Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of two trusts currently piloting a new digital optometry platform which aims to help accelerate patient treatment and reduce wait times. It’s hoped that optometrists in Cambridgeshire will be able to use the technology – which has been designed by an NHS […]
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News in Brief: tender opens for digital nursing data, call for GPs to share remote triage experiences
At HTN this week we’ve covered a range of stories – from a report into interoperable health records and AI research for children’s mental health, through to a health app in Rotherham – but we’re not done yet. Here’s our round-up of the rest of the headlines from across health […]
Video: North East and North Cumbria ICS share their digital strategy
North East and North Cumbria (NENC) Integrated Care System (ICS) joined us at one of our HTN Now Focus events last year, sharing insights into how digital innovations and ideas can support ICSs, as the 42 new organisations develop across England and await their formal creation. As their example, the […]
Rotherham health app integrates primary and secondary care services
A patient app in Rotherham is allowing residents to access both primary and secondary care services through one integrated platform. The Rotherham Health App displays both hospital and GP information to service users, via the application, and allows them to access a service directory, self refer, book assessments, and amend […]
Report highlights five recommendations for interoperable health records
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has published a new report that focuses on interoperability of health and care records. The document – entitled ‘The Digital Advantage – Realising the benefits of interoperability for health and social care in England’ – highlights five new recommendations needed for a new, […]
Innovate UK fund £7m programme to support UK health tech SMEs with regulation
A new £7 million health tech programme, funded by Innovate UK, has been launched to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with regulation. The Health Technology Regulatory and Innovation Programme has been announced as a joint initiative by CPI and the Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI), and will help […]
NHSE opens staff awareness sessions on new patient access to GP records
Primary care patients will be able to access new entries in their own GP records from April 2022, with NHS England (NHSE) now opening information and awareness sessions to help staff adapt to the changes. As HTN originally reported in November 2021, patients who use online accounts – such as […]
New £15m NHS cancer innovation call to open in April
NHS England and NHS improvement (NHSEI) will soon open applications to a £15 million call for new and existing cancer care innovations. The NHS Cancer Programme is to officially open its second call for technologies and ideas that can be taken to the frontline, following the ‘success from the first […]
Health Tech Awards 2022: First group of judges revealed
HTN is delighted to announce the first group of judges confirmed to support the Health Tech Awards 2022. Following an open invitation, we were overwhelmed with the response to support the awards judging process this year. We wanted to bring together a wide group of people from different organisations, healthcare […]
DHSC publishes new proposals for health and care integration
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published a new set of government proposals for health and social care integration, including dedicated sections on digital and data. Entitled, ‘Health and social care integration: joining up care for people, places and populations‘, the white paper sets out wide ranging […]
