Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has moved to a ‘digital by default’ approach with regards to outpatient letters, with director of transformation Phil Luke highlighting hopes that the move will “dramatically reduce the amount of paper waste and cut down on carbon emissions” as part of efforts to […]
Author: Amy Archer-Williams
HTN Now: Think Healthcare on the journey of NHS cloud telephony from transition to transformation
At our digital primary care event, we were joined by Dave Mills, head of Think Healthcare, for a webinar focusing on the ongoing journey of NHS cloud telephony from transition to transformation. Dave explored the journey for sites who have recently started the migration to advanced cloud telephony along with […]
Government announces budget for long term growth including funding for NHS digital transformation
The ‘Budget for Long Term Growth’ has been announced today by the UK government, sharing plans for the NHS to receive a £2.5 billion day-to-day funding boost for 2024/25 along with £3.4 billion in capital investment over the forecast period “to invest in new tech and digital transformation”. The plan […]
Featured interview: “We don’t believe there is such a thing as digital or physical healthcare; it’s just healthcare” Kalle Conneryd Lundgren, COO at Livi
For our latest interview, we sat down with Kalle Conneryd Lundgren, chief operating officer at Livi (known as Kry in Sweden and Norway). Kalle discussed the health tech provider’s offering, work in the UK and beyond, and aspirations for the future. Hi Kalle! Can you tell me a bit about […]
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust achieves HIMSS Stage 7
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has achieved HIMSS EMRAM (Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model) Stage 7, confirming that the trust has met “the highest international quality standard for excellence in digital and data”. The achievement follows an on-site assessment this week which saw HIMSS inspectors observing as […]
Central and North West London NHS awards contract for digital neurodevelopment assessments
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a contract for digital neurodevelopment assessments with an estimated value of £749,000 to online mental health, autism and ADHD service provider Healios. Healios is described as offering a range of mental health assessments and treatments for children and young people […]
NHSE leadership competency framework highlights need to recognise and champion digital, data and tech
NHS England has published a leadership competency framework for board members, setting out the need to “recognise and champion” developments in data, digital and technology in order to support long-term transformation. The framework centres around six leadership competency domains, including driving high-quality and sustainable outcomes; setting strategy and delivering long-term […]
Data linkage, app development and a rare disease prevalence tool: exploring the England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2024 report
The Department of Health and Social Care has published the main report for the England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2024, with digital, data and technology noted as an underpinning theme to four key priorities: helping patients to get a final diagnosis faster, increasing awareness of rare diseases among professionals, better […]
2024/25 GP contract places focus on role of data from digital telephony systems
NHS England has published the arrangements for the GP contract in 2024/25, highlighting changes around the data from digital telephony systems and vaccinations services as well as the need to use digital tools to identify catchment areas. In 2024/25 practices will be required to provide data on eight metrics around […]
News in brief: VR app for blood transfusion training, cyber security e-learning, online kidney donor education, and more
Welcome to our latest news in brief, where we take a look at some of the health tech news to have caught our eye over the last few weeks. NHS Blood and Transplant releases VR app for blood matching NHS Blood and Transplant has announced the release of a virtual […]
