NHS Digital figures show that the number of people accessing talking therapies for conditions such as anxiety and depression through the NHS has increased by 21.5 percent from 2020-2021 to 2021-2022. The report, entitled ‘Psychological Therapies: Annual Report on the use of IAPT services, England 2021-22’ provides information on the […]
News
NICE makes conditional recommendation on wearable devices for Parkinson’s
The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has made conditional recommendations on five wearable technologies that could help improve symptoms and quality of life for people with Parkinson’s disease: The Personal KinetiGraph Movement Recording System from Global Kinetics Corporation, a watch that measures movement and is intended to […]
Camden and Islington NHS publishes annual report and digital priorities
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust has published its annual report for 2021/22, which details its successes over the past year along with continuing ambitions and improvement aims, including its digital strategy. The report set out four key aims to reduce health inequalities, improve outcomes for service users, eliminate unwarranted […]
International researchers propose framework to improve use of healthcare data in studies
An international team of researchers have proposed a framework to improve the integrity and quality of studies using structured healthcare data from electronic health records, along with using the results for clinical decision support. Published in The BMJ, Lancet Digital Health and European Heart Journal, the approach was coordinated by […]
Alzheimer’s Society opens £4 million innovation challenge
Alzheimer’s Society, Innovate UK and Challenge Works have launched a new £4.34 million funding challenge to support innovations that help people with early-stage dementia to live independently. The programme is calling for global innovations and potential break through technologies that learn from a person living with dementia, employ artificial intelligence and […]
Thérèse Coffey sets out new plan for patients
New Health and Care Secretary, Thérèse Coffey, has set out ‘Our plan for patients’ to build on the NHS winter plan and outline measures across “the priorities that matter most to patients”, including ambulances, backlogs, care, doctors and dentists. The plan from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) […]
New partnership set to accelerate detection and diagnosis of health conditions in Greater Manchester
A new strategic partnership between Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), Siemens Healthineers and The University of Manchester (UoM) is set to accelerate Greater Manchester’s capacity to detect and diagnose health conditions disproportionately affecting the city’s population. Through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalise the relationships between the three […]
Derby and Burton NHS choose BridgeHead to retire legacy applications
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB) has partnered with BridgeHead Software for the provision of software and services to underpin their application decommissioning programme. The trust plans to centralise its data as part of an ongoing digital transformation project, through which they are standardising their core […]
Royal Marsden researchers to trial new referral pathway
Researchers at The Royal Marsden NHS FT have launched a trial to develop a new pathway that aims to speed up diagnosis and reduce anxiety for patients with suspected head and neck cancer. The EVEREST-HN trial launches this month to investigate whether assessing each patient’s risk using a risk stratification tool before they […]
The Reveal: Health Tech Awards 2022 Finalists
It’s that time of year again – the Health Tech Awards are here to share digital teams, programmes, innovations and health tech suppliers. Over the past few weeks the HTN team has worked with a fantastic team of judges, and we’re now delighted to share with you the finalists in […]
