Funding of £48 million has been announced for 2024/25 as part of a framework to support integrated care boards with capabilities relating to digital pathways and demand and capacity tools. The framework aims to “enable ICBs to take advantage of the available funding to support uplifted digital tools” in line with […]
Author: Jennifer Turton
Airedale General Hospital goes live with geospatial system for RAAC management
Airedale General Hospital has gone live with a geospatial system to help manage its reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) monitoring and repairs programme. The geospatial system uses geographic information system software from Esri UK, replacing paper-based processes. Formerly, the RAAC inspection process “relied on hand-written surveys to record defects, including cracks, […]
NHS Dorset ICB App Library sees 5,400 app recommendations made
NHS Dorset ICB has shared a case study on its partnership with ORCHA to develop a Dorset App Library for health apps and digital healthcare products, with the aim of providing “easy, central access to a range of digital tools” along with ensuring confidence that apps within the library meet […]
Moray health data pilot project focuses on citizen data ownership and a proactive approach to early intervention
In Moray, North East Scotland, a new health data pilot project led by the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre’s (DHI) Rural Centre of Excellence, is focusing on citizen data ownership and a proactive approach to early intervention, working with industry partners to develop digital tools to enable citizens to […]
Interview: “What’s come out in all of the research that I’ve done is the convenience factor” Helen Atherton, professor of primary care research at the University of Southampton
We recently caught up with Helen Atherton, professor in primary care research at the University of Southampton, to talk about her research findings and insights into digital in primary care. Helen first shared with us a brief introduction to her role and how she first got into research in the […]
ICBs to pilot new ways of optimising primary care and further deliver on the Fuller Stocktake vision
A letter from Dr Amanda Doyle, national director of primary care and community services at NHS England, and Ed Garratt, chief executive of NHS Suffolk and North Essex ICB to integrated care boards, proposes plans to test new ways of working to ‘optimise the general practice operating model’ across urgent and […]
Patient communication and engagement learnings from across health and care
For a recent webinar on patient communication and engagement, we were joined by a panel including Joanna Dundon (national digital lead for public engagement at Digital Health and Care Wales); Laura Adams (patient and public involvement and engagement facilitator for research and innovation at Medway NHS Foundation Trust); John Kosobucki […]
Panel discussion: considerations, approaches and learnings for healthcare cloud strategies
For our most recent panel discussion, we were joined by Andy Carruthers, CIO at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, and Alistair Eaton, CEO at CCube Solutions, to discuss recommended strategies for an organisation in moving to the cloud, what good looks like in this space, challenges, solutions, and more. […]
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust launches new digital data centre
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust has shared the launch of a new digital data centre at its Dewsbury and District Hospital site, designed to “support the 24/7 operation of a vast range of digital systems” underpinning clinical and non-clinical activities. The trust states that the new centre will house around […]
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Digital Vision 2024 sets out initiatives including new shared care record
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB’s ‘Digital Vision 2024’ sets out the organisation’s digital roadmap and digital initiatives, including the introduction of One Care Connected, a new shared care record aiming to link NHS and local government organisations. Alongside this, the ICB shares priorities including the development of a set of digital […]
