Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust board has highlighted digital in supporting its stroke recovery programme, recent EPR upgrades, progress with ambient voice technology, and a need for the trust to modernise systems going forward.
The digital stroke recovery programme is in place as a result of a partnership with iCareiMove, the trust shares. The 12-week programme, ReNeu, is designed to support people in the weeks following a stroke diagnosis, to bring together NHS physiotherapy and “evidence-informed digital delivery”, with live sessions, peer support, and learning resources. Due to its digital delivery model, the trust hopes it will improve accessibility for those experiencing barriers to traditional stroke care.
“Strong positive feedback” has paved the way for the extended trial of ambient voice technology, with work being done with NHS England on funding, and Limbic for Talking Therapies is expected to go live “within months”.
The board noted that work on the process for reporting Use of Force incidents to ensure compliance with the Use of Force Act is almost completed, focusing on integrating intelligence from the Rio EPR and the trust’s Ulysses incident reporting system. “This integration has removed the need for staff to duplicate documentation across both systems, significantly reducing administrative burden and improving data quality,” it explains. “From April 2026, clinicians will report all Use of Force incidents exclusively via Ulysses. Data captured through Ulysses will also directly inform the Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS) returns, ensuring a single, streamlined source of accurate and compliant reporting.”
On its risk appetite on infrastructure and digital moving forward, the board recognises the need to modernise “robust” systems in support of care quality and sustainability. In line with this, there may be a small amount of risk in upgrading or replacing digital systems. “We expect all digital and infrastructure services to operate to high standards, with clear contingency arrangements and rapid recovery from any issues,” it states. “We will only tolerate minor, short-term disruption where this is safely managed, linked to planned change, and recovered within agreed timeframes.”
Wider trend: The role of tech in supporting care
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust has reported on progress including work on implementing a new digital and data operating model and its plans for a 12 month automation programme focusing on low-level processes. Key leadership roles are now in place, the trust notes, ahead of a transition to the operating model designed to improve alignment between digital and operational teams and offer greater flexibility for changing organisational priorities. User acceptance testing has been completed for its electronic controlled drug record programme and the trust notes early results from ambient voice technology use, showing improvements in productivity and documentation quality, along with reduced admin burden for clinicians.
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust has started a six-week trial of ambient voice technology. The pilot is to run to 3 August 2026, with 40 clinicians taking part across a small number of areas including children and families, community health services, mental health services, and with some nursing colleagues. Patient consent will be sought and recorded prior to use, MPFT confirms, with clinicians to offer details on what is involved and how the tech works. Feedback will be collected from patients and service users taking part via an online feedback form.
A total of £11.1 million in funding has been committed to the launch of a wearables and remote monitoring innovation cluster in Greater Manchester; a partnership between Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, The University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University, and the NIHR Manchester Health Determinants Research Collaboration. The ambition is to help reduce barriers to innovation in wearable and remote health monitoring technologies by developing a simpler process to bring technologies to the market.
