In a recent research report commissioned by NHS Digital, the report found 98 per cent of social workers cited at least one difficulty with sharing information digitally. While 49 per cent had a smart phone to support remote and mobile working, more than a quarter of social workers in the […]
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Global Digital Exemplar programme extended to ambulance trusts
NHS England has today announced three ambulance trusts will share £10m to help improve patient care by developing into world class digital organisations. South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS), West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (WMAS) and North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (NEAS) are the […]
NHS Digital signs new deal with Microsoft
NHS Digital has entered a new deal with Microsoft to support health and care organisations in protecting against cyber threats. Microsoft’s Enterprise Threat Detection Service allows NHS Digital’s Data Security Centre to provide targeted alerts to organisations that enable it. The alerts use Microsoft’s combined cyber security expertise to provide organisations with detection of […]
Fresh debate needed as complexity of spreading NHS innovation laid bare in new report out today
A new report from The King’s Fund, commissioned by six Academic Health and Science Networks, charts the journeys of eight innovations from creation to widespread patient use. The report, published today at http://www.ahsnnetwork.com/kings-fund-report/, examines examples of successful innovations in the NHS and charts their journeys to draw out common themes and […]
NHS supports 138 entrepreneurs design new tech
The NHS has selected 138 entrepreneurs to design and deliver new technological solutions and innovations in healthcare. This includes the appointment of five healthcare scientists, tackling conditions including sickle cell disease and allergic reactions. The Clinical Entrepreneurs Programme, run by NHS England, supports NHS workers to work with, and learn from, […]
Highland Marketing: Predictions for 2018
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 […]
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 […]
