What is the coming year likely to hold for NHS and IT? And what will that mean for marketers, companies and trusts working with healthcare technology? Highland Marketing looks ahead. Lyn Whitfield, strategy and content director, on NHS finance and policy in 2018 The NHS received a five-year financial settlement […]
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PwC survey says majority of public have never accessed their own health records
In a survey last month from PwC asking 2001 UK Adults, the results found: 80% of UK public have never accessed their health records and 88% of them don’t know how 92% of people happy for health records to be shared between different parts of the healthcare system Concerns remain […]
Healthcare websites and other non-NHS services to be awarded quality ratings for the first time by CQC
The Department of Health has confirmed that it will grant the Care Quality Commission (CQC) the power to rate even more healthcare services, such as those that offer medical advice and prescriptions from GPs online, so that this becomes the default way that the regulator presents the judgements from its […]
NHS Digital encourages additional information to be shared
Every four seconds a health or care professional accesses a patient’s Summary Care Record (SCR), which contains important details from GP medical records, such as their medication, allergies and adverse reactions, to support care. NHS Digital said “additional information, including long-term health conditions, medical history and immunisations can also be […]
HTN December 2017 Newsletter
Here we highlight the news we brought you this month: In December we reported Devon Doctors, which provides primary care across the county, and Earl Mountbatten Hospice on the Isle of Wight have successfully joined the HSCN in the past month. People across Devon and Cornwall can now download a […]
Our most-read news of 2017
It was a fantastic year for us, we covered 389 stories over the year and increased our network to over 9,000! Thank you to everyone who has followed us and here we cover our most-read for the past 12 months: January Leicester’s Hospitals successfully deployed a new electronic patient […]
Electronic prescribing to be piloted in integrated urgent care
NHS Digital has launched a pilot use of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) in selected integrated urgent care settings. This will mean that patients seeking care out of hours or in urgent care settings can have their prescriptions sent directly to a pharmacy of their choice, rather than relying on paper prescriptions. The service will […]
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust electronic outcomes project commended
Lord Patrick Carter of Coles, who was charged by the Government in 2016 with helping to improve efficiency in the NHS, has commended Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust’s implementation of a digital appointment outcomes project designed to replace paper outcome forms and improve clinic efficiency. He visited Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust […]
More organisations connect to Health and Social Care Network
The first primary care provider and third sector organisation have successfully connected to the new Health and Social Care Network (HSCN). Devon Doctors, which provides primary care across the county, and Earl Mountbatten Hospice on the Isle of Wight have successfully joined the HSCN in the past month. HSCN has […]
Health Enterprise East launches Medovate to boost NHS medtech innovation
NHS Innovation Hub Health Enterprise East (HEE) has launched a separate medtech innovation development company called Medovate Ltd to boost the financial and technical support available to NHS medtech innovators. Backed by £9 million of investment capital from NVM Private Equity and a private US investor, Medovate is the first […]
