An expert panel including Tom Davis, UK country manager and medical director at Livi, Dan Bunstone, clinical director at Warrington ICB, and Ananya Datta, associate director of primary care digital delivery at South East London ICS (SEL), joined us for a recent HTN webinar exploring the role of digital in […]
Author: Jennifer Turton
£5.5 million funding for regulators and local authorities to support innovation
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has launched a new round of the Regulators’ Pioneer Fund, offering up to £5.5 million in total funding for innovation in critical sectors and helping support the delivery of the Plan for Change. The latest round of funding is open to regulators and […]
HTN Now: Automation meets infection control: Reducing SSIs in surgery
HTN was joined by a panel of leading experts in surgical site infection (SSI) care for an insightful discussion on how digital innovation is reshaping clinical practice and improving patient outcomes. The session shared practical advice on reducing SSIs with digital pathways, ensuring effective surveillance, how a digital approach to […]
Google launches new open model for health app developers
Google Health has launched a new open model for health app developers, described as its “most capable open model for multimodal medical text and image comprehension”, built on Gemma 3. Potential use cases include medical image classification, medical image interpretation, and medical text comprehension and clinical reasoning. In a LinkedIn […]
HTN ICS digital and data region series: South East
Digital and data across ICS regions: South East For the next instalment of our ICS regions series, we’re heading over to the South East region, to take a deep dive into some of the latest developments, insights, strategies, and more around digital and data. The South East region is home […]
Guy’s and St Thomas’ partners with Aneira Health on AI-enabled women’s healthcare service
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has entered a partnership with Aneira Health to offer AI-enabled healthcare for women working for the NHS, focusing on fitting around busy lives, improving access, and delivering personalised, proactive care. The service is expected to launch this spring, with a small cohort of […]
£61 million investment to support primary care reform and expand MDT working in Northern Ireland
Mike Nesbitt, Minister of Health for Northern Ireland, has shared details of a £61 million investment in GP services set to support primary care reform and expand its primary care MDT programme. A two-phase approach will be taken to rolling out the programme, with the £61 million supporting the completion […]
“Carrot and stick” performance-based pay for NHS leaders announced as part of Plan for Change
The DHSC has introduced what it is calling “carrot and stick” performance-based pay conditions for NHS leaders, with the potential for bonuses and cuts in pay rises designed to establish stricter accountability and ensure greater financial rigour at both trust and ICB level. Emerging as part of the government’s Plan […]
Suppliers asked to sign charter of cyber security best practice outlining standards and responsibilities
An open letter signed by Mike Fell, director of cyber operations at NHSE; Phil Huggins, national CISO for health and care at the DHSC; and Vin Diwakar, national director of transformation at NHSE; has asked suppliers to sign a charter of cyber security best practice, representing a voluntary commitment to […]
London ICBs and NHSE London region agree target operating model for neighbourhood health
London’s five ICBs, along with NHS England London Region and the wider London Health and Care Partnership, have joined together to issue a ‘target operating model’ for neighbourhood health in the London region, based on engagement across the capital which highlighted a desire for more accessible and consistent care and […]
