NHS England has launched a dashboard offering insight into NHS trust performance in key areas such as urgent and emergency care, elective services, and mental health, in line with the NHS Oversight Framework 2025/26. League tables are split into acute, non-acute hospital, and ambulance trusts, ranking organisations relative to their […]
Author: Jennifer Turton
NHS England planning framework to steer development of integrated five-year plans
NHS England has shared a planning framework to set core principles and key planning activities for local leaders on shaping five-year intreated plans covering 2026/27 – 2030/31. For the initial phase, NHS England is asking ICBs and providers to establish clear responsibilities and a multidisciplinary team to coordinate activities across […]
NHS England shares cyber security guidance for boards and non-executive directors
Guidance from NHS England has outlined ways non-executive directors can contribute to keeping their organisation safe from cyber attack, with Jamie Saunders, non-executive chair of the NHS England Cyber Security Risk Committee, noting, “boards throughout the NHS have a key role to play in safeguarding patients from this risk.” The […]
Microsoft Dragon Copilot launches in UK with natural language voice dictation and ambient listening capabilities
Microsoft has launched its Dragon Copilot clinical AI assistant in the UK, following testing across seven UK healthcare organisations including Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. Copilot combines the speech recognition capabilities of Dragon Medical One with the ambient listening capabilities of Dragon Ambient eXperience, and Microsoft’s generative AI. The result, […]
GOSH shares study into AI scribe pilot across nine London NHS sites
Great Ormond Street Hospital has shared results of a “landmark study” of AI-scribe technology, evaluating the impact of the TORTUS tool across nine London NHS sites. Key findings included that clinicians spent “nearly a quarter” more time directly with patients, with findings reportedly already being used to shape national policy […]
Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL develop AI tool to predict eye damage from autoimmune drug
Teams from Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the University College London Institute of Ophthalmology have developed an AI tool capable of predicting patients at risk of developing retinopathy, following use of a common autoimmune medication, said to be widely prescribed to treat rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and other autoimmune conditions. […]
NHS England issues guidance for trust boards on assessing capability including digital plans and system wide transformation
NHS England has launched guidance for trust boards on assessing provider capability, intended to inform a self-assessment, with an emphasis on digital maturity and plans, and data capabilities. It sets out six areas to be assessed on an annual basis, along with associated indicative evidence, covering: strategy, leadership, and planning; […]
Irish government’s next phase of healthcare transformation: national shared care record, virtual wards, AI, automation, HSE App
The Irish government has published a report entitled “The Path to Universal Healthcare: Sláintecare & Programme for Government 2025+” (SC2025+), presenting its roadmap toward a high-quality universal healthcare system. It shares progress and priorities for 2025 and beyond, on digital projects including a health service mobile app, a national shared […]
Newcastle Hospitals highlights digital developments across cyber, EPR, digital tools
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Group has published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2024/25, highlighting a number of digital developments across digital inequalities, cyber, EPR, digital tooling, and the Great North Care Record. “As part of our ongoing efforts to improve productivity and deliver cost savings, we have […]
HTN Now panel: how can digital help prepare for winter pressures?
For a recent webinar focusing on the role of digital in helping healthcare organisations to prepare for winter pressures, HTN was joined by expert panellists including Patrick Denston, PCN digital transformation and change manager at Frimley ICB; Jamie Griffin, head of commercial at Livi; and Lee Rickles, CIO at Humber […]
