University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB) has partnered with BridgeHead Software for the provision of software and services to underpin their application decommissioning programme. The trust plans to centralise its data as part of an ongoing digital transformation project, through which they are standardising their core […]
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Royal Marsden researchers to trial new referral pathway
Researchers at The Royal Marsden NHS FT have launched a trial to develop a new pathway that aims to speed up diagnosis and reduce anxiety for patients with suspected head and neck cancer. The EVEREST-HN trial launches this month to investigate whether assessing each patient’s risk using a risk stratification tool before they […]
Dr Nicole Atkinson on Nottingham ICS, digital primary care and more
Welcome back to our podcast HTN Let’s Talk! In this episode we interview Dr Nicole Atkinson, the South Notts Place Clinical Lead and NHS Confederation Primary Care Medical Advisor and GP. We talk about her role and career in healthcare, Nottingham ICS, digital primary care and much more. To start […]
University Hospitals Plymouth create virtual reality dome for new urgent and emergency care centre
University Hospitals Plymouth has created a virtual reality dome to provide an experience to view its planned new urgent and emergency care centre as part of the government’s programme to build 40 hospitals by 2030. The new centre aims to improve capacity at Derriford Hospital, with the virtual reality centre […]
Sussex Health and Care remote monitoring evaluation for COVID published
An NHS evaluation has found that remote monitoring provided a “safe and effective” route for managing COVID patients at home. Sussex Health and Care’s Oximetry @ Home service, set up with Inhealthcare for high-risk and clinically vulnerable patients, “minimised contact for positive cases and significantly reduced demand on alternative services”, […]
University AI accelerator programme announces new cohort
An accelerator programme, delivered by The University of Edinburgh, has announced 12 suppliers joining its new 2022/23 cohort. The programme aims to support emerging suppliers that specialise in using artificial intelligence (AI) to commercialise their solution. Some of the technologies include a solution designed to increase transparency and minimise any unintended […]
DHSC publish secure data environment policy guidelines
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has this month published secure data environment policy guidelines, to “set out clear rules for how secure data environments will be used to access NHS health and social care data for research and analysis”. The new guidelines come after the ‘Data saves […]
National Data Guardian sets priorities for 2022-2023
The National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care last month published a report to outline their priorities for 2022-2023. Dr Nicola Byrne, National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care, begins the report to reflect on work carried out over the past year in line with the mission of […]
Funding for six social care providers to co-produce and test tech services
NHS Digital’s Digital Social Care programme, an initiative to support the digital journey of adult social care providers, has awarded six projects with funding between £65k – £75k. Bield Housing & Care, Haringey Council, Platform Housing Group, Pobl Group, Southend Care and Wiltshire Council will each receive funding to support […]
App supports healthcare worker mental health in new study from KCL
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London indicates that the mental health and wellbeing of frontline NHS healthcare workers can be supported and improved through use of the mental wellbeing app Koa Foundations. Designed by Koa Health, the app provides a library […]
