United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is extending its pilot of the Accurx ambient voice technology solution for an additional eight month period. In a contract notice, the trust shares its intent to continue to pilot the solution of the AI scribing tool featuring AVT and additional associated functionality, following […]
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The Reveal: Health Tech Awards 2026 finalists!
Following a judging process spanning two months, with the help from a superb group of NHS professionals, we are delighted to reveal the finalists in the Health Tech Awards 2026! We would like to say a huge well done to our finalists, and importantly we are proud to share insights […]
National Commission into the Regulation of AI recommendations for shared responsibility, post-market surveillance, AI readiness
The National Commission into the Regulation of AI has put forward a series of recommendations for a future regulatory framework, finding strong support for the use of AI in healthcare being “conditional, rather than automatic”. The central conclusion, the commission goes on, is that future regulation needs to be more […]
Calderdale and Huddersfield innovation programme prioritises five digital pilots
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has outlined its intention to prioritise five initial ideas to pilot under its Transform, Improve, Maximise, and Enable (TIME) digital innovation programme. The three-year programme has an aim to save colleagues time and release more time for patient care by making use of digital […]
Generative AI, ambient voice, automation, and future EPR in five-year plans from Bradford District Care
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust has outlined its plans around generative AI, ambient voice technology, automation and digital recruitment as part of its latest board meeting. The trust is launching its strategy to 2031, with headline ambitions to use digital and data routinely in improving decision making, productivity, and […]
HTN Live, a close-knit event focused on participation, is next week!
HTN Live is next week! A new approach to an event where we prioritise discussion, participation and challenge questions. Taking place 16 September 2026, at the Crowne Plaza in Leeds, HTN Live is a focused event centred around participation, and is set to provide 100 NHS leaders with: deep dive […]
Scottish Government publishes five-year plan to improve flow
The Scottish Government’s “Health and Care Improving Flow Plan 2026-2031” has outlined a series of steps toward its ambition of improving flow and creating one connected system for health and care. It draws on expanding Hospital at Home and remote monitoring, the MyCare.scot portal as an online front door to […]
North West Ambulance Service plans £19 million unified CAD and EPR platform
North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) NHS Trust is planning an upcoming procurement for a unified CAD and EPR platform, with a total estimated value of £19.3 million. The trust has issued a market notice ahead of a planned February 2027 tender, indicating requirements for the platform around minimising duplication, improving […]
First procurement competitions launch for £100m sovereign AI scheme
The government has launched the first procurement competitions for its £100 million sovereign AI R&D procurement scheme, aiming to support British AI companies to “start here, scale here and win globally”. According to the government, the scheme is designed to act as a venture capital fund, focusing on demonstrator-stage solutions […]
Leeds Teaching Hospitals cancer data collaboration and research pilot for diabetes in young people
A partnership has been launched between the DATA-CAN data research hub for cancer hosted at Leeds Teaching Hospitals and the West Midlands Secure Data Environment to support access to high quality cancer data for researchers. The partnership draws on pseudonymised patient data from patient records at major cancer centres across […]
