West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) has received accreditation from NHS England and NHS Improvement as part of its Global Digital Exemplar (GDE) programme. In 2018 the GDE programme, to support improvements in patient care through digital technology and information, opened to three ambulance trusts: South Central Ambulance Service NHS FT, West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS […]
Author: Amy Archer-Williams
NICE recommend digital self-help programme Sleepio to treat insomnia
Digital self-help programme Sleepio has been recommended to treat insomnia by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). The tool provides tailored digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), using tech such as AI to tailor its support through the app. A six-week self-help programme is used to […]
Wirral University Teaching Hospital publishes new research and innovation strategy
Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) has released its new strategy focusing on the role of research and innovation up to 2026. Dr Nikki Stevenson, Medical Director and Deputy CEO, opens the strategy by describing how it “sets out our intention that research and innovation will be recognised as integral to […]
Video: Ideal Health on building the digital workforce for HTN Digital ICS
As part of HTN Digital ICS we welcomed Ideal Health, who offer strategic consultancy, project delivery and specialist resources to support health and social care organisations as they navigate digital transformation, for a session focusing on building the digital workforce. Senior Digital Transformation Associate Alison Walker joined us, along with […]
Video: Supporting the ICS virtual ward agenda
Next up as part of our Digital ICS event line-up is Inhealthcare, a recognised leader of patient remote monitoring technologies who work closely with NHS organisations to deliver digital transformation at a strategic level. For this edition of HTN Now, we explored a range of topics relating to the development […]
Video: accuRx discuss working with digital suppliers for HTN Digital ICS
At HTN Digital ICS, digital leaders got together to discuss how they are tackling the challenges of system-wide working, sharing their own approaches and showcasing innovations supporting the formation and development of digital integrated care systems (ICSs). We were joined for the first session of the day by accuRx, a […]
MPs launch inquiry into government progress on digital transformation within NHS
A new inquiry into the government’s progress in achieving a digitally-enabled health system across the NHS has been launched by MPs, to assess progress to-date and the further steps required. The Health and Social Care Committee has set out 11 key questions to be addressed, that include ‘how the government […]
Citadel Health wins contract for laboratory system in Lancashire and South Cumbria
Citadel Health has been awarded a contract to implement a new Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) across all NHS pathology services in Lancashire and South Cumbria. With the contract now awarded, Citadel Health are set to work with Lancashire and South Cumbria Pathology Service to develop an implementation plan and […]
South Warwickshire NHS publishes Impact Report against levelling up measures
Last year, former education secretary Justine Greening launched the Purpose Goals, the UK’s first levelling up framework, designed to guide efforts on the drive for equality. This month, South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust has become the first UK organisation to publish an Impact Report sharing their social impact against the […]
NHS Transformation Directorate publish guidance on Robotic Process Automation
The Transformation Directorate at NHS England has published “Guidance for designing, delivering and sustaining Robotic Process Automation (RPA) within the NHS”, calling it a “national ‘how to guide’ to support effective and safe adoption of RPA [which] will present good practice on planning, delivering and sustaining RPA solutions and will […]
