NHSX has opened up applications for digital perioperative pathway support, through a new fund, with the aim of helping Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) to streamline services. The Perioperative Care Adoption Fund, part of a wider collaboration between NHSX, NHS England and NHS Improvement, and Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT), […]
Innovation
DigitalHealth.London Accelerator open to applications from next cohort of health tech innovators
DigitalHealth.London has opened applications for its Accelerator programme, with the aim of finding the ‘next generation of digital health companies’ that can help ‘transform’ healthcare. The flagship scheme, an NHS delivered programme, is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund and has provided a platform for a number of digital […]
NHSX asks healthcare professionals to send in challenges that could be solved by tech
NHSX has put out a direct request to health and social care professionals, asking them to send in information about workplace challenges they are facing that they think could be addressed with a digital or tech solution. Posted through the NHSX Innovation Lab, the call is asking for assistance from […]
UCL develops speech therapy smart app and AI that helps detect oesophageal cancer
University College London (UCL) has published updates on its research and development in two interesting areas of health technology – using artificial intelligence (AI) to help detect a type of cancer, and a smart app that provides speech therapy for stroke sufferers. The iReadMore app from the Neurotherapeutics Group at […]
Eye-tracking tech, sound sensors, in-room media: inside Chelsea and Westminster’s new digitally enhanced critical care units
HTN recently attended the virtual opening ceremony of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s two new critical care units, where digital and tech innovations have been combined with smart design, green space and art installations, to improve patient experience and create a more bespoke environment for recovery. The virtual […]
Yorkshire and Humber AHSN selects innovations for green accelerator programme
Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) has selected the innovations and companies it will support for its inaugural green accelerator programme, intended to help tackle the NHS’s carbon footprint. A sustainable 3D printer, a digital personal health record and an integrated care platform connecting patients and healthcare professionals […]
Patient Experience Library: the team behind the new hospital waiting time tool
HTN got in touch with the Patient Experience Library team and its directors, Anthony McQuillan and Miles Sibley, to find out more about their new waiting list tool, how the data is sourced and updated, and the benefits it can provide. The launch of the online database, which allows users […]
Chelsea and Westminster joins NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been selected to join the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme. Led by Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), an official partner of NHS England and NHS Improvement, the programme allows healthcare innovators to gain and hone commercial skills, knowledge and experience. Chelsea and Westminster will […]
Robotic cancer sensors, helmet brain scanners – 20 new health tech projects announced
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced funding for 20 new health technology projects – ranging from robotic bowel cancer sensors and smart shoe insoles, through to helmets that perform brain scans, robots that support independent living, dissolving ‘needles’ and chips for monitoring the immune system remotely. The 20 projects are […]
IBM and UKRI to launch new £210m centre for digital innovation
The UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and tech giants IBM have announced a new £210 million digital innovation centre, which will focus on advancing AI and quantum computing capabilities. As part of a five-year programme, the new Hartree National Centre for Digital Innovation (HNCDI) will bring together expertise […]
