By Orlando Agrippa, CEO of Draper & Dash Predictive Healthcare Analytics There is a dawning realisation across the UK that the COVID-19 pandemic is not just going to be a one-off event. Unlike Asia and the Middle East, an outbreak of this scale is not something we have seen so close […]
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NHS to launch online COVID-19 rehab service
A new online COVID-19 rehab service is to launch for people who are suffering long-term effects of coronavirus. The platform will provide on-demand access to nurses and physiotherapists, either online or via telephone. The ‘Your COVID Recovery’ is aimed at those who have survived the virus but still have problems […]
Video: Beth Lawton, CDIO, Sussex Partnership: Keeping Digital Human
On day four of HTN Digital Week we welcomed Beth Lawton, Chief Digital and Information Officer for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Beth opened the sessions telling us how they have responded to Covid-19 through digitising, virtualising and mobilising. Beth explained how they increased VPN users from 125 to 4,000 + as […]
COVID-19 vaccine tech could be used for future pandemics
Professor Robin Shattock, from the Department of Infectious Diseases at Imperial College London, is leading the development of a potential coronavirus vaccine, alongside staff from the Trust. The vaccine is being tested in human trials to establish whether it can be well tolerated and produce an effective immune response against COVID-19. […]
Seven health tech SMEs join DigitalHealth.London Launchpad
DigitalHealth.London has revealed seven health tech SMEs joining its three-month programme, known as the DigitalHealth.London Launchpad. The programme will initially support companies launch new products or processes into the NHS. It provides companies with access to knowledge sharing events to help understand demand and how to bring the product or process […]
St Patrick’s Mental Health Services launches Patient Portal
St Patrick’s Mental Health Services in Ireland, has launched a service user portal, an online platform that enables service users to access their own health-related information. Using technology from Patients Know Best the portal will provide service users online access to record, share and view their own health information. Service users […]
NHS Digital publishes regional coronavirus dashboard
NHS Digital has published a new regional coronavirus dashboard that includes cases and triage figures published. The data will present the latest available information to highlight trends and changes by location and is updated every day, with data available from 18 March 2020 to three days before the current calendar date. […]
£11 million funding to support AI research programme
A new research programme is to receive more than £11 million in funding to explore the use artificial intelligence to improve the diagnosis of lung cancer and other thoracic diseases. The funding from UK Research and Innovation, Cancer Research UK and industry, will provide the Oxford based research team the opportunity […]
Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership live with Imprivata
Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership Trust recently went live with the Imprivata Identity and Authentication management solution for remote working. The company provided the licenses for free to support more than 4,000 staff to work remotely, securely. The roll-out was completed the weekend before lockdown to support healthcare professionals conduct surgeries, hold […]
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership to deploy TPP
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is to deploy TPP SystmOne to its mental health and learning disability services. As part of a five year contract, the trust will deploy the system next year for its 3,400 staff, supporting a population of over one million. The company said a key […]
