On 18th March NHSX, NHS Digital and Microsoft announced Microsoft Teams would be available for free for three months. The tool was rolled out to all NHSmail users on 20th March and between March 22–28 it was used to facilitate 973,072 private online chats, rising from 6,804 on March 22 to a […]
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NWIS adds COVID-19 test results to Welsh Clinical Portal
The NHS Wales Informatics Services has announced COVID-19 test results have been added to its national clinical portal. The unit developed an electronic test requesting system for use in community test units across Wales and has now made this information available. Patients who test for COVID-19 will be added to […]
Hosted document sharing platform launched for free to support healthcare teams during COVID-19 pandemic
An independent document sharing platform has been launched by CCube Solutions to support providers and health professionals access information during the COVID-19 crisis. The company said it is providing a secure cloud-based platform that is accessible from any device and independently from an IT system to support healthcare professionals access […]
NHSX appoints Director of Standards and Interoperability
NHSX has appointed Irina Bolychevsky as its Director of Standards and Interoperability. The role reports directly to the Chief Technology Officer, David Turner who was recently appointed to the role and will join the unit next month. The Director of Standards and Interoperability role has a salary over £100,000 and has responsibility […]
HTN volunteer and jobs service now free
HTN is pleased to announce the HTN and Leading Healthcare jobs service is now free. For years the service has supported many organisations with their recruitment activities for specialist roles and now we are offering this service for free. If you are looking for a volunteer or have a vacancy, […]
NHS Digital publishes data on COVID-19 symptoms reported
NHS Digital has published a new dashboard that shows the total number of COVID-19 symptoms reported through NHS Pathways triages through 111 and 999, and online assessments in 111 online. NHS Digital said the data is based on potential COVID-19 symptoms reported and is not a count of people, where a […]
Video: Advice for the development and sale of your innovation into the NHS
Last month we caught up with Clinical Entrepreneur Philip Alton. He’s the founder of two early stage health tech startups Senti and Lister. During our catch-up we discussed some of the challenges he has faced, and the learnings and advice he has for those developing innovations with a view to selling […]
Video: Paul Charnley, Director of IT and Information, Wirral University Teaching Hospital
In January, as part of HTN Digital Week, we heard from Paul Charnley, Director of IT and Information at Wirral University Teaching Hospital on population health management in the Wirral region. In this webinar Paul discusses the journey and experience that the Wirral team have been on as they have worked to […]
Trusts adopt COVID-19 impact assessment tool and new mental health module launched
The COVID-19 impact assessment tool launched just 2 weeks ago has been utilised by trusts across the country to support live hospital planning and demand assessment. The company behind the tool, Draper & Dash, developed the system to allow trusts to view and analyse national Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data, […]
NHS teams-up with tech giants for live COVID-19 data dashboard
NHS England and Improvement and NHSX have teamed up with tech giants to consolidate key data sets to inform COVID-19 decision making. The group is to develop a data platform and dashboard that will provide organisations with secure, reliable and timely data to make informed, effective decisions. The data will […]
