Welcome to this latest edition of our international news in brief, where we take a look at some of the health tech news stories from across the globe to have caught our attention over the last few weeks. Unity Health Toronto and Sinai Health collaboration to support EPR implementation Unity […]
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Croydon Health Services awards £380k contract for ambient voice implementation
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust has awarded a five month contract with a value of £379,743 for support with its implementation of ambient voice technology across multiple departments. The contract, starting on 20 May and due to end on 31 October 2026, has been awarded to Keystream Group Limited. According […]
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals plans EPR implementation delivery partner
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has issued a pipeline notice to procure an EPR implementation delivery partner to support its EPR programme. The trust states that the notice is to inform forward planning, ahead of an approximate date of 1 July 2026 given for the publication of a tender […]
Social prescribing platform contract awarded covering Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership Procurement Services has awarded a contract with a value of £43,863 to Access UK Ltd for the provision of a social prescribing platform to support referral pathways in Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan. The digital platform is intended to support primary care referrals into community […]
Successful EPR go-live at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has celebrated the go-live of its Nervecentre EPR, posting on LinkedIn about the milestone and thanking all involved. According to the trust board, go-live was deferred from February following delays with NHSE approval. First tranche functionality introduced covers observations, clinical documentation for […]
NHSE publishes best practice guide for frailty pathways with emphasis on data, risk stratification, and proactive identification
NHS England has published a best practice guide for NHS frailty pathways, intended to inform ICBs and providers on the actions that should be taken to commission and drive improvements in performance, ahead of the publication of the modern service framework for frailty and dementia later in 2026. Key enablers […]
National funding opportunity to open for digital medicines management
NHS England has published a new funding opportunity building on the digital medicines first of type schemes, focusing on scalable technical capability across EPR and ePMA workflows, and GP Connect. The revenue stream is focused across two themes, in medicines on admission, looking for EPR and ePMA capability to “consume […]
New model of care uses video calls to bring specialist rheumatology input into primary care
A pilot of the Connected Health Network model at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust is using video call functionality to bring specialist rheumatology input into primary care, with the ambition of reducing “unnecessary referrals to secondary care”. The model includes a GP with a special interest in rheumatology […]
Join us in June for HTN Now and hear from inspiring panellists sharing their insights, projects, learnings, and perspectives
Join us in June for our online webinar series where we welcome an inspiring group of panellists to share their insights, projects, learnings, and perspectives. At HTN we regularly host an expertly produced series of online panel discussions and webinars, providing an opportunity to share best practices, learnings and tackle […]
DHSC publishes equality impact assessment for the single patient record
The DHSC has conducted an impact assessment designed to support proposed legislation for the Single Patient Record (SPR) contained in the recent Health Bill, and assess impact across nine protected characteristics including disability, sex, race, and sexual orientation. The department reiterates current policy aims for the SPR around giving patients […]
