NHSX has announced the winners of its new ‘Adoption Fund’ to support 35 projects with a share of £6.5 million in funding. The funding programme was launched to support initiatives covering gastroenterology pathways, musculoskeletal pathways, perioperative pathways, digital inclusion, and cardiology and cardiac surgery. Following 138 applications to the programme, a review panel […]
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Leading charities push for national defibrillator database
A group of leading charities and health organisations have launched a new project with an aim to create a new national database of defibrillators. The programme, called ‘The Circuit’, is encouraging people who look after defibrillators in places such as offices, communities, shopping centres, leisure centres, and in public places, […]
4 AI projects to tackle health inequalities supported by £1.4m funding
The NHS AI Lab at NHSX and the Health Foundation have announced four projects to receive a share of £1.4 million in funding. Placing a focus on tackling health inequalities using artificial intelligence (AI), the winners include AI to investigate disparities in maternal health outcomes, and developing standards and guidance […]
Sussex ICS to pilot tech in community diagnostic centres
A pilot of two technologies, Bleepa and CareLocker, has been commissioned by Sussex Integrated Care System, to take place at Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (QVH). To act as one of the Community Diagnostic Centres Exemplar sites, Bleepa and CareLocker will be used as the digital infrastructure to facilitate […]
News in brief: suicide prevention tool launched, HDR UK update, AI cancer care project
It’s that time of the week again, when we collect the best of the rest of the recent stories from the world of health tech and health innovation. In this latest edition we have a wide range of headlines, including a new free suicide prevention tool, an AI project to […]
Skills for Health launches eRostering platform
Skills for Health has today launched its eRostering solution, to support healthcare providers with workforce planning and development practices. The not-for-profit organisation said that, following significant investment, it has developed its new Custom Rostering System (CRS) tool, that is now available for healthcare providers. Adopting an approach of ‘your system, your way’, […]
Babylon secures £145 million sustainability-linked investment
Babylon has secured a sustainability-linked investment, from Albacore Capital Group, a strategic capital investment firm, providing up to £145.5m ($200m) in funding. The new funding, to support its business growth plans, adds to funding already committed from investors, meaning Babylon will now have access to over £500 ($775m) million of capital. […]
Interview Series: Guy Dickie, Associate Director of Digital, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Earlier in October, HTN caught up with Guy Dickie, Associate Director of Digital at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust to talk about the new data platform, its Patient Administration System (PAS), Project ‘Paper Lite’ and a new approach to digital programmes. Hi Guy, tell us about your role and your […]
NHS Kernow tops leaderboard for CCG website accessibility
Updated in October 2021, NHS Kernow CCG and NHS Doncaster CCG have now taken the top positions in a leaderboard for website accessibility, comparing all CCG websites in England. The top two positions were previously held by NHS Kent and Medway CCG and NHS North Cumbria CCG. Silktide, a company […]
Case study: Cognetivity Neurosciences transforms early dementia detection with AI-powered visual stimuli test
Case study: Cognetivity Neurosciences transforms early dementia detection with AI-powered visual stimuli test Cognetivity Neurosciences is a UK company reinventing the early detection of dementia though advances in neuroscience and AI. It deploys its platform globally using the power of InterSystems IRIS for Health cloud data management platform. Based on […]
