The Department of Health and Social Care has selected Norfolk County Council, Medway Council and Lambeth Council as test sites for the digital NHS Health Check, with the platform to be trialled with a small number of patients in early 2025. The pilot will see the platform offered to eligible […]
Author: Amy Archer-Williams
NHS England to extend digital purchasing system for digitisation of Lloyd George records
NHS England has published a procurement notice highlighting plans to extend the existing digital purchasing system (DPS) to support in digitising Lloyd George records in GP practices, with “suitably experienced and qualified suppliers” invited to join the DPS until August 2026. The opportunity is split into three lots; the first […]
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership opens engagement around commercialisation strategy and delivery model for Wales
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership Procurement Services (NWSSP-PS) has published a prior information notice seeking expressions of interest from industry partners to help shape a “comprehensive” commercialisation strategy and delivery model for Wales, aiming to help realise commercial value from NHS innovation activities. By engaging with the industry around the […]
Jersey’s Health and Community Services updates on electronic patient records, e-referrals, e-prescribing
The Gouvèrnément d’Jèrr (Government of Jersey) Health and Community Services have shared the 2024 annual report for quarter two, providing an overview of the department’s improvement plans and performance reporting for the year in key areas including its electronic patient records programme, e-referrals, e-prescribing, and progress on waiting times and […]
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust rolls out paediatric vitals electronic system
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has rolled out the paediatric vitals electronic system at Princess Royal Hospital’s paediatric unit and emergency department as well as the emergency department at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, as part of efforts to improve the tracking of deterioration in children. The digital system allows staff […]
EPR selected for Yorkshire and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals and Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust have announced their preferred supplier for their integrated EPR systems, with Nervecentre to deploy its cloud-native platform for both trusts. Nervecentre’s EPR offers software-as-a-service architecture and access to real-time electronic patient records on mobile devices. The […]
NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme and Alzheimer’s Society launch dementia innovation support
NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme (CEP) and Alzheimer’s Society have partnered to develop the Dementia Innovators programme, a pilot designed to explore ideas with the potential to support dementia care from professionals inside and outside the NHS. Health and social care staff taking part in the programme will receive learning opportunities […]
NHS Shared Business Services shares framework agreement for insourcing of clinical services
NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) has developed a framework agreement focusing on insourcing of clinical services, designed to offer a “compliant route” for NHS trusts to source and procure services at their own site, supporting the NHS in securing extra clinical capacity to meet increased demand and enabling trusts to […]
Audience views: biggest concerns for AI in healthcare, and the barriers to responsible AI
Following on from our recent panel discussion exploring whether the reality of AI can live up to current hype and how bias in healthcare data can be managed, we posed two follow-up questions to our audience to discern views around AI concerns and perspectives on barriers to responsible AI. Firstly, […]
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICS shares insight into primary-secondary interface work
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICS has shared insight into work aiming to improve the way primary and secondary care work together, with more than 80 projects reported to have taken place in the space since the formation of a dedicated primary-secondary care interface group in September 2021. Dr Alun Harcombe from […]
