Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust has shared learnings and outcomes from its £21.1 million Time to Care project, citing “substantial progress” in delivering a new engagement-led operating model along with “meaningful cultural change” across services. Key achievements, the trust notes, include establishing a new operating model in inpatient and […]
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Volunteer responder app piloted across 46 community first responder schemes in Scotland
A new volunteer responder app has been piloted in 46 Community First Responder schemes across Scotland, with outcomes including a “significant boost” to community emergency response, the Scottish Ambulance Service has shared, supporting plans for national roll-out in June 2026. The pilot, which ran from November 2025 to February 2026, […]
Roll-out of digital eye care programme continues across Wales
The digital eye care programme is continuing to be rolled out across Wales, with the Welsh Government issuing an update on its current status by health board for the OpenEyes national EPR and OPERAi national electronic referral system for eye care. All health boards have now implemented both systems either […]
NHS England on digital-by-default, EPR adoption, optimisation, improving workflows
NHS England has shared a series of updates towards digital-by-default, drawing on findings from the digital maturity assessment and the EPR usability survey, to outline next steps as the focus shifts from deployment to optimisation. Latest findings from the DMA suggest “real progress” is being made across the system in […]
Central and North West London launch digital impact fellowship, EPR and AI design authorities
The board of Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust has presented a series of updates on current digital programmes and priorities, looking to the role of digital in areas such as clinical safety, and promoting staff digital confidence with a new Digital Impact Fellowship programme. The trust introduces […]
£1.5 million NIHR funds innovations at Leeds Teaching Hospitals
The National Institute for Health and Care Research has awarded funding of £1.5 million to Leeds Teaching Hospitals as part of national funding to increase the NHS’s ability to deliver high-quality commercial research, to be used toward four initiatives including the development and validation of AI imaging algorithms to improve […]
OpenAI raises $122 billion toward next phase of “at scale” AI and plans for AI “superapp”
OpenAI has closed its latest funding round with $122 billion in committed capital, sharing plans to use the funding toward the next phase of at-scale AI, and in the development of an AI “superapp”. Referring to its success in generating $2 billion in revenue per month, the company states: “This […]
Sir James Mackey outlines priorities for 2026/27, multi-year planning, neighbourhoods, tech‑enabled productivity
Sir James Mackey, chief executive at NHS England, has outlined next steps on planning and priorities for 2026/27 in an open letter to ICB and trust chief executives. Mackey starts by congratulating execs on progress toward operational targets on referral to treatment and urgent and emergency care, adding: “What we […]
Augmented reality helps visualise women’s health conditions and prep for surgery at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Augmented reality technology is being used at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to help patients and clinicians visualise women’s health conditions such as endometriosis and prepare for surgical excision. The technology offers a large-scale, close-up view of anatomically precise 3D models, aiding clinicians in explaining diagnoses or disease […]
Patients Know Best and Heartfelt Technologies collaborate to accelerate clinical trial recruitment
Patients Know Best has collaborated with Heartfelt Technologies to automate and accelerate clinical trial recruitment, by taking a digital-first approach to patients. Using Patients Know Best to recruit patients for Heartfelt Technologies’ Innovate UK-funded HF-TRACK trial, the approach has significantly accelerated enrolment, demonstrating how a patient-led, automated process can outperform […]
