We’re now on our way to the Crowne Plaza in Leeds for HTN Live 2026! HTN Live provides a new approach to an event where we prioritise discussion, participation and challenge questions, through a close-knit conference for NHS teams and suppliers. Taking place at the Crowne Plaza in Leeds, HTN […]
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Calderdale and Huddersfield launches EPR inequalities prompt
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is set to launch an EPR inequalities flag to help colleagues across the trust identify patients at the greatest risk of experiencing health inequalities. The flag has been introduced following its successful use in maternity, where CHFT reports it has supported more personalised conversations […]
Trusts to “move away” from group structure following organisational review of Humber Health Partnership
A decision has been made for Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) to “move away” from their current group structure, following an organisational review of Humber Health Partnership. The decision, according to the boards, will mean both trusts continue on […]
East Midlands Ambulance Service signs EPR contract
East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust has shared the latest on its new EPR, confirming a contract has been signed with provider Terrafix to replace its current system over the next year. The contract with its current EPR supplier is due to end in 2027, it continues, which reportedly provided […]
Cambridge University Hospitals outlines five priority transformation programmes for 2026/27
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has outlined five priority transformation programmes to progress in 2026/27, covering digitally enabled flow, ambient voice technology, booking optimisation, and pathway redesign. AVT is currently being piloted by 90 clinicians, CUH notes, with wider implementation planned to start in October, beginning with outpatient access […]
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals highlights pressing requirement for maternity EPR
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust has highlighted a “pressing requirement for a maternity EPR”, following the publication of the Amos report earlier this year. Investment for the new system would be on top of £5.5 million already spent in the department over the last two years, the […]
Royal Wolverhampton and Walsall Healthcare select preferred AVT
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust have announced Heidi as their preferred supplier for ambient voice technology following a “successful pilot of the solution in a number of departments”. The eight month pilot introduced the technology across the Walsall Healthcare emergency department, medical same day emergency […]
United Lincolnshire Hospitals extends AVT pilot following initial exercise
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is extending its pilot of the Accurx ambient voice technology solution for an additional eight month period. In a contract notice, the trust shares its intent to continue to pilot the solution of the AI scribing tool featuring AVT and additional associated functionality, following […]
The Reveal: Health Tech Awards 2026 finalists!
Following a judging process spanning two months, with the help from a superb group of NHS professionals, we are delighted to reveal the finalists in the Health Tech Awards 2026! We would like to say a huge well done to our finalists, and importantly we are proud to share insights […]
National Commission into the Regulation of AI recommendations for shared responsibility, post-market surveillance, AI readiness
The National Commission into the Regulation of AI has put forward a series of recommendations for a future regulatory framework, finding strong support for the use of AI in healthcare being “conditional, rather than automatic”. The central conclusion, the commission goes on, is that future regulation needs to be more […]
