Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a 10-year contract extension for an electronic patient record system from The Phoenix Partnership (TPP), set to run for 10 years and worth an estimated £6,294,780. The contract is described as a “collaboration” between Sussex Community alongside East Sussex Healthcare, Surrey and Borders […]
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Coventry University PhD students develop digital solutions to improve access to healthcare in low-to-middle income countries
PhD students from Coventry University are developing digital solutions aiming to help improve healthcare access in low to middle income countries, supported by researchers from the university’s Centre for Intelligent Healthcare and its digital health social enterprise spinout Hope 4 The Community CIC (H4C). Using a combination of data and software […]
Digital health checks to increase cyber awareness for social care in the North East and Yorkshire
NHS England has partnered with the North East Business Resilience Centre on a pilot project designed to tackle cyber threats by delivering ‘digital health checks’ for small and medium businesses in the social care sector in the North East and Yorkshire, including free cyber services and training. The North East […]
NHS Greater Manchester Board shares update on primary care blueprint, including digital telephony and access
NHS Greater Manchester (GM) Board has shared an update on progress made around its primary care blueprint, which focuses on developing a “unified” primary care strategy supported by the four disciplines of general practice, community pharmacy, dentistry, and optometry; in particular, the board highlights “positive progress” around the adoption of […]
Hull University Teaching Hospitals trials pre-hospital video triage scheme for stroke patients
Hull University Teaching Hospitals is trialling a pre-hospital video triage scheme enabling stroke coordinators to connect to Yorkshire Ambulance Service crews via video technology, to enable visual checks and digital evaluations. Where suspected stroke is identified through the video assessment, ambulances will transport patients to Hull Royal Infirmary on an […]
Health Innovation KSS shares equity guide with data and digital goals and recommendations
Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) has published a guide for innovators designed to support consideration of how the design, development and implementation of innovations can help in achieving health equity. The guide builds on Health Innovation KSS’s ‘ten principles of health equity’, which set out considerations to take including […]
AI Act, legal framework for Europe designed to support “trustworthy AI”, enters into force
The European Commission has announced that AI Act, a legal framework seeking to address the risks of AI in Europe by setting out clear requirements and obligations in support of “trustworthy AI”, has officially entered into force. Designed to address risks with AI systems that could lead to “undesirable outcomes”, […]
Digital and Data Capability Framework for Scotland sets out competency aims across technology and data
A new Digital and Data Capability Framework has been launched in Scotland with the aim of supporting digital skills and competencies across the entire health and social care workforce. Six key areas of focus are identified: using technology; innovation and service improvement; identity, safety and wellbeing; communication; handling information and […]
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust shares £300k opportunity for remote patient monitoring system
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has shared an opportunity to procure remote patient monitoring services and hardware worth an estimated £300,000, set to run for three years. Following the end of the existing remote monitoring contract, the trust seeks to establish a new contract to support the clinical effectiveness and […]
North West London Acute Provider Collaborative shares strategy to 2027, highlighting data sharing and digital tech in enhancing patient care
The North West London Acute Provider Collaborative, made up of trusts including Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare, London North West University, and The Hillingdon Hospitals, has published a strategy covering 2024-2027, outlining shared priorities and plans to “address complex, system-wide issues more effectively in the years ahead”. The […]
