An innovative approach to reducing pressure on GP practices has been trialled in South Tyneside as a result of services in the area working collaboratively to explore ways in which pharmacies could alleviate the pressures. GP2Pharmacy involved GP reception teams following a protocol to identify patients with specific conditions who […]
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Alder Hey FT launches ‘hospital of the future’ tech in collaboration with Microsoft and Mindwave
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has launched a new digital platform “set to revolutionise the way in which patient care is delivered to children and young people”. AlderHey@anywhere is an interactive and immersive digital health platform that provides a hybrid point of access, supporting patient care for families, children, […]
Frimley Health starts EPR go live
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) are in the process of launching their new electronic patient record (EPR) system this week, with the EPR set to officially go live on 11 June. Epic EPR will replace over 200 paper and computer systems currently in place at the trust. FHFT say […]
Berkshire Healthcare publishes first Green Plan with a focus on digital and data
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BHFT) has published its first Green Plan, outlining its strategy to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2045 in line with the Greener NHS programme. The document, titled ‘Net Zero‘n’Green Berkshire Healthcare’s Green Plan 2022-25 ‘, is described as “a pathway strategy” that “starts our […]
141 healthcare professionals set to judge the Health Tech Awards 2022
HTN is delighted to announce a team of 141 NHS health and care professionals set to support the Health Tech Awards 2022. We wanted to bring together a wide group of people from different organisations, healthcare settings, professions and backgrounds, to judge the awards this year. Find out more about the […]
NHS Digital launches new social care cyber security resources
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. […]
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 […]
