NHS South, Central & West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW CSU) has announced it will take over the Wiltshire Child Health Information Service (CHIS) from April 2022. The CSU has also confirmed it will continue to manage the CHIS for Bath & North East Somerset, Gloucestershire and Swindon for the next four […]
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Cheshire and Merseyside digital first team to develop BP@home blueprint
Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership is developing a digital blueprint to share learnings from its BP@Home programme. Led by the partnership’s Digital First Primary Care team, the programme is distributing blood pressure monitors to people who have been diagnosed with uncontrolled high blood pressure and who could benefit from regular […]
Cambridge University Hospitals signs 5-year deal with AI and data company
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) and Sensyne Health, a clinical AI company, have announced a new five-year partnership which will focus on harnessing AI (artificial intelligence) and machine learning to ‘drive ethical research into better health care’. The partnership aims to utilise AI to search large de-identified datasets, […]
South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw ICS opens digital solutions market engagement
South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Integrated Care System (SYB) has opened a market engagement activity to assess the current capability to deliver a series of digital solutions to support the local population. Led by NHS South, Central and West CSU, a pre-procurement notice on-behalf of the ICS has been released, with […]
Alcidion announces the acquisition of Silverlink Software
Healthcare informatics company Alcidion has announced its acquisition of Silverlink Software, a specialist Patient Administration System (PAS) provider which works with the NHS. The move will provide Alcidion with PAS capabilities, which the company hopes will complement the existing clinical capacity offered by its Miya Precision product. It’s expected that […]
Elective recovery tech fund projects revealed
Digital projects that will be part of the elective recovery fund have been revealed – with at least one highlighted in every region of England. The fund was set up to support NHS organisations to “accelerate the uptake of digitally supported care and offer it to more patients”, with a […]
NHSX publishes reviews on digital skills and technology in adult social care
NHSX has published new reviews into digital skills and technology within the adult social care sector. The reports, which were conducted by Ipsos MORI, the Institute of Public Care (IPC) at Oxford Brookes University, and Skills for Care, were released last week, alongside the Department of Health and Social Care’s […]
£700 million funding announced to support NHS this winter
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced £700 million in new funding, including £250 million for new technology, £330 million for upgrading facilities, and £120 million for any supporting revenue costs. The funding is planned to be used across 187 hospitals, and 785 schemes, outlined below. Some of […]
£150m for digital as part of social care plan
The UK Government has released a new white paper on social care, which sets out plans for the next ten years, including new investment of £150 million for digital. The document – ‘People at the Heart of Care: adult social care reform’ – sets out aims and goals, as well […]
Agenda released for HTN Now Electronic Patient Records
The HTN Now Focus online event series continues, with the next edition specifically on electronic patient records, set to take place 9 December 2021. Join HTN and colleagues for the third edition in the HTN Now Focus series, where we explore the electronic patient record (EPR) programme at Newcastle Hospitals […]
