The Priory Group, the independent mental healthcare provider, has partnered with My Possible Self to make mental health support through its app more accessible. The app offers support for mental health issues, including stress and anxiety, as well as problem drinking and gambling. It helps users to manage anxiety, tackle depression, reduce […]
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Royal College of Midwives calls for a Digital Midwife in every maternity service
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has launched a new positioning statement to call for a Digital Midwife in every maternity service in the next 12 months. The trade union, which represents the majority of practising midwives, has called for every trust to recruit or train Digital Midwives to lead […]
Health Tech Trends Series 2021, we would love to hear from you!
The HTN Health Tech Trends Series, sponsored by InterSystems, is back for another year. The HTN team are now working on the next two features in the series and we would love your help to answer three questions. We would like to understand your organisation’s digital maturity, the extent to […]
NHS trust and CCG websites compared for accessibility
Silktide, a company that compares millions of websites, has analysed NHS trust and CCG websites for usability, including content, accessibility, marketing, mobile, social, speed, and legal compliance. The Index, a league table, has been created showing how organisations in various industries compare for web accessibility. North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS FT, […]
Case Study: NHS trusts choose digital patient records for realisable benefits and transformation
Feature by CCube Solutions Over a number of years and decades, at CCube Solutions we have been supporting NHS Trusts realise tangible benefits as part of their transformation programmes focused on patient records management. Realisable benefits include: Instantly available Medical History Improvements in staff & patient Safety Avoids unnecessary admissions […]
News in brief: NHS trust virtual singalongs, online COVID-19 training passes 2m milestone
This week we’ve covered International Women’s Day events, the new colon capsule launched by the NHS, and a Snapchat AR collaboration on World Kidney Day, as well as many more stories in health and tech. But there’s always more to share, so here are the rest of the best, featuring […]
13 trusts across Cheshire and Merseyside connect to National COVID-19 Chest Imaging Database
A consortium comprising of 13 trusts across Cheshire and Merseyside has worked with Royal Philips to create a regional hub for the National COVID-19 Chest Imaging Database (NCCID). Launched in January 2021, the regional hub has been used across the organisations to connect to the NCCID. The database is part of a programme […]
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh introduces digital letters
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WWL) has gone live with a digital appointment letters service. The trust has partnered with Dr Doctor and Synertec to launch a solution to send appointment letters to patients in a digital, and physical, format when suitable. Synertec, a company focused […]
Categories announced for the Health Tech Awards 2021
HTN is delighted to announce the categories in the Health Tech Awards 2021. The awards, now in the fifth year, aim to share and celebrate digital teams, programmes, innovations and health tech suppliers that have made a difference across health and care. Following an open invitation last month, we announced the first […]
12 innovations selected to join the NHS Innovation Accelerator
12 innovators have joined the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) for the year, a programme to support innovations scale across health and care. This year technologies range from tools to support the workforce, mental health and COVID-19 responses, including remote patient monitoring, to diagnostics and virtual clinical training for staff. The […]
