NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC) has shared plans to develop its virtual hospital, with the aim of having 1000 virtual beds and remote monitoring in place by July 2026. An investment of £20 million has been made to support the delivery of the NHS Renewal Urgent and Unscheduled Care and […]
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HTN Now: A deep dive into ambient scribe technology in NHS trusts with Hampshire and Isle of Wight, Royal Devon and Tortus AI
HTN was joined by a panel of experts from across the health sector for a focused webinar on the use of ambient scribe technology in NHS trusts. Panellists included Lauren Riddle, transformation programme manager at Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare (HIoW); Ynez Symonds, CNIO at HIoW; Dom Pimenta, co-founder […]
Humber Health Partnership vision for virtual hospital and upcoming EPR procurement
The Humber Health Partnership (HHP) has outlined a vision for its virtual hospital model as part of its Clinical Services Strategy for 2025 – 2030, aiming to reduce the overall size of its physical estate and take advantage of new technologies to deliver care closer to communities. “One of the […]
DHSC updates NHS IP guidance and outlines actions to support innovation
The UK government has updated NHS intellectual property (IP) guidance for the first time since 2002, aiming to allow innovations to be scaled faster across the health system for technologies such as AI. “This refreshed guidance replaces the outdated 2002 framework that has left innovators and collaborators with the NHS […]
University Hospitals of Liverpool Group updates on digital medicines progress
University Hospitals of Liverpool Group has shared “significant progress” around digital medicines infrastructure at Liverpool Women’s Hospital, highlighting a large-scale EPMA upgrade, the rollout of EPMA in emergency departments, the deployment of automated drug cabinets, and the implementation of the Philips ICCA EPR in critical care. The digital medicines team’s […]
Deep dive into virtual wards capacity and occupancy; Leeds Community, Sussex Community, Royal Free, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB
The latest virtual wards figures for October 2025 have been published, showing an overall virtual ward capacity for England of 12,588, or 19.7 beds per 100,000 GP registered population. In October 2024, these figures were 12,651 and 20.0 beds per 100,000, respectively. Occupancy rates for England are also averaged out […]
HTN speak with Harris Health Alliance on how digital can help tackle interoperability
HTN recently caught up with Harris Health Alliance’s (HHA’s) Rob Whitney, sales and account manager, and Katie Sutcliffe, head of marketing, to talk about how digital can help tackle interoperability in the health and care space. “I’ve worked for K2, part of HHA, for 12 years now,” Rob explained. “And […]
The Christie shares plans for EPR procurement, ambient AI, patient portal, and intelligent hospital
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust has shared plans and progress delivered to date on its “Future Christie” programme, outlining actions including the deployment of ambient voice technology, the procurement of an EPR, and the implementation of a Joint Analytics for Cancer initiative as “the foundation of the intelligent hospital vision”. […]
EPR goes live at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust has gone live with Oracle Cerner EPR across its hospitals and other sites including Barking Community Hospital and St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub, as “the last acute trust in London to go digital”. Plans to introduce the £44 million EPR were […]
AI Policy from Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals covers procurement, responsibilities, and development of AI
An AI Policy from Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH) NHS Foundation Trust has set out a guiding framework to ensure “the appropriate deployment, management, and oversight of AI systems across the DBTH partners”. Its scope covers all departments and services, and AI systems either internally developed or procured from […]
