The Scottish Government’s “Health and Care Improving Flow Plan 2026-2031” has outlined a series of steps toward its ambition of improving flow and creating one connected system for health and care. It draws on expanding Hospital at Home and remote monitoring, the MyCare.scot portal as an online front door to […]
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North West Ambulance Service plans £19 million unified CAD and EPR platform
North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) NHS Trust in planning an upcoming procurement for a unified CAD and EPR platform, with a total estimated value of £19.3 million. The trust has issued a market notice ahead of a planned February 2027 tender, indicating requirements for the platform around minimising duplication, improving […]
First procurement competitions launch for £100m sovereign AI scheme
The government has launched the first procurement competitions for its £100 million sovereign AI R&D procurement scheme, aiming to support British AI companies to “start here, scale here and win globally”. According to the government, the scheme is designed to act as a venture capital fund, focusing on demonstrator-stage solutions […]
Leeds Teaching Hospitals cancer data collaboration and research pilot for diabetes in young people
A partnership has been launched between the DATA-CAN data research hub for cancer hosted at Leeds Teaching Hospitals and the West Midlands Secure Data Environment to support access to high quality cancer data for researchers. The partnership draws on pseudonymised patient data from patient records at major cancer centres across […]
University of Birmingham AI spin-out launches to facilitate data extraction from EHRs
An AI spin-out from the University of Birmingham has launched, with an aim to speed up the process of extracting data from EHRs to support medical researchers and reduce the time for drug safety and effectiveness studies. Dexter AI is based on a software developed by a team from the […]
Manchester University NHS partners with the MHRA to launch innovation sandbox
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is partnering with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to launch a health innovation sandbox, to test promising innovations in real-world NHS settings. Healthcare solutions to improve patient care and safety will be rapidly evaluated, the MHRA shares, with one of the first […]
OpenAI introduces EHR and public data integration into ChatGPT for Healthcare
OpenAI has introduced EHR and public data integration into ChatGPT for Healthcare, said to enable AI-assisted workflows and provide clinical teams with a variety of patient information, context, and insights from public health sources. The EHR integration is capable of bringing authorised patient information from Epic into ChatGPT for Healthcare, […]
North West London and South West London Pathology to procure £28m joint pathology IT LIMS system
North West London Pathology (NWLP) and South West London Pathology (SWLP) are jointly looking to understand market capacity and capability ahead of a pathology IT LIMS procurement. “Both NWLP and SWLP’s current state demonstrates a thriving, high-performing pathology network, but also one operating at scale and under continued transformation,” they […]
NHS England guidance to support consistency for robotic assisted surgery procurements
NHS England has published guidance to support consistency in robotic assisted surgery procurements, the development of a competitive and sustainable robotic assisted surgery market, and ensure value for money. “Given the long-term nature of robotic assisted surgery investments and the significant operational, clinical and commercial dependencies that can arise once […]
£10 million framework for ambient voice tech opens across Wales
Digital Health and Care Wales is launching a £10 million open framework agreement for ambient voice technology (AVT) solutions, aiming to support the adoption of tech to improve clinical documentation processes. The agreement is intended to maintain a “pre-qualified list” of AVT suppliers, who will have to meet conditions enabling their participation […]
