SBRI Healthcare has announced £1.3 million in funding for 14 innovations supporting women’s health across three categories: gynaecological conditions and hormonal health, mental health, and chronic conditions and long-term health. The innovations awarded funding include DDM Health Limited’s digital platform designed to empower those with long-term conditions with the help […]
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Panel discussion: Successful NHS workforce transformation: Key factors for success, overcoming challenges, ensuring sustainable workforce transformation, and securing buy-in
For a HTN Now panel discussion, we were joined by expert panellists including Dr Penny Kechagioglou, CCIO and deputy CMO at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW); Stuart Dures, digital skills development manager at Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH); Dan Chilcott, client enablement director at Patchwork Health; and […]
Sheffield City Council live with Yorkshire and Humber Care Record
Sheffield City Council has become the first local authority in the South Yorkshire region to introduce the Yorkshire and Humber Care Record (YHCR). Developed by Interweave, a company owned and managed by its users across 6 ICSs, the YHCR gathers separate patient records and puts them into one structured format, […]
The Rotunda Hospital partners with Isla Health to promote personalised digital pathways in Ireland
The Rotunda Hospital, a leading maternity hospital based in Dublin, has entered into a strategic partnership with Isla Health, a UK-based company that provides a digital pathway platform, to digitise and personalise patient pathways. The partnership will focus on enhancing patient engagement with personalised digital pathways, to support patients across […]
Liva Healthcare secures funding, acquires digital, virtual and in-person lifestyle solution provider
Liva Healthcare, a digital healthcare platform offering “human-led therapeutic intervention programmes” for lifestyle-related chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, has announced its acquisition of Momenta, a provider of healthy lifestyle solutions, as part of its international growth strategy. The purchase, made for an undisclosed sum, is hoped to “significantly” […]
NHS England publishes eight principles for using digital technologies for mental health
NHS England has published eight principles for the “appropriate use” of digital technologies in mental health settings, aiming to provide a guide for procurement, implementation, data protection, policy, staff training and recording in patient care and treatment plans. Designed to help clinicians decide whether using digital technology is the “most […]
Portsmouth Hospitals awards £250k contract to MyRenalCare app
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust has awarded a new contract to the MyRenalCare app, a digital solution designed to support patients with kidney disease. The £250k contract was procured to offer patients a way to “take control of their condition” while also allowing clinicians to provide guidance via virtual consultations, […]
11 innovations tackling antimicrobial resistance awarded share of £1 million
SBRI Healthcare has awarded £1 million to 11 innovations tackling antimicrobial resistance, as part of its “Competition 25: AMR” phase 1 development funding competition. As part of the competition, projects will run for “up to six months” with the aim of demonstrating technical and commercial feasibility for innovative ideas including […]
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS FT board highlight EPR procurement and ongoing work around data quality, as trust announces exit from special measures
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust board meeting on 6 February highlighted plans around the procurement of an EPR to replace the trust’s current system, and ongoing work around data quality. This week the trust also announced it’s no longer in NHS oversight framework segment 4 (formerly known as special […]
UK government announces £82.6 million in funding for projects harnessing AI to diagnose and treat cancer
The UK government has announced £82.6 million in research funding for three projects, two of which are using emerging technologies such as AI to tackle cancer. The government has also made a commitment to provide researchers with access to “cutting-edge computing resources” to help harness “the power of AI”. PharosAI, […]
