The finalised 2025/26 operating plan position and next steps have been published as part of NHS England’s latest board meeting, with boards highlighting the “level of challenge that will be involved in delivering this financial plan alongside operational performance ambitions”. The publication of the 10 Year Health Plan and the […]
Author: Jennifer Turton
Scotland health boards plan £206 million contract for finance, HR, payroll and procurement SaaS solution
NHS Scotland’s health boards have launched a procurement for an integrated, cloud-based software-as-a-service solution for finance, HR, payroll and procurement processes, worth an estimated total value of £206 million. NHS National Services Scotland is leading the procurement, including the appointment of a systems integrator to oversee the design, delivery and […]
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership announces EPR supplier
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust has confirmed the supplier of its electronic patient record system, to implement TPP’s SystmOne. The announcement follows a tender process in which the trust highlights 62 clinical and operational staff were actively involved in the procurement. Peter Newton, director of digital & informatics services […]
HTN primary care region series: North East and Yorkshire
Primary Care Region Series: North East and Yorkshire Welcome to our primary care regions series, where we explore the latest on digital and data in primary care from each of the seven NHS regions in turn. In this instalment, we turn our attention to the North East and Yorkshire region. […]
Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership contracts digital patient portal
Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership, covering four acute trusts, has contracted Patients Know Best for a digital patient portal to March 2027. The programme will span York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, and […]
HTN Now: The Dudley Group and Essex Partnership on best practices with EPMA
For a recent HTN Now webinar, we explored the impact of EMPA, taking a closer look at its role in increasing efficiency and accuracy in prescribing, in improving patient safety, and some of the challenges with introducing and implementing EPMA systems. Our expert panellists, Fhezan Ashraf, senior pharmacist clinical configuration […]
Cancer tool built into federated data platform announced
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced a centralised system for cancer patients, built into the Federated Data Platform, the tool is said to bring cancer patient information together. The Cancer 360 tool collates data points across tests, appointments and treatments, displayed via a dashboard. DHSC highlights how […]
Panel discussion: Tackling the challenge of paper records; considerations, approaches and learnings
For a recent HTN panel discussion, we explored how organisations are tackling the challenges of paper and digital records, with the help of expert panellists including Stacey Sutherland, clinical digital documentation lead and change lead for trust-wide division at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) and Chesterfield Royal Hospital; […]
NHS service standard updated to improve responsiveness of online services to risks of domestic abuse
Updates have been made to the NHS service standard to improve the responsiveness of NHS online services to the risks of domestic abuse and coercive control, after the need for new guidance “became clear” during work to support patients with proxy access. “As we consider the future of proxy access,” […]
National ADHD data improvement plan sets out roadmap for reporting and use of data
NHS England has published an ADHD data improvement plan, with a roadmap setting out planned actions to improve data quality and introduce regular reporting. “We know our ADHD service provision has not kept pace with demand and there is a need to improve access, experience and outcomes,” the plan states, […]
