West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) has received accreditation from NHS England and NHS Improvement as part of its Global Digital Exemplar (GDE) programme. In 2018 the GDE programme, to support improvements in patient care through digital technology and information, opened to three ambulance trusts: South Central Ambulance Service NHS FT, West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS […]
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Two funding competitions open to support learning disabilities and maternity care
SBRI Healthcare, funded by NHS England and NHS Improvement, has launched two new competitions to support digital solutions relating to tackling health inequalities in maternity care, and supporting autism and learning disabilities. Applications are now open for both competitions for single companies or organisations from the private, public, and third sectors. […]
HTN’s Digital Playbook is here…
We are delighted to share our latest Digital Playbook with you all. Following on from our November edition, which focused on the concept of digital Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), our May 2022 edition explores a range of topics from electronic patient records, data privacy, governance, to practical solutions for communication […]
Plymouth to digitise emergency department
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is set to implement tech from Nervecentre to digitise its emergency department. The trust will introduce two modules of the Nervecentre modular electronic patient record system, its emergency department and patient safety modules, aiming to support staff with mobile working. All nursing and medical documentation; […]
Northern Care Alliance to introduce 500 bed virtual ward
The Northern Care Alliance is to introduce a new virtual ward, working with remote monitoring specialist Dignio, to support up to ‘500 beds’. Set to cover a large part of Greater Manchester, the project aims to support 500 people from their own homes for a variety of conditions. Patients will be provided […]
MPs launch inquiry into government progress on digital transformation within NHS
A new inquiry into the government’s progress in achieving a digitally-enabled health system across the NHS has been launched by MPs, to assess progress to-date and the further steps required. The Health and Social Care Committee has set out 11 key questions to be addressed, that include ‘how the government […]
Citadel Health wins contract for laboratory system in Lancashire and South Cumbria
Citadel Health has been awarded a contract to implement a new Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) across all NHS pathology services in Lancashire and South Cumbria. With the contract now awarded, Citadel Health are set to work with Lancashire and South Cumbria Pathology Service to develop an implementation plan and […]
South Warwickshire NHS publishes Impact Report against levelling up measures
Last year, former education secretary Justine Greening launched the Purpose Goals, the UK’s first levelling up framework, designed to guide efforts on the drive for equality. This month, South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust has become the first UK organisation to publish an Impact Report sharing their social impact against the […]
NHS Transformation Directorate publish guidance on Robotic Process Automation
The Transformation Directorate at NHS England has published “Guidance for designing, delivering and sustaining Robotic Process Automation (RPA) within the NHS”, calling it a “national ‘how to guide’ to support effective and safe adoption of RPA [which] will present good practice on planning, delivering and sustaining RPA solutions and will […]
LIVE: HTN Digital ICS
Join HTN and colleagues live today for our one-day online event to support digital integrated care systems! Follow below to keep updated on some of the discussions from our online event, or jump in live by registering here.
