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NHS App to include mental health and MSK tools and new commercial pathway in development: Lord Markham at London Tech Week

Lord Markham delivered a keynote speech at London Tech Week 2023, to highlight how the government is supporting innovation, the introduction of mental health and MSK tools into the NHS App, and a new proposed commercial framework to “improve market access” and “consolidate the buying points”. On the NHS App, Markham said: […]

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Northern Ireland launches My Waiting Times website

The Northern Ireland Department of Health has announced an initiative to centralise and improve information available to patients, with the launch of My Waiting Times NI. The website will provide patients with the average waiting times for a first outpatient hospital appointment, across health and social care trusts and the […]

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NICE recommends digital apps for depression or anxiety

NICE has recommended nine digital therapies to support adults with anxiety disorders and adults with depression. Six therapies have been recommended by NICE for anxiety: Beating the Blues, Space from Anxiety, Spring for PTSD, iCT-PTSD, iCT-SAD and Perspectives. Three digital therapies have been recommended for depression: Beating the Blues, Deprexis and Space from Depression. The therapies have […]

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Mid and South Essex ICS commissions patient portal

Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System has commissioned the introduction of the Patients Know Best patient portal. The three-year deal across the region will see the portal introduced at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust and Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.   It forms part of the ICS’s digital […]