NHS England has published a prior information notice with the intention to launch a £50 million digital staff passport technology framework. A market engagement exercise has now launched, ahead of an anticipated tender publication 9 June 2023. NHS England states they “want to better understand what the providers of digital […]
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NICE recommends digital apps for depression or anxiety
NICE has recommended nine digital therapies to support adults with anxiety disorders and adults with depression. Six therapies have been recommended by NICE for anxiety: Beating the Blues, Space from Anxiety, Spring for PTSD, iCT-PTSD, iCT-SAD and Perspectives. Three digital therapies have been recommended for depression: Beating the Blues, Deprexis and Space from Depression. The therapies have […]
Scotland to expand Hospital at Home services with additional funding
£3.6 million in funding has been announced by the Scottish Government to support an expansion of Hospital at Home services. The funding aims to increase the number of patients managed through remote monitoring by 50 percent, and adds to £10.7 million in funding that has been provided since 2020. On […]
Robotic process automation planned as interim solution for GP system integration
NHS England has published interim plans to work with suppliers of robotic process automation (RPA) solutions to support integration with GP IT systems for patient registrations. Stating that the overall aim is to offer full integration with GP IT systems through the GP Connect API, NHS England notes that an […]
Mid and South Essex ICS commissions patient portal
Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System has commissioned the introduction of the Patients Know Best patient portal. The three-year deal across the region will see the portal introduced at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust and Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. It forms part of the ICS’s digital […]
NHS Shared Business Services to seek £60 million inventory management tech
A prior information notice has been published regarding early engagement exercise plans for NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) to establish an inventory management software framework for £60,000,000. NHS SBS intends to form the framework to offer inventory management providers a compliant route to market, across a number of lots. The […]
Funding for digital menopause support programme Seren
Lumino, an innovator focused on “reinventing how mental health treatment is delivered” and part of the Cambridge Judge Entrepreneurship Centre’s Accelerator, has been awarded funding from Bayer Health to develop its digital menopausal support programme Seren with support from Eastern Academic Health and Science Network (AHSN). Seren is a therapeutic […]
PRSB publishes Wound Care Information Standard
The Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) has published its Wound Care Information Standard, aiming to improve wound care by supporting evidence-based practice and consistency in recording information. The standard has been commissioned by the National Wound Care Strategy Programme, and is designed to support their objectives: to prevent the development […]
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS seeks device for neonatal temperature monitoring
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a device capable of continuously and remotely monitoring neonatal temperature in the first 24-72 hours of life. Posting their challenge on Barclays Eagle Labs, the trust states that the solution must be “safe, transportable, effective and efficient for use on a […]
DHSC announces funding for primary care tech and care navigators
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced £240 million to support tech enhancements in primary care and funding for 6,500 care navigator training places. Ahead of the publication of the GP recovery plan, the announcement follows the direction recently noted around improving access, introducing cloud telephony and mandating […]
