The MHRA has issued new guidance relating to transparency principles for machine learning medical devices (MLMDs), to help ensure that information is clearly communicated to relevant audiences. The guidance sets out the guiding principles of transparency for who, why, what, where, when, and how. The ‘who’ explores relevant audiences, looking […]
Author: Jennifer Turton
Election 2024: what might the upcoming election mean for the future of healthcare and health technology?
With the election fast approaching, we take a look at four of the major political parties with published manifestos, and what those manifestos mean for the future of healthcare and health technology. The Labour party The Labour party’s manifesto places cutting NHS waiting times one of six central commitments, with […]
Scottish Government commits £3.6 million to Hospital at Home programme
The Scottish Government has announced an additional £3.6 million in funding for 2024/25 to support the Hospital at Home service for older people. This latest announcement brings the total funding allocated to Hospital at Home to more than £15 million since 2020, with the health secretary, Neil Gray, commenting on […]
Panel discussion: digital, data and solutions across integrated care systems
For HTN Now we recently hosted a panel discussion on digital across integrated care systems, including how ICSs can tackle challenges such as cyber security, digital in managing demand and flow, the primary-secondary interface, and data sharing. We were joined by John Kosobucki, founder of OX.DH; Dan Bunstone, clinical director […]
HTN Now: Kent and Medway ICS operational control centre – a collaborative approach
For a recent HTN webinar, we were joined by Saj Kahrod and Paul Charnley from the NHS England Blueprinting Team, along with Sue Houston (associate operational commander OCC) and Sue Luff (associate director UEC and OCC) from Kent and Medway ICS, to talk about their operational control centre blueprint. In […]
Innovate UK Launchpad programme offers a share of £500k in funding for innovation in West Yorkshire
Innovate UK is working with West Yorkshire Combined Authority to offer a share of up to £500,000 for innovation projects, with the funding to support small and micro businesses grow their innovation activities in the health technologies cluster in West Yorkshire, both during and after the programme. As part of the […]
Cancer Research UK roadmap focuses on tech innovation, data streams, digital twins and proactive measures
Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has published a new roadmap for the early detection and diagnosis of cancer, identifying major challenges and proposals for addressing them through new technologies, enhanced data access for research, and new models of healthcare. The roadmap aims to develop a shared vision for stakeholders across academia, […]
Essex County Council launches £500k tender for digital support for unpaid carers
Essex County Council has launched a tender worth £500,000 for a digital service offer for unpaid carers, which will feature a range of digital content and tools designed to “build resilience”. The newly-commissioned service will accompany a range of existing services provided by Essex County Council for unpaid carers, promoting […]
Digital health and data across the ICS regions in 2024: North West
Digital health and data across the ICS regions in 2024: North West So far in our feature series exploring digital and data across the integrated care system regions, we’ve looked at London, Midlands, North East and Yorkshire, East of England and the South West. Here, we take a look at the latest developments in […]
EPR go-live at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire set for 15 June
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust has announced the upcoming go-live of its Oracle electronic patient system to take place 15 June. The go-live will see the trust move from paper-based notes and records on several digital systems, to the EPR providing one single electronic patient record. The EPR […]
