Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has published its medium term plan, outlining ambitions for the next five years. The trust plans to develop its making data count dashboard, expand patient portal capability, and implement digital tools to improve patient access and system efficiency. In year one for specialist […]
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Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT sets out digital delivery goals and priorities for 2026/27
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust has set out its digital delivery goals and priorities for 2026/27, focusing on using data to improve the health of communities, using tech to support people to be well at home, providing better access to care, making life easier for staff, and delivering […]
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB awards contract for digital MSK self-management
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB has awarded a contract with a total value of £206,692 to getUBetter for a digital MSK self-management platform. The platform is intended to support patients across primary, secondary, and community care in the region with common MSK injuries and conditions. Patients may be […]
DHSC outlines future of Fingertips health data repository in £1.25m contract
The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded a £1.25 million contract to Marvell Consulting Limited for a public beta “Find Public Health Data” service replacing the current end-of-life Fingertips service, a large public health data collection. Hosted in Azure using cloud-based technologies, the service is described as “currently […]
NHS Grampian highlights 12 digital priority programmes for delivery in 2026/27
NHS Grampian has highlighted 12 digital priority programmes for delivery or “substantial progression” in 2026/27, covering theatre scheduling, the MyCare digital front door, the national child health record system, Microsoft 365, PACS, a radiology information system, laboratory information management system, GP IT, and Windows 10 replacement. The MyCare.scot digital front […]
Essex Partnership shares digital learnings and outcomes from £21million project releasing time to care
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust has shared learnings and outcomes from its £21.1 million Time to Care project, citing “substantial progress” in delivering a new engagement-led operating model along with “meaningful cultural change” across services. Key achievements, the trust notes, include establishing a new operating model in inpatient and […]
Volunteer responder app piloted across 46 community first responder schemes in Scotland
A new volunteer responder app has been piloted in 46 Community First Responder schemes across Scotland, with outcomes including a “significant boost” to community emergency response, the Scottish Ambulance Service has shared, supporting plans for national roll-out in June 2026. The pilot, which ran from November 2025 to February 2026, […]
Roll-out of digital eye care programme continues across Wales
The digital eye care programme is continuing to be rolled out across Wales, with the Welsh Government issuing an update on its current status by health board for the OpenEyes national EPR and OPERAi national electronic referral system for eye care. All health boards have now implemented both systems either […]
NHS England on digital-by-default, EPR adoption, optimisation, improving workflows
NHS England has shared a series of updates towards digital-by-default, drawing on findings from the digital maturity assessment and the EPR usability survey, to outline next steps as the focus shifts from deployment to optimisation. Latest findings from the DMA suggest “real progress” is being made across the system in […]
Central and North West London launch digital impact fellowship, EPR and AI design authorities
The board of Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust has presented a series of updates on current digital programmes and priorities, looking to the role of digital in areas such as clinical safety, and promoting staff digital confidence with a new Digital Impact Fellowship programme. The trust introduces […]
