Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has rolled out ambient voice technology across more locations and community services following a successful trial. The initial trial of the Lyrebird AVT solution incorporated services including same day emergency care, dermatology, rheumatology, and urology. The technology will now be used in services including […]
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Digital Health and Care Wales shares improvements to NHS Wales women’s health website
Digital Health and Care Wales has shared details of improvements made to the NHS Wales women’s health website, incorporating feedback from users and introducing new functionality to make it easier for women to find local support. The website, launched in March 2026, was reportedly developed through a collaboration between DHCW’s […]
£80 million outlined in NHS England market engagement for multi-neighbourhood training hubs
NHS England has launched a preliminary market engagement exercise aiming to identify potential suppliers to support the future commissioning of multi-neighbourhood training hubs for primary care, with a total value of £80 million. As part of the engagement, NHS England shares a survey to collect feedback from interested parties around […]
Epic launches integration for healthcare apps
Epic has announced the release of new capabilities allowing app developers to build “connectors” linking other apps to Epic, and to support surfacing information stored elsewhere without switching between apps or portals. These connectors will reportedly allow information and complete tasks within other apps to be surfaced in Epic, and […]
Berkshire Healthcare selects digital MSK service supplier
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has selected Flok Health to supply digital MSK triage and management services, at a total cost of £400k. The trust has contracted Flok Health to provide a fully managed service offering a “complete alternative” to traditional community physio pathways, with 24/7 digital triage and remote […]
King’s College Hospital and Guy’s and St Thomas’ report £4.1 million in savings from EPR
King’s College Hospital and Guy’s and St Thomas’ have reported savings of £4.1 million from their combined use of the Epic EPR system. The trusts point to the avoidance of 3.3 million duplicate or repeat tests, saving up to 275,000 hours of nursing and phlebotomy time since 2023. This has […]
HTN Now: Cyber resilience in the NHS, impact of AI and emerging tech challenges, preparing for 2027
HTN was joined by Julian Wiggins, solutions director at Rackspace Technology, and Nasser Arif, cyber security manager at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust and Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, for a recent webinar on the topic of cyber resilience. Our panel discussed challenges around AI and emerging tech, practical […]
North East Ambulance Service strategy looks to “the road ahead” with tech, data and AI
North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is looking to “the road ahead” in its latest trust strategy, recognising the increasing role that tech, data, and AI will play in shaping urgent and emergency care delivery. Introducing the strategy, trust chair Stuart Corbridge and chief executive Kevin Scollay note: “The […]
DHSC guidance on digitising adult social care, managing IT suppliers, using AI
New DHSC guidance on digitising adult social care has tackled how services can be fully digital, adopt AI, manage IT suppliers, and introduce digital champions. The DHSC advises that providers are considered to be “fully digitised care providers” if they are registered with the CQC, use an assured DSCR solution, […]
Digital patient monitoring system among innovative projects to improve cancer services across the Humber
Humber and North Yorkshire Cancer Alliance has awarded a share of £135,000 to three projects run by Humber Health Partnership aiming to improve cancer services and outcomes for patients. The funding is awarded as part of the Cancer Research and Innovation Awards, designed to help turn ideas into improvements to […]
