Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, partnering with CCube Solutions, is moving its electronic document and records management system (EDMS) to CCube’s cloud-based EDMS platform, CCube Cloud. The move will see the trust upgrade its EDMS from a locally hosted and locally managed platform, to EDMS as a cloud service, […]
Author: Amy Archer-Williams
NHSE priorities and operational guidance for 2024/25 emphasises need for “strong digital foundations”
NHS England has released priorities and operational planning guidance for 2024/25, with “strong digital foundations” highlighted as “essential for transformation, supporting access, quality and productivity”. Regarding the technology investment announced in the spring budget, NHSE states that “robust plans” will be developed in collaboration with systems, and adds that measurement […]
Join HTN for webinars in April: engaging your board and workforce with buy-in, the future of patient portals, and more
April is shaping up to be a busy month for HTN, with seven webinars and virtual panels across the month exploring various health tech topics, with more information – and links to register – available here. Our first webinar will be held on 11 April (12:30pm), focusing on how to […]
NHSE board highlights planned development of digital workforce plan, digital maturity as a priority, and more
The NHS England board met on Thursday last week, with discussion emphasising the need to digitally support the workforce and highlighting increased digital maturity as a priority over the next two years. As part of the board meeting, the national director of digital channels summarised progress to date around the […]
Digital health and data across the ICS regions in 2024: London
Digital health and data across the ICS regions in 2024: London Welcome to the first edition of our new feature series, exploring the current state of play for digital and data across the integrated care system regions. First up, we’re taking a look at the capital, following our spotlight piece […]
Plans for increased digitalisation highlighted in South East London ICS estates and infrastructure strategy
For our latest strategy focus, we’re taking a look at the estates and infrastructure strategy from South East London ICS, with digital noted to play a role in two key estate objectives – working towards net zero estate by 2040, and making smart use of estate through utilisation of technology. […]
NHS Education for Scotland shares plans to update digital platform and review existing architecture
The latest learning and education strategy from NHS Education for Scotland (NES), set to run until 2026, shares a number of plans with a digital focus including updating its digital platform and holding a review of existing data architecture. Within the strategy, NES states that its purpose is to be […]
Online guide from NHS Providers to serve as roadmap for tackling health inequalities
NHS Providers has launched an online guide designed to support NHS board members in tackling health inequalities, with the aim of the resource acting as a “roadmap” to enable people to “champion health equity and create positive change”. The guide includes a self-assessment tool covering 25 questions around data, evidence […]
Tech to support social care: expansion of 4D imaging to detect falls, medicine monitoring system and more
The UK government has announced the launch or expansion of projects stemming from the Adult Social Care Technology Fund, including the use of 4D imaging to detect falls; medication monitoring to support patient safety; and pain assessment tools and “robotic pets” to support communication challenges and independent living. The wider […]
DHSC publishes prior information notice for interoperability architecture to support social care data sharing
The Department of Health and Social Care has published a prior information notice highlighting an opportunity for market engagement activities around the planned procurement of an interoperability platform to support adult social care. The platform or services will be intended to support data sharing between digital social care record systems […]
