NHS England’s Transformation Directorate has opened a procurement process to partner with a delivery supplier to support its Frontline Digitisation programme. The programme aims to provide national support for locally led digital transformation, with the aim of this procurement to find a delivery partner for the provision of advice, support, expertise […]
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PRSB publishes information sharing standards to support diabetes management
The Professionals Record Standards Body (PRSB) has released new information sharing standards to support diabetes management. The development of the standards comes in response to “information about a person’s diabetes… not all being digitally shared between the different professionals involved in their care,” PRSB states. The body also notes “inconsistency in […]
Wireless trials from NHS Digital open for applications
NHS Digital is exploring how wireless technologies can support the delivery of improved health and care through a series of trials. The Wireless Centre of Excellence allows NHS organisations to apply for funding for innovative wireless technology to support them in making connectivity improvements in health and care settings. Organisations […]
Industry view: how can the NHS retain and attract IT staff?
Amy Freeman, Director of Digital and Digital Transformation at University Hospitals of North Midlands, took to Twitter over the weekend with a question that sparked an interesting discussion: “If the NHS can’t compete with private sector salaries, and private sector is matching pensions and annual leave, how do we keep […]
140,000 people join cancer screening trial through NHS DigiTrials service
Over 140,000 people have signed up to take part in a trial of a blood test said to detect more than 50 types of cancer. NHS and healthcare company GRAIL developed the NHS-Galleri test. It is being run by The Cancer Research UK and King’s College London Cancer Prevention Trials […]
£25million digital social care fund for ICSs
The Digitising Social Care programme, a unit within the NHS Transformation Directorate, is making £25 million available to Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) in 2022/23 to support adult social care in digitising. The investment forms part of the Plan for Digital Health and Care and funding announced in June to support digital […]
Virtual reality project at Chelsea and Westminster to support pregnancy loss
CW+, the official charity of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, has announced a new addition to their innovation programme with the launch of Eirene, a virtual reality project set to support women who experience loss in the early stage of pregnancy. Eirene was conceptualised by Natalie Nunes, Consultant […]
HSC Northern Ireland publish digital strategy for 2022-2030
Health and Social Care (HSC) Northern Ireland have published their digital strategy for the next eight years, sharing their vision of “making lives better for the people of Northern Ireland, using digital to transform the way we deliver health, care and wellbeing services.” HSC published the strategy this week and […]
Norfolk Community Health expands remote monitoring service
Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust is to expand its remote monitoring service for heart failure patients across south, west and north Norfolk. The community trust, working with health tech supplier Inhealthcare, has supported patients in Norwich, and now plans to widen the service, with funding provided by Norfolk […]
techUK explores results of NHS EPR usability survey
In 2021 the NHS Transformation Directorate initiated the first national electronic patient record (EPR) usability survey, to gather a complete view of how effectively clinical IT systems are supporting frontline healthcare professionals across the NHS. The NHS partnered with Ethical Healthcare Consulting and KLAS Research to conduct the survey. The […]
