The University of Leeds and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) have linked up to launch a new centre for the development of health technology. The Leeds Centre for HealthTech Innovation is one of three initiatives that have been announced to support the development of novel ideas ‘from the point […]
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Health and Social Care Northern Ireland updates plans for its £300m Encompass programme
Health and Social Care Northern Ireland has provided an update on its ‘Encompass’ programme, a £300m 10-year work-stream to deliver a new electronic patient record for five trusts. The contract for the programme was signed in June 2020 to implement the Epic electronic patient record, develop its infrastructure and create up […]
Barts Health implements new app to support people with cognitive impairment
Barts Health NHS Trust, UCLPartners and Maldaba have rolled-out a new app to support people with cognitive impairment, specifically adults with a learning disability. The ‘Hear Me Now’ app and content-sharing remote service can be used to record information such as text, photo, audio, or video which is then stored in ‘boxes’ in the […]
Alder Hey enters co-partnership with NeedleSmart
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has entered into a co-development partnership with NeedleSmart, a specialist solution to needle safety and closed loop data. The partnership will see the development of the company’s hardware and data solutions accelerated, aiming to bring forward the solutions into healthcare. Consisting of three phases, […]
AccuRx raises £27.5 million
AccuRx, a health-tech company focused on ‘bringing together everyone involved in a patient’s care’ has raised £27.5 million in Series B funding. The company announced the news this week, with plans for the funding to be used to ‘build a patient-centred communication platform for the healthcare system’. Supported by Lakestar, a […]
4 days of health tech, HTN Now takes place next week
We’re only a few days away from the next edition in the HTN Health Tech for the Now series, when we welcome a fantastic group of people joining us to share their learnings and advice, as we delve into their digital programmes. There’s still time to register, with tickets free […]
Babylon reports revenue growth of 472 per cent
Babylon Health has published its financial and operating results for the six months ending 30 June 2021, reporting revenue growth of 472 per cent and reducing its loss for the period. The company’s revenue totalled £93.1 million, up from £16.2 million for the period up to June 2020, an increase of […]
Gloucestershire Hospitals picks new content services platform from Hyland Healthcare
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHNHSFT) has chosen Hyland Healthcare’s OnBase content services platform to boost its IT infrastructure. The move is part of Gloucestershire’s wider digital transformation strategy. The trust is set to switch a ‘core element’ of its electronic medical records system to OnBase, with the aim of […]
Doccla raises £2.4million
Doccla, a health tech start-up, specialising in virtual ward technology has raised £2.4million from an oversubscribed seed round, led by Giant Ventures. The Swedish company supports Northampton General Hospital with its virtual ward technology, and Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust who recently expanded its virtual wards service to support heart failure […]
National Data Guardian responds to DHSC’s data saves lives strategy
The National Data Guardian has submitted a response to the Department of Health and Social Care’s call for views on its draft data strategy, Data Saves Lives: Reshaping health and social care with data. The Department of Health and Social Care and NHSX Data Saves Lives policy paper aims to set out […]
