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Airedale goes live with TPP e-observations
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with TPP’s e-observations to digitise how staff enter observation data at a patient’s bedside. The Trust’s staff can now enter this information using tablet devices when they need to and it provides a tool to capture observations and measure Physiological Early Warning Scores, […]
New 24/7 text message helpline launched to support those in crisis
A critical new 24/7 text helpline has launched this week. The free text messaging helpline is a private, silent and trusted way, for those experiencing mental health challenges to find a safe space to seek help and support. Powered by a team of trained volunteers, Shout has already quietly enlisted and […]
NHS Digital agrees deal for discounted cloud services
NHS Digital has announced its reached an agreement to provide VWware Cloud on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to NHS organisations at a discount. The move is hoped to support trusts and CCGs move to cloud-first data centres and away from traditional costly local network storage. NHS Digital has already began […]
Salford app library adds ORCHA validation
The recently launched app library salford.orcha.co.uk has added a new dimension to its selection of rigoursouly tested apps by highlighting the validation of each app. The collaboration between Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust in collaboration with ORCHA – the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Applications means the most trusted […]
New App supports child patients at The Christie
A new app is helping child patients at The Christie understand how Proton Beam Therapy works. Xploro® has teamed up with the cancer hospital over the last four years to develop the new app ‘Xploro®’ which includes games based on the human body, 3D hospital environments for children to explore, and experiences so […]
Innovative brain cancer treatment aid now available
A new treatment aid known as 5-ALA is now available across the country to allow surgeons to identify areas of the brain affected by cancer more accurately. The aid known as ‘the pink drink’ uses fluorescent dye and ultraviolet light to make cancerous cells glow under UV light. This allows surgeons […]
Launch of Coordinate My Care new service
A new NHS online urgent care plan has launched this week, myCMC to empower people with long term conditions and those at the end of their lives are to share vital information and preferences around their care with healthcare professionals. Coordinate My Care has launched its new service, myCMC, powered […]
Interview Series: Neil Darvill, Director of Informatics at North Bristol NHS Trust
In our latest interview we spoke with Neil Darvill, Director of Informatics at North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT), to find out more about how the trust is becoming paper free: Where did you first start when you looked to digitise? We had around 1.2 million medical folders stored off-site, with […]
Opinion: Putting the ‘why’ into NHSX
Ninety days on from the publication of the NHS Long Term Plan, the health service has seen some structural and legislative changes – and the announcement of NHSX. At its latest meeting, Highland Marketing’s advisory board discussed its potential impact. The NHS Long Term Plan was published on 7 January, […]
