For our latest news in brief we take a look at some of the health tech news stories to have caught our eye over the last few weeks. Major upgrade to EPR system and AVT roll out at University Hospitals of Leicester University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has made […]
Author: Jennifer Turton
NHSE seeks feedback on proposed contracting models for neighbourhood providers
NHS England is seeking feedback on its proposed contracting models for multi-neighbourhood provider (MNP) and single neighbourhood provider (SNP) contracts, aiming to promote joined up services, improve health and outcomes, better organise services around local population needs, and outline clearer responsibility for services or pathways. MNPs will plan and organise […]
East Cheshire ambition to increase direct care time by over ten percent by 2029 using digital
East Cheshire NHS Trust has published its latest quality and safety strategy to 2031, sharing ambitions to increase direct patient care time by more than ten percent, expand virtual appointments, reduce duplicate paper-digital documentation by 75 percent, and to support staff so that 90 percent achieve digital competency by 2028. […]
Welsh innovators invited to apply for European funding for digital health innovation
Wales has joined the UNITE European Digital Health Valleys project, opening up opportunities for Welsh innovators in the digital health and care space to apply for funding. The project, funded by the Horizon Europe programme, has ambitions to drive collaboration in Europe around testing, development, and scaling health innovations. £700,000 […]
RPA, ambient voice, PACS, and maternity EPR upgrades at Croydon Health Services
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 […]
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 […]
