University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is set to go live with its Epic EPR on 23 July, said to be a step forward in the One Devon programme forming a single, shared digital system to bring together hospital and specialist community services in Devon. Following go-lives across Royal Devon University […]
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Ashford and St. Peter’s on EPR, AI, prioritisation and innovation in trust strategy to 2031
Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has marked progress and ambitions around AI, EPR, robotics, and digital innovation in its latest trust strategy to 2031. The trust reports having made “significant advancements” in the use of digital technologies to improve patient care, highlighting its EPR roll out, and […]
£4.6 million funding for initiatives and interventions to reduce community MSK waiting times
NHS England is making £4.6 million of its Getting It Right First Time funding available for commissioned MSK teams with waiting times of over 18 weeks for appointments, to fund local initiatives and interventions. The funding follows national roll out of the MSK Community Delivery Programme in May 2026 with […]
Wales critical care collaboration to explore video and immersive tech
A collaboration between Welsh critical care services and the University of Warwick is exploring how immersive technologies can bring specialist support closer to those on the frontline, with an aim to support decision making during remote care or patient transfers. The 999 REACH (Remote Access for Enhanced, Adaptive, Collaborative Healthcare) […]
Macmillan Cancer Support launches digital health app library for people living with cancer
Macmillan Cancer Support has launched a library of digital health tools designed for people living with cancer, each independently assessed by the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps (ORCHA) for clinical safety, usability, privacy, and security. Tools are organised around types of cancer and care pathway stages, […]
Mid and South Essex ICB highlights shared care record, unified EPR, digital for integrated neighbourhood teams
Mid and South Essex (MSE) ICB’s annual report has highlighted uses of digital across the system, including the expansion of the shared care record, progress on the unified EPR programme, and the use of digital tools to support integrated neighbourhood teams. On the shift from analogue to digital, MSE chair […]
NHS Midlands completes at-scale procurement of ambient voice tech for 1,239 GP practices and 15 trusts
NHS Midlands has completed an at-scale procurement of Heidi’s ambient voice technology (AVT) solution to cover all 1,239 GP practices and 15 acute and community trusts in the region. The region-wide procurement, led by The Dudley Group and Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals, will support all GPs to access the […]
NHSE quality strategy signals “making quality the organising principle for all NHS activity”
NHS England has published a quality strategy to outline a structured approach to “making quality the organising principle for all NHS activity in England over the next decade”, including the use of data to measure and manage quality, the promotion of innovation and research, and tech to underpin safer, more […]
Digital roadmap for sepsis sets out recommendations and timelines for digital infrastructure
NHS England has published its sepsis modern service framework, putting forward a digital roadmap with recommendations and timelines for digital infrastructure including the single patient record, the Federated Data Platform, EPRs, machine learning, AI, wearables, and digital diagnostics. The framework outlines how the NHS will work to improve sepsis care […]
Government of Alberta uses Claude AI to locate and fix cyber security vulnerabilities
The government of Alberta has employed Claude AI to locate and fix cyber security vulnerabilities across government systems, said to assess 466 million lines of code, implement fixes, and run continuous security review. Claude Code’s Opus and Sonnet models have been used to analyse systems in all 27 provincial ministries, […]
