NHS Digital has launched new cyber security resources to support social care organisations in improving security culture within their care settings. The resources come in the form of an update to NHS Digital’s security awareness toolkit, Keep I.T. Confidential. The toolkit was originally created in 2019 to help clinical staff. […]
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Cardiff University awarded funding for imaging technology to investigate epilepsy
Scientists at Cardiff University have been awarded nearly £1 million to investigate how imaging technology can help to pick up new signs of disease in the brain. Using MRI scanner technology optimised for smaller samples, along with advanced microscopes, scientists will analyse the brains of epilepsy patients, initially focusing on […]
Clinical letters turned into data for multiple sclerosis database
The Multiple Sclerosis Society has funded the development of technology to turn written language in patient letters into data to create a unique multiple sclerosis database. Hoped to support researchers and healthcare professionals, the tech was first piloted in 2018. To date it has been used to turn 400 letters into […]
Social care innovator raises £28.5 million
Florence, a health-tech social care staffing solution, has raised £28.5 million through a Series B funding round. The company said it plans to use the investment to expand and develop its product, enter new markets, and to support UK and international growth. Its free app is used to connect nurses with open […]
University of Glasgow develop new artificial skin with touch sensitivity
Engineers from the University of Glasgow have published the results of their research into developing an electronic skin that can learn to feel ‘pain’. The paper, titled ‘Printed Synaptic Transistors based Electronic Skin for Robots to Feel and Learn’ published in Science Robotics, highlights artificial skin with a new type […]
Fuller stocktake report sets out plan to improve patient access to primary care
Dr Claire Fuller’s review into how to improve access for patients to primary care, ‘Next steps for integrating primary care: Fuller stocktake report’, has been published. The review was commissioned by NHS England and NHS Improvement, with an aim to review what is working well in integrated primary care, why […]
North East Innovation Lab supports study into new COVID-19 test
Researchers from Newcastle University have developed a new biosensor to detect COVID-19. The biosensor measures chemicals or biological molecules such as proteins or antibodies and has led to the development of a diagnostic test that does not require the technical equipment necessary to process the results in a lab, the […]
Phillips Ives Nursing & Midwifery Review launches
This week HTN attended the launch of The Phillips Ives Nursing & Midwifery Review, which will explore the digital readiness of the nursing and midwifery workforce and prepare them to deliver the digital future. The review is set to determine the needs of the workforce in delivering this during the […]
Draft social care digital skills framework and training resources published
Digital Social Care, part of NHS Digital, has published a draft framework to provide structure for learning and development in digital skills, as part of the Digitising Social Care programme. The framework was developed in response to a recommendation from the Technology and Digital Skills Review, with support from Skills for […]
Northern Care Alliance relying on robust contingency plans following IT system difficulties
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust has been experiencing disruption and instabilities in some of its digital IT clinical systems since Wednesday 18 May. The Royal Oldham Hospital, Fairfield General Hospital in Bury and Rochdale Infirmary (run by the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust), as well as North […]