Sue Tanka, the Deputy Chief Nursing Officer for NHS England & Improvement, has been appointed as the new Chief Nursing Officer for Wales. Sue will take over the role following the retirement of Dr Jean White, who held the CNO role for 10 years. She’s set to join the Welsh […]
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NHS Digital appoints interim CEO
Following the news last month of Sarah Wilkinson stepping down as the chief executive of NHS Digital, Simon Bolton has now been appointed as the interim CEO. Simon joins NHS Digital from his role as Chief Information Officer at Test and Trace, a position held since August 2020. Prior to this role, […]
East Sussex Healthcare starts journey to refresh 5-year digital strategy
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, one of the trusts selected in the latest Digital Aspirant programme, has launched a campaign across its community to support the development of its five-year digital strategy. In March 2021, 32 trusts joined the latest phase of the NHS Digital Aspirant initiative, with seven to receive […]
HTN Awards 2021, further judges announced!
HTN is delighted to announce a further group of confirmed judges to support the Health Tech Awards 2021. The expert judging panel this year includes professionals from NHS England, Health Education England, to Whittington Health NHS Trust, Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College Hospital. We welcome a range of […]
EPRs in the frame: Ideal Health talks implementation
HTN recently sat down virtually with Jennifer Dunne, Mobilisation and Implementation Practice Director at Ideal Health to talk all about the world of implementing electronic patient record systems, change management and how to get it right. As well as answering our questions about implementation, the expert – who has seen […]
South 4 Pathology Partnership picks laboratory information management system
A new pathology network – featuring labs at four trusts in Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire, and Swindon – has chosen the CliniSys WinPath Enterprise laboratory information management system (LIMS) to support its joined-up working and build a platform for innovation. The South 4 Pathology Partnership, which was formed in 2018 […]
News in brief: HDR UK launches new search tool, NHS COVID cases app marks milestone
AI has been front and centre for many health tech news stories over the past few days – from the announcement of Faculty’s new partnership with the NHS, through to a diagnostic technique being developed for bowel cancer by researchers in Leeds. Here at HTN, we’ve also been recapping recent […]
Doctor Care Anywhere posts 2021 Q1 £4.4m revenue
Doctor Care Anywhere, a company founded in 2013 that specialises in digital consultations and is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, has announced Q1 2021 revenue of £4.4 million, up 242.4% from the same period in 2020. During Q1 of 2021, the company supported 90,547 online consultations, the highest total […]
EPR Feature: Medway NHS Foundation Trust (Allscripts Sunrise EPR)
This week we focus on electronic patient record (EPR) systems across health and care through a series of articles to explore approaches, learnings and advice from health tech leaders. HTN spoke with Michael Beckett, Interim Director of IT at Medway NHS Foundation Trust, to find out about his team’s EPR […]
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital opts for data capture tech
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital (ROH) NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with the software company NDL to transform its data collection and sharing through FX, an eForms platform. Utilising ‘a low code platform’ to create a series of eForms, the trust aims to simplify the collection of information and alleviate administrative pressures. […]
