A digital update shared in Black Country Healthcare’s September board meeting has outlined progress made around digital objectives, reflections from the trust’s digital maturity assessment, cyber security, and current uses of emerging tech including AI and ambient voice. Digital Maturity Assessment The trust’s annual Digital Maturity Assessment (DMA) demonstrates “iterative […]
Author: Jennifer Turton
Digital delivery, operating model and national systems in focus in NHS England’s board meeting
The NHS England board meeting this month discussed the need for consistency in digital delivery, an optimal operating model to balance local delivery with national standards, and noted the ongoing risks in digital, data, and technology, such as cyber threats and innovation uptake. The board echo the focus of the […]
NHS England Transformation Directorate launches survey to understand experiences of clinical systems in general practice
The NHS England Transformation Directorate has launched a survey to understand experiences of clinical systems and digital tools in general practice. The survey aims to “guide national thinking” and highlight priority areas for “supplier improvement, shape future investment in general practice digital systems and support ICBs to plan local improvement […]
Barts Health shares data driven approach to patient safety, flow and care delivery
Barts Health has shared how a real-time data dashboard, linked to its EPR, has made an impact on patient safety, patient flow, and delivery of care. The M-BRACE project, presents key information in a single place, including data relating to risk of falls, low blood sugar, and delays in assessment […]
Funding competition offers £85 million for obesity pathway innovations
Innovate UK and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, in partnership with Lilly, are offering NHS organisations the chance to apply for a share of up to £85 million for projects offering innovative community and primary care based weight management pathways. The funding, comprising £50 million from the Department […]
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde test the market for trauma and orthopaedic EPR
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has issued a prior information notice seeking to test the market for a trauma and orthopaedics EPR solution to help improve patient record quality and access, and eliminate paper-based documentation. The health board notes the solution must be able to support both ongoing patient care […]
Barking, Havering and Redbridge moves EPR launch to November
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust has shared the launch of its EPR will be slightly delayed. Initially scheduled for this month, the trust’s EPR will now go live in November, replacing multiple paper-based workflows with a single, integrated system. Matthew Trainer, chief executive, stated: “It’s a massive […]
Ireland’s community pharmacy plans focus on interoperability, data sharing and vendor engagement
The Government of Ireland has shared its Community Pharmacy Agreement 2025, outlining digital priorities across pharmacy IT integration, e-prescribing, data sharing, and vendor engagement, with a view to ensuring “community pharmacists are better equipped to contribute to national health priorities”. Pharmacy IT systems should be ready to integrate with core […]
Hertfordshire and West Essex ICS launch system-wide workforce planning tool
Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB has launched a workforce planning dashboard, developed as a collaboration across all five of its trust providers. The dashboard, named Qlik Cloud, offers system-wide insights across the workforce, enabling users to compare data across staff groups, roles, sickness, vacancies, equality metrics, and financial costs. Key […]
Joint Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England executive team announced
A joint executive team has been announced across the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England, to offer unified leadership as part of the transition to a single organisation. It follows the announcement from Keir Starmer back in March that NHS England would be brought back “at the […]
