University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS FT and Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS FT have this week named their preferred supplier for a joint electronic patient record system, with Nervecentre. The trusts confirmed Nervecentre as the preferred bidder for the integrated EPR, ahead of the organisations submitting a full business […]
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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare picks Sectra’s picture archiving and communications system
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare is the latest trust to join a collaborative of organisations across the Surrey and Sussex region to use Sectra’s imaging solution. The trust signed a deal in September to move to the solution, joining Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS FT, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, Queen Victoria Hospital […]
Health Tech Awards 2023: meet the winners!
It’s that time of year again – we’re delighted to share the winners of the Health Tech Awards 2023, sponsored by CCube Solutions. Almost 200 judges from across the NHS have read all about the innovative digital health projects and programmes from our finalists and cast their vote. With 15 […]
Public Health Wales launches a new digital and data strategy
Public Health Wales (PHW) has launched a new digital and data strategy to enhance health data accessibility, quality, and security, acting as an enabling strategy to deliver its long term public health strategy. The strategy sets out three overarching themes: to build strong foundations, build in alignment and to build […]
Wales awards £1.4m primary care workforce intelligence system contract
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership has awarded a contract to procure a primary care workforce intelligence system, worth an estimated £1,144,760. The programme aims to form a single integrated solution to manage primary and community care workforce information, the medical performers list, ophthalmic performers list, dental performers list and all Wales pharmacy database […]
South West London ICB shares how digital triage improves primary care access
South West London integrated care board has shared how a digital system is being used at a practice in Kingston to triage patients. Holmwood Corner Surgery in Kingston launched an online triage service in May 2022, with an aim to support patients choose the best option that suits them when […]
Clinical Digital Health Solutions framework opens for clinical and care based digital solutions
The latest Clinical Digital Health Solutions Framework opportunity has opened, with focus on the “next generation clinical digital solutions for the Integrated Health Economy framework”. Worth an estimated value of £2 billion, the framework from the NHS London Procurement Partnership is to open in March 2024, and run to March 2026. It […]
£3 million funding for adult social care projects
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced £3 million in funding to support four transformation projects in adult social care. Through the Adult Social Care Technology Fund, four projects have been identified, including a digital fall prevention programme, sensors to monitor a person’s daily habits, virtual care delivery, […]
Prescription management, long-term conditions, and new patient registrations in focus for improving care navigation in general practice
NHS England’s Primary Care Transformation team has published a guide focusing on prescription management, long-term conditions and new patient registrations as part of support to improve care related processes in general practice. For improving prescription management, the guidance places focus on increasing uptake of the NHS App or other patient […]
NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme opens for innovators
The NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme has opened applications for the latest cohort to join its free entrepreneurial workforce development programme for NHS staff and healthcare professionals. The programme forms part of the Accelerated Access Collaborative, and is delivered by Anglia Ruskin University, to support innovators to pursue their ideas or innovations, without […]
