A prior information notice has been shared by NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) regarding the procurement of cyber security services for an estimated value of £125 million. The notice shares how NHS SBS plans to put a framework agreement in place for the provision of cyber security services along with […]
Author: Amy Archer-Williams
“Major issues” with frontline digitisation programme and GP IT Futures programme government projects report
The latest annual report on the Government Major Projects Portfolio from the Infrastructure and Projects Authority has been published, with insights including an update that the previously established deadline of March 2025 for every NHS trust to reach a core level digitisation and capability “appears to be unachievable”. Of the eight […]
Deep dive: digital transformation and change in Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Sussex
Let’s take a look at the role that digital transformation and change take in three recently released strategies from integrated care systems. We’ll explore key areas of focus in the integrated care strategy from Derby and Derbyshire ICS along with Northamptonshire ICS’s five-year forward plan, both released last month, along […]
“The reduced burden of logging in is massive with single sign-on” County Durham and Darlington NHS Trust and Imprivata on mobility workflows
This week we hosted a webinar on driving innovation and digital adoption in the NHS, in which we were joined by Emma Arrowsmith, digital matron at County Durham and Darlington NHS Trust, and Daniel Johnston, who works as senior clinical workflow specialist and clinical safety officer at Imprivata in addition […]
Virtual wards, improved data use and standardisation take focus in first NHS Impact programme
The first of the NHS Impact programmes to be launched as part of an “opportunity for systems and their providers to engage in a customised improvement programme” sees NHS England share an online ‘maturity matrix’ to enable organisations to conduct self-assessment of services; a programme-specific website providing resources and guidance; […]
Reduction in internet-enabled therapy sessions from 2021 to 2023
A new statistical release from NHS England regarding NHS Talking Therapies (previously known as Improving Access to Psychological Therapies or IAPT) has highlighted that 45,668 internet-enabled therapy sessions took place over the course of April this year, a drop of 19.8 percent from April 2022. In April 2022, NHSE shared […]
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust goes live with shared care record
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust (MYTT) has gone live with the provision of data to the Yorkshire and Humber Care Record, assisting in the delivery of joined-up patient information to “support the provision of excellent clinical and social care and close data gaps across West Yorkshire”. The trust is sharing […]
NHSE progresses Discharge Ready Date data metric
NHS England has written a letter to ICB and NHS trust executives, directors and chief financial officers, providing guidance on collecting data for the development of the planned discharge metric. The letter reiterates the role of the new discharge metric, which was set out as a commitment in the 2023 […]
“Advancements in healthcare science and technology will change the future of the NHS” – exploring the role of digital in St George’s, Epsom and St Helier Hospital Group’s 2023-2028 strategy
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier Hospital Group (GESH) has published their group strategy for 2023-28, highlighting their ambitions around digital technology in improving environmental sustainability, supporting new models of care, increasing virtual consultations, and more. Firstly, the strategy sets the scene in terms of where the group is at […]
Study explores reliability of medical information provided by ChatGPT
A study published in the National Library of Medicine has assessed the reliability of medical information provided by ChatGPT, finding that the AI software scored well on description of condition, problems, symptoms or treatments, but scored low for quality of information – though overall comparable to static internet information. The […]
