Calderdale and Huddersfield Ltd, a subsidiary of Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, has opened an opportunity to procure a patient engagement portal. The contract is worth between £450,000 to £1,000,000, over a third year period, and has an aim to be implemented on or before 31st March 2024. The notice […]
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NHS England to launch digital tobacco apps framework
NHS England has opened a procurement programme worth up to £25 million to develop a National Digital Tobacco Treatment Service Framework. The programme aims to provide adult smokers (aged 18 years and older) in England access to one or more digital tobacco dependency applications. It aims to support existing treatment services […]
University Hospitals Sussex opens EPR early market engagement
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust has started an early market engagement phase as part of its electronic patient records solution procurement. The trust plans to procure a modular EPR to meet the minimum digital foundation requirements as part of the national frontline digitisation programme and to support its own strategic […]
National notify a patient service planned for wider roll-out
NHS England’s notify a patient service will begin rolling out this summer across integrated care systems. The centrally-funded service is currently being piloted by some integrated care boards when patients transfer between GP practices. It can be used to send a message to a patient in the NHS App, or by email, […]
North West London ICS to launch tech enabled programme for people living with severe mental illness
North West London Integrated Care System is launching a new tech-enabled programme, in partnership with Inhealthcare, which aims to tackle disparities in physical health outcomes for people living with severe mental illness. The programme extends the annual physical health check pathways by introducing remote technology support, and aims to improve […]
NHS CDIO joins EPR supplier as vice president of healthcare strategy & transformation
Former executive chief digital information officer at Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust, Mark Hutchinson, has joined Altera Digital Health as vice president of healthcare strategy & transformation, EMEA. Mark joins the health tech supplier following a 20 year career in digital healthcare transformation; joining Altera Health, a company aiming to “disrupt the traditional […]
Providing “a communications ecosystem” – Royal Marsden contracts unified communications infrastructure
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust has signed a five-year deal with Atos to modernise its communications infrastructure and install hybrid, cloud-based technologies. The programme involves upgrades to The Royal Marsden’s legacy systems, the introduction of a communication solution to support flexible working, including cloud paging and “new platforms and technologies to […]
Warrington and Halton NHS opens patient engagement portal tender
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has opened an opportunity to procure a patient engagement portal. Through an opportunity notice, the trust highlights plans to contract a “digital person held record that can be shared” and “will take or exchange data from the patient portal with EPR through bi-directional […]
South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust shares EPR plans
South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust in Northern Ireland has shared plans to go live with their electronic patient record programme, encompass, in November this year. The trust has been sharing information and building momentum with regards to the the EPR launch via their Twitter account. In one such […]
£150 million contract for national framework agreement around legacy information and management solutions
A £150 million contract has been awarded to six suppliers following Commercial Procurement Service’s launch of a new framework agreement, designed to allow NHS trusts to procure legacy information and management solutions. Answer Digital, BridgeHead Software Limited, E.Novation UK Ltd, Insight Direct (UK) Ltd, Nautilus Consulting Limited and SynApps Solutions […]
