Following on from our HTN Festival, which explored different topics across the world of digital healthcare, we were joined by Jaki Taylor (Director of Nottinghamshire Health Informatics Service), Nikki Turner (Interim Director for Digital Services at Nottinghamshire University Hospitals NHS Trust) and Alexis Farrow (Digital Programme Director for Nottingham and […]
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HTN Digital Primary Care: Dr Minal Bakhai and Dominic Vallely on improving the digital journey for patients
A session at HTN Now: Digital Primary Care was led by Dr Minal Bakhai, National Director for Primary Care Transformation at NHS England, along with Dominic Vallely, User Experience Lead at Digital First Primary Care Unit, NHS England. Minal and Dominic joined us to discuss how the digital journey for […]
Dr Penny Kechagioglou on embedding innovation in modern healthcare
Dr Penny Kechagioglou, Chief Clinical Information Officer and Deputy Chief Medical Officer at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, wrote about embedding innovation in health and care in this blog for HTN. The UK National Health Service is facing significant challenges due to the ageing population, and the higher cost of […]
UCL-led research develops AI algorithm to detect epileptic brain abnormalities
A team of international researchers led by University College London have developed an artificial intelligence algorithm said to detect and report subtle brain abnormalities which can cause epileptic seizures. The Multicentre Epilepsy Lesion Detection (MELD) project used over 1000 MRI scans from 22 global epilepsy centres to develop the algorithm. […]
University of Glasgow research explores human-machine interfacing
Researchers from the University of Glasgow aim to find a new way to monitor and measure the tiny signals created when nerve cells transmit information to skeletal muscles, through EU-funded research project MAGNABLE. It is hoped that the project could enable future generations of prosthetic limbs to respond directly to […]
NHS England publishes 2022-2023 business plan with focus on digital
NHS England has published its business plan for 2022-2023, setting out their work in responding to pandemic challenges, transforming delivery of health and care through collaborative system working, and using data and digital technologies. To begin, the business plan outlines ten key areas in which improvements will be delivered. Digital will […]
News in Brief: £20m funding for staffing tool, wound care app to launch, CIOs join advisory board…
Welcome to our latest news-in-brief! For this edition we cover the news of £20 million in funding for Patchwork Health, a growing industry advisory board, a new app to support wound care in Cambridge and Peterborough, a move to the cloud for the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, and tech to distract […]
Dr Penny Kechagioglou on digitising patient reported outcome measures
Dr Penny Kechagioglou, Chief Clinical Information Officer and Deputy Chief Medical Officer at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, kindly shared her thoughts on digitising patient reported outcome measures in a blog for HTN. The UK digital transformation wave is mainly characterised by the roll-out of electronic health records and is […]
Interview: Ross Fullerton, Chief Digital and Information Officer at BOB ICS
For our Digital ICS event, we spoke to Ross Fullerton, Chief Digital and Information Officer at Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care System (BOB ICS). Ross kindly joined us to discuss his experiences in digital work with relation to his ICS, some of the challenges he has faced, and his learnings […]
Industry view: what would ICS digital success look like in three years?
Earlier this year, we sent out a survey asking what success in digital transformation looks like to a wide range of health and care professionals. When the answers came in, themes included the need for collaborative working, both in terms of culture and with regards to implementation of electronic patient […]


