The East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub, in collaboration with the National Ambulance Procurement Board, has awarded a framework agreement contract to five suppliers for the provision and support of electronic patient record systems, with an estimated value of up to £20 million, to be utilised by ambulance services […]
Author: Amy Archer-Williams
Royal Devon University Healthcare initiates new patient communications policy
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is in the process of developing a new Patient Communications Policy and is seeking patient input to help shape it, through a digital survey which requests feedback on ten proposed communication principles. The proposed principles include a need to ask all patients about […]
£6.4m investment for Pathology Laboratory Information Management System at North West Anglia NFT
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust has announced the go-live of a new laboratory information management system for pathology services at Peterborough City and Hinchingbrooke Hospitals, supported by a £6.4 million investment from NHS England, with the trust sharing benefits such as reduced reliance on paper, delivery of faster results, […]
National telehealth roadmap for 2024-2027 launches from eHealth Ireland
Ireland’s Health Service Executive has published the HSE Telehealth Roadmap 2024-2027, sharing a strategic plan for addressing the challenges, promoting the adoption of telehealth solutions and outlining “the key building blocks for digital healthcare transformation”. A series of key aims and actions are shared under those building blocks, which are […]
October virtual ward data shares capacity and occupancy across ICBs
NHS England has published the latest figures for the capacity and occupancy of virtual wards across integrated care boards. Noting that the statistics are “classified as experimental”, NHSE shares data on capacity, occupancy percentage and capacity per 100,000 of the adult population. The ambition, as set out in the plan […]
Ideagen acquires compliance management platform
Ideagen, provider of software solutions for regulated industries, has announced that it is acquiring Australian-based all-in-one compliance management platform Op Central. Op Central’s AI-supported solution is said to be capable of creating standard operating procedures and processes, along with supporting learning materials and distributing them to multiple locations. On the […]
NHS England publishes £307m tender for New Hospital Programme
NHS England has published a tender with an estimated value of £307 million for the appointment of a long-term programme delivery partner for the New Hospitals Programme. The partner is to provide expertise in scheme design, programme and project management and commercial expertise, in order to allow the New Hospitals […]
Additional funding for GP practices where digital telephony has lower functionality than national standards
A letter from Dr Amanda Doyle, national director for primary care and community services for NHS England, has highlighted additional investment for GP practices where digital telephony has “lower functionality than the national standards”, with calls for ICBs to validate their practice eligibility and send proposals in by 5 December […]
Medway Council Public Health opens tender for NHS Health Check software
Medway Council Public Health has opened a tender for digital software for NHS Health Checks to be delivered in GP surgeries in Medway. The procurement notice states that the software provider will need to be able to demonstrate previous experience of successfully delivering NHS Health Check software, and is required […]
AI trial leads to altered care plans for over 300 cardiac patients in Oxford
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has shared news of an artificial intelligence tool that researchers hope has the potential to improve treatment for patients undergoing CT scans for chest pain, with a trial leading to clinicians altering treatment plans for more than 300 patients. For the purposes of the study, […]
