West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership has opened a tender opportunity to expand its remote monitoring programmes across the region. Virtual wards are currently in place across Leeds, Calderdale, Kirklees, Wakefield, Bradford District and Craven, however the ICS “plans to expand the bed base” and “deliver both step-up and step-down pathways that […]
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HTN Now Awards 2023: meet the winners
HTN Now Awards 2023: meet the winners It’s been a busy few months for us at HTN in the lead-up to the HTN Now Awards 2023 ceremony but the time has finally come – after hours of judging from a team of over 250 health tech professionals, we can finally […]
Maz Fosh, CEO of Lincolnshire Community, highlights virtual wards across Lincolnshire
Maz Fosh, CEO of Lincolnshire Community Health Services (LCHS) NHS Trust, has highlighted how virtual wards are working well in Lincolnshire, and how they are keen to explore the approach for other conditions. Currently LCHS have virtual wards for heart failure, frailty, respiratory, children’s complex neurology and same-day emergency care. […]
DHSC announces £250 million hospital discharge funding and highlights data and innovations from Frontrunners
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced an additional £200 million in funding to support patient discharge initiatives and has highlighted six National Discharge Frontrunners using data and innovations. The £200 million comes on top of the £500 million Adult Social Care Discharge Fund announced in December, covered by HTN […]
Policy to improve patient safety through use of medical devices in development with NHS Scotland
NHS Scotland is developing a policy aiming to improve patient safety with regards to medical devices in Scotland, by improving available information and system-wide data. The policy is being developed by the SG Medical Devices and Legislation Unit (MDLU). It seeks to improve traceability of medical devices and equipment through […]
NHS Cornwall partner with Togetherall to launch online mental health community service
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has launched a new digital partnership which will see local residents gaining access to a peer-to-peer support community, with the aim of creating a safe online space in which users can anonymously support each other with moderation from licensed and registered mental health practitioners. Dr […]
Dr Helen Davies shares role of data for managing multi-morbidity across an ICS
A step-by-step guide to managing the pandemic of multi-morbidity using population health management has been discussed in a blog for NHS England by Dr Helen Davies, GP clinical lead for community and population health management in Calderdale, part of West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board. Helen explains that evidence shows that […]
Cardiff Medicentre celebrates third decade of innovation
A biotech and medtech innovation hub in Cardiff is celebrating its third decade by sharing some of the work undertaken by its business tenants. Founded in 1992, Cardiff Medicentre is a joint venture between Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and Cardiff University. Based in the grounds of the University […]
Join us for our first event of 2023
Join us for first event of 2023! Our two-day HTN Now event takes place 18-19 January and is open to all to attend – register for your free ticket now to discuss, discover and learn about the latest happenings in health tech. Through the event we’ll be sharing thoughts and […]
King’s College London receives grant for technical development of a digital twin for the heart
Professor Steven Niederer from the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences at King’s College London has received a £1.5 million Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council grant to explore the technical development of a digital twin for the heart. The technical study is to allow researchers to create computational […]
