The first of the NHS Impact programmes to be launched as part of an “opportunity for systems and their providers to engage in a customised improvement programme” sees NHS England share an online ‘maturity matrix’ to enable organisations to conduct self-assessment of services; a programme-specific website providing resources and guidance; […]
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NHS 111 adds multimedia content to improve triage
NHS 111 has highlighted how it’s piloting the use of adding multimedia content to triage questions, initially with using meningitis pictures and video on 111 online. In a recent blog post, Paul Pod, interaction designer for NHS 111 online, shares how the 111 online team have improved information about meningitis symptoms by […]
Reduction in internet-enabled therapy sessions from 2021 to 2023
A new statistical release from NHS England regarding NHS Talking Therapies (previously known as Improving Access to Psychological Therapies or IAPT) has highlighted that 45,668 internet-enabled therapy sessions took place over the course of April this year, a drop of 19.8 percent from April 2022. In April 2022, NHSE shared […]
Identifying, signposting and co-designing: NHS England on digital inclusion in general practice
NHS England has published guidance on supporting digital inclusion in general practice, designed for healthcare staff and “anyone else who is seeking to reduce digital exclusion in general practice”. The guidance is based on examples of good practice shared from primary care organisations and VCSEs across the country. The NHS […]
Fastball test hoped to improve early dementia and Alzheimer’s detection
New plans are currently underway to develop what is being referred to as a “revolutionary test” called Fastball. £1.5 million in funding has been awarded by NIHR to researchers at the University of Bath and Bristol, in collaboration with Cumulus Neuroscience, who are leading the study to improve early detection […]
North West London ICS to launch tech enabled programme for people living with severe mental illness
North West London Integrated Care System is launching a new tech-enabled programme, in partnership with Inhealthcare, which aims to tackle disparities in physical health outcomes for people living with severe mental illness. The programme extends the annual physical health check pathways by introducing remote technology support, and aims to improve […]
“On a mission to make integration easier” – results from the 2023 NHS Digital developer integration survey
The results from the 2023 NHS Digital developer integration survey, to find out more about what developers have had to say about integrating with the NHS’s APIs, have been published. Although improving significantly in terms of overall satisfaction, findings suggest that there remain “key pain points” for software developers. In […]
NHS CDIO joins EPR supplier as vice president of healthcare strategy & transformation
Former executive chief digital information officer at Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust, Mark Hutchinson, has joined Altera Digital Health as vice president of healthcare strategy & transformation, EMEA. Mark joins the health tech supplier following a 20 year career in digital healthcare transformation; joining Altera Health, a company aiming to “disrupt the traditional […]
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust goes live with shared care record
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust (MYTT) has gone live with the provision of data to the Yorkshire and Humber Care Record, assisting in the delivery of joined-up patient information to “support the provision of excellent clinical and social care and close data gaps across West Yorkshire”. The trust is sharing […]
NHSE progresses Discharge Ready Date data metric
NHS England has written a letter to ICB and NHS trust executives, directors and chief financial officers, providing guidance on collecting data for the development of the planned discharge metric. The letter reiterates the role of the new discharge metric, which was set out as a commitment in the 2023 […]
