The National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care last month published a report to outline their priorities for 2022-2023. Dr Nicola Byrne, National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care, begins the report to reflect on work carried out over the past year in line with the mission of […]
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NHS, university and industry partners collaborate on NHS Scotland transformation
NHS Golden Jubilee’s national Centre for Sustainable Delivery, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, University of Glasgow, AstraZeneca UK and Lenus Health have launched a collaboration to co-create NHS Scotland transformation. The partnership aims to deliver transformation by testing new patient pathways and using digital technologies to support earlier diagnosis and […]
Funding for six social care providers to co-produce and test tech services
NHS Digital’s Digital Social Care programme, an initiative to support the digital journey of adult social care providers, has awarded six projects with funding between £65k – £75k. Bield Housing & Care, Haringey Council, Platform Housing Group, Pobl Group, Southend Care and Wiltshire Council will each receive funding to support […]
App supports healthcare worker mental health in new study from KCL
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London indicates that the mental health and wellbeing of frontline NHS healthcare workers can be supported and improved through use of the mental wellbeing app Koa Foundations. Designed by Koa Health, the app provides a library […]
North West London ICS signs deal for cloud-based interoperability service
North West London Integrated Care System (ICS) has signed a deal with InterSystems for its cloud-based interoperability service. Through a five-year partnership, the ICS will introduce InterSystems Health Connect Cloud, with an aim to facilitate electronic data flows between care settings and promote digital transformation across the region. The technology will be made […]
SBRI Healthcare funding opens for net zero clinical innovations
SBRI Healthcare, the NHS England funded initiative championed by the AHSN Network, has opened a new funding competition ‘Delivering a Net Zero NHS Clinical Innovation’. The funding competition is open for innovations that can help transform carbon intensive areas of clinical care and complex care pathways. There are four specific challenge […]
Sussex ICS awards pilot extension for community diagnostic pathway tech
Feedback, a provider of digital infrastructure to facilitate patient specific pathways between primary and secondary care, has been awarded a 12 month extension of an initial pilot with Sussex Health and Care Partnership Integrated Care System. The pilot aimed to support community diagnostic centres establish “symptom-based pathway models” using Feedback’s digital infrastructure […]
Coventry and Warwickshire tackle waiting lists with text message initiative
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust has launched a new initiative with an aim to reduce waiting times for elective care. The trust is sending patients on its waiting list at University Hospital, Coventry or the Hospital of St Cross, Rugby a short survey by text message or postal […]
Humber and North Yorkshire ICS launches accessing appointments communication campaign
Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership has launched a communication campaign to support patients with accessing new appointment methods and to understand the digital options. The integrated care system outpatient transformation programme has produced two animations to help explain what patient initiated follow ups are and to describe how […]
Drones to deliver medical samples across Morecambe Bay through Future Flight Challenge funding
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT) and Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are set to pioneer the use of drone technology to deliver medical samples between hospital sites. The project has come about due to approximately £1.4 million in funding from UK Research and Innovation. It […]
