Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has announced the trial of a new remote care tool called FibriCheck, which allows stroke patients to test themselves for a common heart condition, from the comfort of their own homes. CW Innovation – led by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS FT and […]
Innovation
Innovations in focus: all 35 winners of NHSX’s new Adoption Fund
HTN recently covered the announcement of NHSX’s new Adoption Fund winners. The 35 successful innovations, and the teams behind them, will each receive a share of the £6.5 million funding pot. Spread out across five areas – gastroenterology, musculoskeletal, perioperative, cardiology and cardiac surgery pathways, and digital inclusion – the […]
Invitation to tender for new research project into Equality Impact Assessments
The NHS Race and Health Observatory (RHO), an independent organisation which works to identify, explore and tackle ethnic inequalities in healthcare, has put out an invitation to tender for research into how tech, treatments and innovations are impacted by Equality Impact Assessments (EIAs). The Observatory, which is supported by NHS […]
Physio platform and GP tool among innovations in latest Yorkshire & Humber AHSN digital accelerator
A physiotherapy platform, a GP tool and a social prescribing management system are among the Yorkshire-based innovations that have been selected for the Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Science Network’s (YHAHSN) digital health accelerator programme, Propel@YH. The AHSN, which acts as an innovation arm of the NHS, chose 10 Small-Medium […]
CQC wins grant to support innovation in primary care
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has been awarded £169,000 to support innovation in general practice. The grant is being provided by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), through its Regulators’ Pioneer Fund, which enables UK regulators and local authorities to help create a regulatory environment that supports […]
Chelsea and Westminster milestone as trust uses thermal imaging to scan two million visitors
Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust has hit a unique milestone – successfully scanning two million visitors for COVID-19 and other infections at its hospitals over the past year. As previously reported by HTN, the trust has been using thermal imaging technology to scan those entering its hospital sites for […]
New Leeds Centre for HealthTech Innovation announced
The University of Leeds and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) have linked up to launch a new centre for the development of health technology. The Leeds Centre for HealthTech Innovation is one of three initiatives that have been announced to support the development of novel ideas ‘from the point […]
Breast cancer risk predictor integrated with Isla’s visual care record
More women could be set to benefit from a breast cancer risk predictor, after the health tech company Islacare integrated the CanRisk programme into its visual care record. CanRisk, a web-based programme developed by the Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology at the University of Cambridge and funded by Cancer Research […]
NHSX releases report on themes and feedback from digital health innovators
NHSX has published a report that responds to feedback from digital health innovators across the sector, with a focus on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and other barriers that creators, providers and suppliers have faced. The ‘Listening to digital health innovators report 2021’, released on 20 August 2021, was […]
NICE and the AHSN Network announce new healthcare innovation collaboration
NICE – the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence – and the Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) have revealed plans for a new collaboration. The two organisations are set to work together on embedding innovations into the healthcare system, for the benefit of patients. By combining their strengths, skills, […]
