A digital maturity blueprint from County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust (CDDFT) has laid out a three-year roadmap with the intention of increasing the organisation’s DMA score from its current 2.5 to 4.5 by 2027/28. The trust shares plans to tackle gaps in areas including cloud infrastructure, automated monitoring, […]
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£300 million for NHS tech and digital tools under Autumn Budget
£300 million of new capital investment has been outlined by the Chancellor in the Autumn Budget for NHS tech and digital tools, with aims to improve productivity by automating administrative tasks and providing “swifter access” to patient information. The announcement comes alongside news of planned investment in 250 neighbourhood health […]
HTN Now panel discuss how digital and data is supporting population health management
For our most recent HTN Now webinar on the role of data and digital in supporting population health management (PHM), we were joined by a panel including Victoria Townshend, portfolio director (associate) with the GIRFT Elective Team; Mayur Vibhuti, CCIO and GP clinical lead for digital at Kent and Medway […]
Welsh Ambulance Services board updates on digital KPIs, IG, and risks around unchecked AI use
The Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust (WAST) board has shared its digital KPIs, work on information governance, and discussed the risks surrounding unauthorised or inappropriate use of AI. Granted a high risk status, the unauthorised or inappropriate use of AI tech such as ChatGPT “outside of approved organisational channels […]
HTN Now – the national online forum to share, connect and learn – register your front row seat
An online event series reaching thousands of NHS professionals – the HTN Now 2026 webinar schedule is out! If you’re interested to learn from leaders around the country (and world), deep dive into health tech domains from EPRs, AI, virtual wards, cloud, cyber security, primary care, patient flow, data, strategy, […]
GE HealthCare acquires Intelerad for $2.3 billion
GE HealthCare has announced its acquisition of medical imaging software provider Intelerad at a cost of $2.3 billion, as part of wider aims to create a fully-connected, cloud-first imaging ecosystem and to triple its cloud-enabled product offering by 2028. According to GE HealthCare, the move brings AI and workflow orchestration, […]
HTN SURVEY: Exploring the pain points around the use of digital systems
HTN Survey: Exploring the pain points around the use of digital systems HTN is producing a deep dive report to reveal health and care pain points with digital systems. We would love to hear your views and would like to invite you to input into a report we’re producing to […]
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals highlight EPR implementation and digital plans
The board of York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals (Y&S) NHS Foundation Trust has shared an update on progress around EPR implementation, next steps, and future focuses for digital. Overall progress is reported as “in line with plan”, with go-live of the first tranche due to begin on 27 February 2026, […]
Mid Yorkshire Teaching reports on virtual wards hospital admissions avoided and bed days saved
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust has shared statistics on its Hospital at Home – Virtual Ward programme, highlighting a saving of 1,422 hospital admissions since the service began, with 318 of these in 2025/26. Overall, the virtual ward has saved 987 bed days in Q1 – Q2 of 2025/26. In […]
University Hospitals Tees opens public and healthcare professional surveys around the use of AI imaging
A consultant musculoskeletal radiologist from University Hospitals Tees has opened two surveys designed to give the public and healthcare professionals the opportunity to share their thoughts on how AI imaging is being used within the hospital. Dr Maya Jafari received funding from South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Our Hospitals […]
