NHS Digital figures show that the number of people accessing talking therapies for conditions such as anxiety and depression through the NHS has increased by 21.5 percent from 2020-2021 to 2021-2022. The report, entitled ‘Psychological Therapies: Annual Report on the use of IAPT services, England 2021-22’ provides information on the […]
Author: Amy Archer-Williams
NICE makes conditional recommendation on wearable devices for Parkinson’s
The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has made conditional recommendations on five wearable technologies that could help improve symptoms and quality of life for people with Parkinson’s disease: The Personal KinetiGraph Movement Recording System from Global Kinetics Corporation, a watch that measures movement and is intended to […]
HTN Now: CareFlow Medicines Management on managing controlled drug records
At our September edition of HTN Now, we were joined by Dan Hinchley, Business Development Manager and Pharmacy Technician for CareFlow Medicines Management (CMM). Dan joined us to discuss how drug records can be controlled with CMM’s Careflow Controlled Drug Manager, a single digital solution offering organisational efficiencies, compliance with […]
Interview: Chris Mason, CIO at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Chris Mason, Chief Information Officer at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (WUTH), joined HTN for our latest interview. WUTH is one of the largest and busiest acute NHS trusts in the North West of England, serving a population of more than 320,000. Operating three hospitals at two sites […]
Thérèse Coffey sets out new plan for patients
New Health and Care Secretary, Thérèse Coffey, has set out ‘Our plan for patients’ to build on the NHS winter plan and outline measures across “the priorities that matter most to patients”, including ambulances, backlogs, care, doctors and dentists. The plan from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) […]
New partnership set to accelerate detection and diagnosis of health conditions in Greater Manchester
A new strategic partnership between Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), Siemens Healthineers and The University of Manchester (UoM) is set to accelerate Greater Manchester’s capacity to detect and diagnose health conditions disproportionately affecting the city’s population. Through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalise the relationships between the three […]
Featured interview: Open Medical’s Director of Innovation Piyush Mahapatra on cloud technology
This September, we’re taking a focus on cloud here at HTN. We spoke to Piyush Mahapatra, Director of Innovation at Open Medical, for a featured interview; Piyush discussed some of the cloud projects he has been involved in, how cloud technology can be used to support new clinical pathways and […]
The Reveal: Health Tech Awards 2022 Finalists
It’s that time of year again – the Health Tech Awards are here to share digital teams, programmes, innovations and health tech suppliers. Over the past few weeks the HTN team has worked with a fantastic team of judges, and we’re now delighted to share with you the finalists in […]
Interview: Dr Claire Fuller, Chief Executive Officer at Surrey Heartlands Health and Care Partnership
We recently spoke with Claire Fuller, Chief Executive Officer at Surrey Heartlands Health and Care Partnership, to get her thoughts on digital in primary care, the key skills needed by a digital leader, and her experience with her recent Fuller stocktake. Claire began by introducing herself and her role. I’m […]
Aotearoa New Zealand publishes digital strategy action plan for 2022-2023
Aotearoa New Zealand’s digital government, focusing on how to “meet [people’s] needs using technologies, data and changes to government culture, practices and processes”, has the week published their digital strategy action plan for 2022-2023. Noting that digital technologies hold significant opportunities to foster productivity, sustainability and inclusivity, the Digital Strategy […]
