In three weeks’ time we host the first ever HTN Digital Primary Conference 2021, a free to attend, virtual one day conference. HTN has teamed-up with Dr Hussain Gandhi and Dr Andrew Foster, two Nottingham-based GPs, to curate the event, which is taking place on Wednesday 4 August 2021. The […]
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Northamptonshire CCG introduces clinically-led online suicide prevention resource
NHS Northamptonshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has introduced a new clinically-led online suicide prevention platform to support people with suicidal thoughts. The digital platform, called Togetherall, provides people with access to clinically-led resources, self-guided groups and online forums. The online community is managed by psychology clinicians and can be accessed […]
NHS ORB app ready for user testing
The NHS ORB app is ready for user testing, with a launch to take place across Lancashire and South Cumbria. The user feedback stage forms part of a pilot for a national primary care interface for citizens and individuals to access digital services, and for people and patients to access health […]
Royal Cornwall tops leaderboard for website accessibility
In March 2021, HTN reported on a comparison of NHS trust and CCG websites for usability, including content, accessibility, marketing, mobile, social, speed, and legal compliance. Since our news story, six NHS trust websites have moved into the top 10 in ‘the index’, from Silktide, a company that compares millions of websites. […]
News in Brief: leadership programme for digital nurses, NHS apprenticeships, innovation ‘surgery’
Amid all of last week’s sporting action, HTN hit its own hat-tick of features with a focus on technologies supporting ICSs, including an article on the role of data and analytics, a how-to guide for choosing health tech partners, and a piece on the importance of change management. As for […]
AI tech introduced across Mid and South Essex GP practices
Mid and South Essex Health and Care Partnership has launched a new campaign and technology solution to raise awareness of skin cancer across the region. Utilising a new service from Skin Analytics, GP practices across mid and south Essex are using artificial intelligence technology via a Dermascope to support decision making […]
Digital Health and Care Wales awards contract for clinical data repository
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW), the organisation tasked with driving digital health advancement and innovation in the nation, has awarded a two-year contract to Better for a clinical data repository that will “help to transform care and treatment for patients”. Through its “open-platform approach”, patient records are shared between […]
Scotland sets out digital strategy
The Scottish Government has published its strategy for how to help the nation “achieve its potential” in a “constantly evolving” digital world. The strategy, jointly owned by local and national government, is part of a collaboration with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) to deliver a “refreshed Digital Strategy […]
2000 free NHS tickets available for HTN Now September
HTN is delighted to announce 2,000 free tickets have been made available for NHS employees to attend any of the sessions at our next Health Tech for the Now event. Taking place virtually between 20-23 September, the fourth in our 2021 series, we’re set to explore ICS digital strategies, change […]
Health Foundation explores opportunities and challenges of automation
The Health Foundation, working with the University of Oxford, has published research into the opportunities and challenges for automation and artificial intelligence in healthcare. The research study explored the potential of automation in primary care, the increasing number of areas for automation, how AI and robotic technologies are being applied to […]
