In its latest meeting, Humber and North Yorkshire (HNY) ICB discussed upcoming changes to ICB structure and implications of the new ICB model for digital, data, and innovation. Also debated were the emotional and operational impacts of restructuring on staff, “including reductions in team sizes and changes to reporting lines”; […]
Author: Jennifer Turton
NHS England seeks to build on Cyber Security Supply Chain Charter with “more direct, proportionate engagement” with suppliers
NHS England has shared an open letter to current suppliers across the health and care system, outlining the shared responsibility to strengthen cyber security, and plans for direct supplier engagement. From January 2026, NHS England will be looking to contact suppliers directly to discuss current cyber security controls, requesting supporting […]
Pharmacy2U acquires care home pharmacy provider Care Quality Pharmacy
UK digital pharmacy, Pharmacy2U, has announced that it is acquiring Care Quality Pharmacy, a provider focusing on care homes, in what will be its “first step into the care home pharmacy sector”. Care Quality Pharmacy offers prescriptions and services to a range of care homes, care services, and care agencies. […]
Mid Yorkshire Teaching digital, data and technology strategy: EPR delivery, AI and intelligent automation, the NHS App as a digital front door
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust (MYTT) has published its latest digital, data and technology strategy to 2030, showing a “clear shift from traditional IT and information to a more aligned approach of digital health and data science”. Main focus areas include the consolidation of systems into a single EPR platform, […]
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals on EPR optimisation, shared digital workspaces, AI
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has highlighted digital progress and outlined future priorities, focusing on EPR optimisation, establishing a shared digital workspace, embracing AI, and enabling a digital front door. Progress continues to be made on its EPR optimisation programme, the trust shares, with some of the latest developments […]
Royal Cornwall Hospitals sponsors study exploring relevance of 1939 Cancer Act in the digital age
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is sponsoring a study exploring the relevance and effectiveness of the 1939 Cancer Act in an increasingly digital world, it has shared. Since the Act’s publication, the way health information is shared and accessed has changed “dramatically”, the trust states, with information widely available […]
News in brief: 248 active robotic process automation bots at Kent Community Health, Royal Bolton trials AI to detect Down’s syndrome
Welcome to another edition of HTN’s news in brief, where we share some of the health tech stories that have caught our attention over the last few weeks. Robotic process automation at Kent Community Health Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust has offered an update on progress around robotic process […]
Ministry of Defence awards TPP £8 million EHR and medicine management system contract
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded a contract worth £8 million to The Phoenix Partnership (Leeds) Ltd for an EHR and medicines management system, following a competition through the Clinical Digital Solutions for the Integrated Health Economy Framework part of the NHS London Procurement Partnership. The contract, which is […]
Roadmap for modern digital government sets out key aims, platforms, and transformation initiatives
The UK government has published its roadmap for modern digital government, an action plan bringing together integral products, platforms, and transformation initiatives to demonstrate how digitalisation across the government is improving public services, increasing accessibility, and promoting value for money. The roadmap aims to deliver on five themes: easier lives, […]
University Hospitals Birmingham launches pre-market engagement for digital consent system
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS FT has launched a pre-market engagement notice looking to identify suppliers and current market capabilities for an eConsent system. Feedback from suppliers on the engagement will help inform the future development of a specification and procurement strategy, University Hospitals Birmingham shares. The trust hopes to replace […]
