Croydon Health Services NHS Trust has utilised a virtual work in ITU, improved discharge summaries, optimised its EPR and refreshed core infrastructure, its board discussed this month. The trust highlighted ambitions to identify and digitise paper-based processes, to make the best use of existing digital solutions, and to identify new […]
Author: Jennifer Turton
Independent national maternity and neonatal investigation recommends digital systems, AI and updated modern service framework
The final report from the Independent National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation has pointed to challenges with fragmented digital systems, continued reliance on paper, and prolonged underinvestment in digital infrastructure, putting forward suggestions for capital investment, an updated modern service framework, AI, and data. The investigation conducted reviews of maternity and […]
NHS App AI triage tool pilot highlights benefits ahead of national roll out by 2028
The NHS Transformation Directorate has shared details of the initial pilot of an AI triage tool integrated in the NHS App. The tool, trialled at Wealden Ridge Medical Partnership in Sussex, is said to have reduced phone queue volumes by 29 percent, according to the directorate. It will be rolled […]
Digital delivery, digitally-enabled primary care, digital triage plans from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
A series of plans and commitments have been set out across digital delivery, digitally-enabled primary care, and digital triage by the board of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. A delivery plan for 2026/27 promises “better use of digital and virtual tools”, a focus on digital innovation and infrastructure, and a […]
Procurement for single patient record launched in Isle of Man
The government of the Isle of Man has announced the launch of a procurement for a single patient record to support services across hospitals, GPs, community, mental health, and social care. The solution will be known as the Manx Care Record, it states, forming a “central component” of the island’s […]
EPR to go-live at University Hospitals Plymouth this week
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is set to go live with its Epic EPR on 23 July, said to be a step forward in the One Devon programme forming a single, shared digital system to bring together hospital and specialist community services in Devon. Following go-lives across Royal Devon University […]
Ashford and St. Peter’s on EPR, AI, prioritisation and innovation in trust strategy to 2031
Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has marked progress and ambitions around AI, EPR, robotics, and digital innovation in its latest trust strategy to 2031. The trust reports having made “significant advancements” in the use of digital technologies to improve patient care, highlighting its EPR roll out, and […]
£4.6 million funding for initiatives and interventions to reduce community MSK waiting times
NHS England is making £4.6 million of its Getting It Right First Time funding available for commissioned MSK teams with waiting times of over 18 weeks for appointments, to fund local initiatives and interventions. The funding follows national roll out of the MSK Community Delivery Programme in May 2026 with […]
Ten year strategy from West and North London ICB proposes additional £360m investment in proactive, community care and mental health
The newly formed West and North London ICB ten year clinically led strategy has proposed an additional £360 million recurrent investment in proactive, community-based care and mental health by 2028/29, adding to a £12 billion annual spend for the 4.5 million residents across the region. Feedback from engagement with communities and […]
Wales critical care collaboration to explore video and immersive tech
A collaboration between Welsh critical care services and the University of Warwick is exploring how immersive technologies can bring specialist support closer to those on the frontline, with an aim to support decision making during remote care or patient transfers. The 999 REACH (Remote Access for Enhanced, Adaptive, Collaborative Healthcare) […]
