We recently had the opportunity to catch up with Dr Rajkumar A Shanmugam (Raj), a general practitioner and head of the practice team at the Eric Moore Partnership in Warrington. Raj is also NHS England’s deputy chief medical information officer and chair of the NHS Clinical Leaders Network. Raj shared […]
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MHRA regulatory roadmap to support access to medical tech shares plans for 2024-2025
The MHRA has published its Regulatory Roadmap, intended to “protect patient safety and enable access without delay for UK patients to innovative medical technologies” including implantable devices, healthcare AI and software, and diagnostics for the early detection and prevention of disease. These technologies, according to the MHRA, “all demand a new […]
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership issues prior information notice for digital therapy programme
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership has published a prior information notice for a digital therapy programme for Powys Teaching Health Board, worth an estimated £1,221,032, with the notice intended to help the Health Board learn what is possible and available in the market as it shapes strategy and requirements. The […]
Data reviews and targeted services take focus in strategy from Cambridge University Hospitals
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s ‘CUH Together 2025’ strategy highlights the role of digital and technology in improving care as well as outlining plans around the development of targeted services, virtual wards, patient portals, digital consent and more. The strategy summarises key commitments across patient care, supporting staff and […]
Mid and South Essex NHS FT chief exec Matthew Hopkins on implementing a system-wide EPR, investing in foundational tech, and more
We recently heard from chief executive at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Matthew Hopkins, on the digital landscape at his trust in 2023 as well as his hopes and aims for 2024. “I’m very proud of our ambition at Mid and South Essex NHS FT for what can […]
Scotland Excel opens £25 million technology enabled care goods framework for 32 local authorities
Scotland Excel has opened an opportunity for tech-enabled care goods and services on behalf of the 32 local authorities in Scotland. The estimated total value of the framework is £25 million, to initially run for 24 months, with the potential to be extended for two further periods of 12 months […]
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s publishes tender for EPR integration and data migration services
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has published a tender for EPR programme data migration and integration services, to support the implementation of the trust’s Epic programme. The procurement is for the development, deployment, and management of integration between the trust’s legacy systems and EPR, with the trust aiming […]
November virtual ward data: capacity and occupancy across ICBs
NHS England has published its latest data on virtual ward services across ICBs in England, indicating that as of November, four ICBs were meeting the target for services to include 40-50 virtual ward beds per 100,000 adults by the end of 2023. Noting that the statistics are “classified as experimental”, […]
Cambridge University Hospital launches learning platform uPerform to support staff training
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust has announced the roll-out of uPerform, an innovative learning platform for its electronic patient record system, Epic®. The trust selected uPerform to support the onboarding and ongoing training experience for caregivers, ensuring its hospital staff – Epic users – have the resources needed to […]
News in brief: portable virtual radiotherapy system in Tayside, digital tech for COPD, research for speech recognition tech, and more
Here, we take a look at some of the news on digital and data that has caught our eye over the last few weeks. Portable virtual radiotherapy system benefits cancer patients at the Tayside Cancer Centre A portable Virtual Environment Radiotherapy Training system is being used at Tayside Cancer Centre […]
