Vinehealth and Cancer Research UK (CRUK) have formed a partnership to support people living with cancer, to support them in managing, tracking and understanding their care through the Vinehealth digital app. The app has been co-developed with both NHS oncologists and cancer patients with the aim of helping patients to […]
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Digital focus in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s vision for the future
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has commissioned and published a strategy entitled ‘A vision for pharmacy professional practice in England’. The vision is split into people-centred themes and enabling themes. Under people-centre, it lists supporting people and communities to live well for longer; enabling people to live well with the medicines […]
Online tool developed to predict prostate cancer risk
A team of scientists in Cambridge has developed an online tool for predicting an individual’s risk of developing prostate cancer. The free application aims to support more targeted testing, treatment and early diagnosis, and forms part of the CanRisk web tool that has been used to make almost 1.2 million risk predictions of […]
Digital strategy from Bolton NHS FT shares tech focus to 2025
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has published its digital strategy for 2022-2025, sharing their ambitions to become a digital trust, with focus on digital integration, care, workforce, infrastructure and estate. Some of the aims set out in the strategy, include: to integrate care to prevent ill health, improve wellbeing and meet […]
AI tool to support cardiovascular care developed in Sheffield
An artificial intelligence tool has been developed by researchers at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Sheffield, with the aim of providing quick and comprehensive analysis of heart function to aid earlier and more detailed diagnosis. The trust describes how the tool “automatically detects chambers of […]
South London Partnership Internet of Things project supports local residents
South London Partnership has worked with Microsoft to deliver a programme using Azure and the Internet of Things (IoT) to understand how digital technologies could help enhance its services for the benefit of the five boroughs’ residents. Covering five London boroughs – Croydon, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Richmond upon Thames and Sutton – […]
Cera to pilot automated ‘Siri for care’ telephone assistant
Cera, a digital-first healthcare-at-home company, is trialing an artificial intelligence powered voice assistant for the UK care sector. Known as Siri for care, the application aims to support patients track symptoms through a series of questions using automated phone calls. The pilot will see individuals asked questions to monitor their health, with answers […]
Government announces £175 million funding initiative to boost genomics research
The UK Government has announced a funding initiative to support work on genetic disease treatment, cancer pathways and tackling health inequalities. To support patients with cancer and children born with treatable rare genetic diseases, £175 million has been provided in funding to boost genomics research as part of a three […]
NHS Confed and the Health Foundation share practical improvement lessons to cope with winter pressures
NHS Confederation and the Health Foundation have shared their six improvement lessons to support leaders and teams with winter pressures through a blog by Penny Pereira, Q Managing Director for the Health Foundation, and Dr Amar Shah, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Chief Quality Officer at East London NHS Foundation Trust. […]
TPP letter to the NHS “for years, costs for hospital EPRs have been artificially inflated”
Frank Hester, OBE, founder and CEO of TPP, has taken to social media to share a letter to the NHS on his views of the costs of electronic patient record systems. TPP has commented that “for years, costs for hospital EPRs have been artificially inflated” and “call for a time […]
