The latest question we asked to our health tech audience revolved around creative thinking for new ideas and innovation. We asked: How much time this week did you put towards innovation, driving new ideas or creative thinking? 69 people took part in the poll, with participants from a vast range […]
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£6 million funding awarded to respiratory disease and cardiovascular disease innovations
Six innovations that support people with respiratory diseases will receive a share of £2.7 million, and eight innovations that help detect, prevent and manage cardiovascular disease are to share £3.3 million in funding. The programme, led by SBRI Healthcare, an Accelerated Access Collaborative initiative in partnership with the Academic Health […]
Poll: Do your local healthcare providers share live waiting time data for A&E and urgent care via a patient facing app or website?
The latest question we posed to our health tech audience revolved around the availability of live data for urgent care. Analysis published by CQC following a 6-month pilot project where an app shared waiting times for A&E and urgent treatment centres across east Kent and Northamptonshire noted: reduced minors’ profile across […]
Maz Fosh, CEO of Lincolnshire Community, highlights virtual wards across Lincolnshire
Maz Fosh, CEO of Lincolnshire Community Health Services (LCHS) NHS Trust, has highlighted how virtual wards are working well in Lincolnshire, and how they are keen to explore the approach for other conditions. Currently LCHS have virtual wards for heart failure, frailty, respiratory, children’s complex neurology and same-day emergency care. […]
DHSC announces £250 million hospital discharge funding and highlights data and innovations from Frontrunners
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced an additional £200 million in funding to support patient discharge initiatives and has highlighted six National Discharge Frontrunners using data and innovations. The £200 million comes on top of the £500 million Adult Social Care Discharge Fund announced in December, covered by HTN […]
Policy to improve patient safety through use of medical devices in development with NHS Scotland
NHS Scotland is developing a policy aiming to improve patient safety with regards to medical devices in Scotland, by improving available information and system-wide data. The policy is being developed by the SG Medical Devices and Legislation Unit (MDLU). It seeks to improve traceability of medical devices and equipment through […]
Royal Marsden counts down to EHR launch
The Royal Marsden NHS FT has started to count down to the launch of Connect, its new electronic health record. Described as “the largest and most important digital transformation programme in The Royal Marsden’s history”, Epic will be introduced across the trust in March 2023. This month has seen the […]
Niamh McKenna, CIO, on the potential of data and insights for NHS Resolution
In May 2022, NHS Resolution published its ‘Advise, Resolve and Learn’ three-year strategy which lays out its strategic priorities, supported by data and insights. The strategy sets out four main priorities: to deliver fair resolution, to share data and insights as a catalyst for improvement, to collaborate to improve maternity […]
Dr Helen Davies shares role of data for managing multi-morbidity across an ICS
A step-by-step guide to managing the pandemic of multi-morbidity using population health management has been discussed in a blog for NHS England by Dr Helen Davies, GP clinical lead for community and population health management in Calderdale, part of West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board. Helen explains that evidence shows that […]
Cardiff Medicentre celebrates third decade of innovation
A biotech and medtech innovation hub in Cardiff is celebrating its third decade by sharing some of the work undertaken by its business tenants. Founded in 1992, Cardiff Medicentre is a joint venture between Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and Cardiff University. Based in the grounds of the University […]
