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Norfolk and Waveney ICS shares update on Joint Forward Plan, including data used to map progress
Norfolk and Waveney ICS has shared an update on the progress made around aims set out in the ICS’s five-year Joint Forward Plan, including how data is being used to measure progress and completion of ambitions. The ICS has recently published its population health management strategy and a health inequalities strategy, […]
West Yorkshire ICB appoints new chief digital and information officer
West Yorkshire ICB has announced the appointment of a new chief digital and information officer (director of digital), with Shaukat Ali Khan joining the ICB’s leadership team from autumn 2024. Shaukat has had an international career “across strategic and operational IT disciplines” in the healthcare, education, pharmaceutical, humanitarian, hospitality and […]
Electronic referral service for community opticians launched in Coventry and Warwickshire
A new system-wide electronic referral service for community opticians has been launched across Coventry and Warwickshire, enabling opticians to send referrals for patients in need of further investigation or treatment to a single point of access in the Coventry and Warwickshire Ophthalmology Co-ordination Service (OCS). Previously, opticians would be required […]
Join HTN for live webinars over the summer, from getting the most out of your EPR to cyber security strategy
As we look ahead to the second half of 2024 we’ve plenty of virtual events lined up on HTN’s calendar, with digital healthcare leaders from across the industry joining us to share insights, learnings and best practice on topics from electronic patient records to cyber security to virtual wards. Let’s […]
National Data Guardian panel focuses on DSPT, cyber assessment framework and national data opt-out reform
The national data guardian panel met recently, to discuss updates on the data security and protection toolkit (DSPT), cyber assessment framework and national data opt-out reform. With the NHS England and Department of Health and Social Care plan to implement the cyber assessment framework within the DSPT, the panel discussed […]
Queen Victoria Hospital awards £495k contract for CDC digital infrastructure
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a contract worth an estimated £495,000 to clinical infrastructure specialist Feedback, for the provision of the Bleepa Community Diagnostics Centre (CDC) solution. Bleepa is a clinician-facing platform that sits on top of Feedback’s CareLocker product as a data layer, providing clinical results […]
NHS England publishes £4.2m cyber security opportunity
NHS England has published an opportunity for services to support a cyber security focused programme and assurance model, as part of efforts to appoint a call-off contract with one provider, worth an estimated £4,290,000. Through the procurement, NHSE seeks to contract consultants to support with the delivery of design, consultation, […]
Video game launched to boost recruitment for pharmacy roles at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole and Hull University Teaching Hospitals
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have launched a new video game designed to help boost recruitment for pharmacy roles. The game features virtual patients who must be given the right medication as prescribed by a virtual doctor, in a race against […]
Community provider publishes procurement opportunity for AI transcribing software
Locala, a provider of NHS community healthcare services across West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester, has published a prior information notice regarding the planned procurement of AI transcribing software with the aim of enhancing efficiency and accuracy of medical transcription services. The procured service is required to be an “ambient” AI clinical […]
