East of England Cancer Alliances has created a new web resource called Knowing Your Options, with the aim of supporting prostate cancer patients by setting out their full range of treatment options. Newly diagnosed patients can enter their personal cancer metrics such as prostate-specific antigen test results into a secure […]
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GP contract updates focus on access, mandated cloud telephony and prospective record access
NHS England has written to all GP practices, primary care networks and integrated care boards to make changes to the GP contract 2023/24. In the letter from Dr Amanda Doyle, national director primary care and community services at NHS England, the changes focus on offering an assessment of need at […]
Health Education England publishes AI and digital capability framework
Health Education England (HEE) has published a skills and capabilities framework to support health and care teams with artificial intelligence (AI) and health tech solutions. Entitled ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Digital Healthcare Technologies Capability Framework’, it builds on previous digital literacy frameworks, and covers six primary areas: digital implementation; digital […]
Cambridge University Hospitals explores role of mixed reality tech
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS FT (CUH) has explored the role of mixed reality to improve and optimise how staff deliver clinical care, and how the trust trains and educates staff. Through an awareness event at CUH, including tech suppliers Microsoft, VSI ApoQLar, Fracture Reality JoinXR, Proximie and Holomedicine Association, CUH staff […]
9 projects secure funding through AI in Health and Care Award
The winners of the third competition of the Artificial Intelligence in Health and Care Awards, run by the NHS AI Lab in partnership with the National Institute for Health and Care Research and the Accelerated Access Collaborative, have been announced. Nine projects will receive funding across phases 2, 3 and […]
The Health Foundation to launch tech funding programme to support care at home
The Health Foundation is to launch a new programme to provide funding and guidance for tech-enabled approaches to support care at home and in the community. First, the organisation is seeking a support partner to help deliver the new funding programme, with up to £120,000 made available for a partner. Following […]
NICE conditionally recommends digitally enabled therapies
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has conditionally recommended digitally enabled therapies to treat anxiety and depression in adults. The digitally enabled therapies are to address conditions such as PTSD and body dysmorphia, with each technology including support and involvement of an NHS Talking Therapies clinician, and using cognitive […]
£5 million awarded to 22 projects to support the healthcare of veterans
£5 million has been awarded to 22 projects to drive technology and treatments to support the healthcare of veterans. The Office for Veterans’ Affairs’ (OVA) Health Innovation Fund is delivered in collaboration with the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), and aims to improve innovation to ensure that treatments are informed […]
News in Brief: Queen Victoria NHS tender for community diagnostic centre platform, Boots initiative to find innovations, at-home health tests launch in Tesco
Our latest news-in-brief features news from across the health tech community, including Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Health and Care Partnership, Boots, Tesco, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS FT and Queen Victoria Hospital NHS FT. Queen Victoria NHS opens tender for community diagnostic centre platform Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust […]
NHSE shares guidance and toolkit on building ICS intelligence functions
NHS England has published guidance on building an integrated care system intelligence function, highlighting the opportunity for ICSs to “unlock the potential of integrated data and population health analytics to develop a deeper understanding into the extend and nature of the health inequalities within their populations.” NHSE describes an intelligence […]
