedIn, providing thought on how to meaningfully transform health and social care through digitisation of whole system patient flow in two to three years. In a 10-page piece, the CCIO discusses some of the key challenges […]
Home Office 2030 Digital Strategy outlines eight strategic shifts around AI, automation, data, digital skills
The Home Office has outlined eight strategic shifts to guide efforts to transform digital services and deliver improved outcomes over the next five years in its 2030 Digital Strategy. In particular, its focus is on using AI and automation, investing in systems and platforms, cyber security, use of data, and […]
NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB launches website offering support and advice to neurodivergent people
NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB has developed and launched a new website offering support and advice to neurodivergent people of all ages, to help them with navigating a range of health systems and services across the region. Minds of All Kinds works as a central hub for neurodivergent people, offering […]
Norfolk and Waveney University Hospital Group plans clinical data repository
Norfolk and Waveney University Hospital Group is planning a procurement for a clinical data repository, which will be used for data migration and archiving within their MEDITECH EPR programme. According to Norfolk and Waveney, the clinical data repository will provide a database for the consolidation of data from various clinical […]
AI-simulated PPIE panels using large language models being explored by NHS Golden Jubilee
A new approach has been created utilising AI-simulated and demographically representative patient and public involvement and engagement panels, designed to enhance public voices and overcome challenges around recruitment, geography, and inclusiveness. Developed by an NHS Golden Jubilee volunteer, Andrew Steele, the approach incorporates AI large language models and UK Census […]
WHO highlights importance of new roles, training, effective data management, and infrastructure to support personalised medicine
A report on personalised medicine published by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies has pointed to the importance of new roles and training for new technologies, along with the effective use of data, and investment in infrastructure. Whilst personalised medicine has the potential to “revolutionise the way care […]
HTN primary care region series: North West
Primary Care Region Series: North West Welcome to our primary care region series, where we explore the latest on digital and data in primary care from each of the seven NHS regions in turn. In this instalment, we turn our attention to the North West region, where we cover digital […]
£1 million AI evaluation project begins in Scotland
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, NHS Lothian and AI evaluation company Aival have begun testing the technical performance of AI tools as part of a £1 million project looking at how well AI integrates with existing clinical systems and workflows. Funded by Innovate UK, the project aims to assess the […]
