The plan for reforming NHS elective care has been unveiled, with a foreword from Wes Streeting focusing on taking “the best of the NHS to the rest of the NHS”, rolling out “technological transformation to speed up processes”, and “busting bureaucracy”. Streeting underscores the key aim of returning to the […]
Author: Jennifer Turton
PM’s plan to tackle waiting lists highlights NHS app, AI, remote monitoring, community diagnostic centres
The Prime Minister’s Office has shared details of the Elective Reform Plan, “a whole system approach to hitting the 18-week referral to treatment target” focusing on expanded use of CDCs and surgical hubs, along with the NHS app, remote monitoring, and technologies such as AI. Opening CDCs for longer and […]
UK company awarded $3.3 million EMR contract in Guyana
In the Guyana Ministry of Health’s end of year press conference, the nation’s Minister of Health announced that a UK company has been awarded a contract to deliver its electronic health records system worth $3.3 million, across its hospitals. According to the details of submitted bids, the successful supplier has […]
AI tech to identify and target patients with long term conditions to save unplanned bed days in North East London
AI screening technology is being used across NHS North East London to help identify patients with long term conditions and offer them “targeted, personalised phone-based clinical coaching from healthcare professionals trained in delivering preventative care and self-management techniques” with an aim to save on unplanned bed days. The three-year programme, […]
Interview: “We’re rearchitecting Australia’s entire digital health ecosystem” – Peter O’Halloran, chief digital officer at the Australian Digital Health Agency
For a recent interview, we caught up with Peter O’Halloran, Chief Digital Officer at the Australian Digital Health Agency (the Agency), to learn more about current projects and priorities, what’s in the pipeline for digital and data across the next five years, progress toward Australia’s National Digital Health Strategy, and […]
Norfolk and Waveney ICB awards £250k contract for social prescribing digital platform
Norfolk and Waveney ICB has awarded a two-year contract worth £250,000 for a social prescribing digital platform to tech supplier Pungo. Utilising the Health Systems Support Framework, the ICB aimed to realise improvements in care for the local community by using the digital platform to “support resilience and maturity of […]
Pilot utilises tech to support access and health education for kidney patients in South Tyneside and Sunderland
A pilot project launched at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust is utilising technology to support digital access for kidney patients, helping them to get online and find health information, with an aim to improve their confidence and skills in using digital tools. The launch provides a patient hub […]
HTN Now webinar discusses early preparation for EPR implementation and avoiding the pitfalls
For a recent HTN Now webinar focusing on the importance of baselining current position to inform EPR implementation, we were joined by Tara Athanasiou and Nick Robertson, director of advisory & strategic, and director of training & change at Ideal Health. Tara and Nick took us through a presentation discussing how […]
£126 million in funding for DHSC’s “biggest investment into hospices in a generation” to overhaul IT systems
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced £126 million in funding to help support hospices in making improvements to IT systems and facilities, in what it has termed the “biggest investment into hospices in a generation”. The funding is part of the government’s Plan for Change, aiming to […]
Scotland notes progress toward its NHS recovery plan, an updated data strategy for 2025 and work to develop AI policy
The Scottish Government’s annual update on progress toward the NHS Recovery Plan has been published, highlighting the role of digital innovation in empowering patients, supporting preventative care, managing demand, and addressing inequalities; and noting specifically the progress made around developing a digital front door, enabling remote monitoring, and enhancing scheduling. […]
