Our HTN Now event series aims to explore best practice and inspiration from across the NHS and beyond. Tomorrow, Tuesday 21 November, join us for a range of live and written content across topics including population hypertension management, ophthalmology, cancer care and more, along with a very special launch of […]
Author: Amy Archer-Williams
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust appoints new CDIO
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has announced that the new post of chief digital information officer will replace its director of digital position, with Dr Jason Bincalar to join the trust from January 2024. The trust says that the creation of this leadership post “reflects the significance […]
Panel discussion: patient engagement and communication “It’s about designing for usability, and easy user experience”
For our latest panel discussion, on the topic of patient engagement and communication, we welcomed a group of healthcare professionals including Dr Penny Kechagioglou, chief clinical information officer and deputy chief medical officer at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire; Dr A Raj Kumar, GP, deputy chief medical information officer at […]
News in brief: 64 trust receive AI funding, PIDMAS system launches, care planning tool for Southern Health, and more
Let’s take a look at some of the health tech news that have caught our eye recently. 64 trusts receive funding for AI solutions to support lung cancer diagnosis The UK government has shared that the previously-announced £21 in funding for artificial technologies to support the NHS has now been […]
NHSE begins national roll-out of Paediatric Early Warning System
NHS England has announced the national roll-out of the Paediatric Early Warning System process following a three-year pilot across 15 sites, as the result of collaboration between NHSE, the Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health, and the Royal College of Nursing. With many hospitals using systems already for paediatric […]
MHRA announces ‘regulatory sandbox for AI developers’ will officially launch April 2024
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has announced that it is progressing with a new “regulatory sandbox”, AI-Airlock, a partnership between government, regulators and industry “which will see advanced AI technology used in NHS settings safely ahead of regulatory approval”, in order to allow NHS patients to benefit […]
Northern Ireland South Eastern Trust goes live with EPR
Northern Ireland’s South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust has gone live with their new electronic patient record, encompass, in what the Department of Health calls a “digital milestone” marking the “culmination of over seven years of work to improve how health and social care is delivered across Northern Ireland”. […]
General practice care navigation guidance highlights role of digital tools
NHS England has shared a resource focused on how to improve care navigation in general practice, highlighting the importance of collecting structured information from patients along with the role of digital tools such as cloud-based telephony, online forms and consultations, and messaging software. Focused on understanding care navigation, the guidance […]
West Yorkshire Digital Ambassador Programme opens for applications to support understanding of digital tech in primary care
The West Yorkshire Digital Ambassador Programme, the result of a collaboration between West Yorkshire Digital Primary Care Collaborative and Health Innovation Yorkshire and Humber and designed to “strengthen the digital innovation, transformation and improvement skills of the primary care workforce”, has opened for applications. The course runs for nine weeks […]
Four ICBs currently meeting NHSE’s virtual wards target for end of 2023
NHS England has published the latest batch of information on virtual ward services in each integrated care board in England and at national level, with the data indicating that four ICBs are currently meeting the target for services to include 40-50 virtual ward beds per 100,000 adults by the end […]