Norfolk Recovery Partnership (NRP), the organisation that provides advice and treatment for adults with drug and alcohol problems across Norfolk, has completed a successful trial of Intelligent Fingerprinting’s revolutionary fingerprint-based drug screening system. The NRP drug rehabilitation service, which is run by a partnership of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation […]
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Patients Know Best and Synertec to streamline patient communication
Patients Know Best (PKB), and innovative mail management supplier, Synertec, have formed a strategic partnership to help the NHS exceed its 5 year target to be paperless at the point of care by 2020. Currently, the NHS sends millions of letters through the post each year to patients before and […]
21 teams selected to put innovative ideas into practice
The Health Foundation has selected 21 new projects to be part of the sixth round of its £1.5 million innovation programme, Innovating for Improvement. Innovating for Improvement aims to improve health care delivery and/or the way people manage their own health care through the redesign of processes, practices and services. The […]
NHS Digital welcomes new chief executive Sarah Wilkinson
NHS Digital this week has welcomed its new chief executive Sarah Wilkinson on her first day in the role. She takes over the reins from Rob Shaw, who has acted as interim chief executive for the last six months and today begins a new role as deputy chief executive. Sarah comes to the […]
Clanwilliam Group acquires Medisec Software
A rapidly expanding group of health technology companies has added another established NHS technology provider in a drive to support digitisation ambitions across the UK health service. Medisec Software, which has been working with NHS organisations for 25 years to digitise clinical correspondence and dictation, has been acquired by Clanwilliam […]
London Borough of Barnet signs up to telecare services
The London Borough of Barnet has signed a contract with the PA Consulting Group-led Argenti Care Technology Partnership (Argenti) to deliver care technology services across the borough for up to five years from April 2017. Argenti provides innovative telecare services to support vulnerable people so that they can stay in […]
HTN July Newsletter
It’s been another busy month! We launched our Health Tech Awards 2017 to celebrate some of the great health tech projects and innovations from the past year. We hope you have the time to make a submission. In July we have covered many interesting projects that are really making a difference. Here […]
New fund supports global healthcare challenges
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is to launch a major funding call this September, targeted towards pioneering healthcare research and development. The council’s Challenge Led Applied Systems Programme (CLASP) provides funding to support the application and commercialisation of STFC research to address global challenges including healthcare. On 22 […]
Highland Marketing: Integrated marketing for successful healthcare communications
Integrated marketing is the holistic approach to marketing communications that ensures consistency in both online and offline marketing. It is a powerful approach that can help organisations enhance their brand and reputation, create competitive advantage, and support business growth. This article has some useful advice on this important marketing technique. Integrated […]
AHSNs to be relicensed as NHS ‘centrepiece for innovation’
NHS England’s Board met last week and considered a report from National Director of Strategy and Innovation Ian Dodge, which highlights the AHSNs’ significant impact and outlines how this can be the launch pad for an even more influential future role as the NHS ‘centrepiece for innovation’. There was unanimous […]
