Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) has published its primary care strategy for 2024-2027, sharing priorities including developing a digital futures team with the intention of shaping technology choices, and enhancing researching and reporting capability. The strategy is built around four key principles. The first, delivery quality, sees DHCW commit […]
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Teledermatology service supporting waiting list reductions in Cornwall
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) has partnered with Isla Health to offer dermatology services remotely to patients across community hospitals in Cornwall. Patients can be referred-in by their GP to an imaging clinic, where a medical photographer will take photographs of areas identified for concern, before those images are […]
Royal Devon University Healthcare moves to ‘digital by default’ approach for outpatient letters
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has moved to a ‘digital by default’ approach with regards to outpatient letters, with director of transformation Phil Luke highlighting hopes that the move will “dramatically reduce the amount of paper waste and cut down on carbon emissions” as part of efforts to […]
Government announces budget for long term growth including funding for NHS digital transformation
The ‘Budget for Long Term Growth’ has been announced today by the UK government, sharing plans for the NHS to receive a £2.5 billion day-to-day funding boost for 2024/25 along with £3.4 billion in capital investment over the forecast period “to invest in new tech and digital transformation”. The plan […]
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust achieves HIMSS Stage 7
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has achieved HIMSS EMRAM (Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model) Stage 7, confirming that the trust has met “the highest international quality standard for excellence in digital and data”. The achievement follows an on-site assessment this week which saw HIMSS inspectors observing as […]
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital strategy highlights plans for digital and data to streamline operations
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s latest strategy, running until 2028, shares the role of digital and data across areas including culture, patient empowerment, and streamlining operations, with the trust’s digital, data and technology plan described as “a vital enabler” in transforming services, enhancing productivity, and offering “truly patient-centred […]
Central and North West London NHS awards contract for digital neurodevelopment assessments
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a contract for digital neurodevelopment assessments with an estimated value of £749,000 to online mental health, autism and ADHD service provider Healios. Healios is described as offering a range of mental health assessments and treatments for children and young people […]
NHSE leadership competency framework highlights need to recognise and champion digital, data and tech
NHS England has published a leadership competency framework for board members, setting out the need to “recognise and champion” developments in data, digital and technology in order to support long-term transformation. The framework centres around six leadership competency domains, including driving high-quality and sustainable outcomes; setting strategy and delivering long-term […]
Data linkage, app development and a rare disease prevalence tool: exploring the England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2024 report
The Department of Health and Social Care has published the main report for the England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2024, with digital, data and technology noted as an underpinning theme to four key priorities: helping patients to get a final diagnosis faster, increasing awareness of rare diseases among professionals, better […]
2024/25 GP contract places focus on role of data from digital telephony systems
NHS England has published the arrangements for the GP contract in 2024/25, highlighting changes around the data from digital telephony systems and vaccinations services as well as the need to use digital tools to identify catchment areas. In 2024/25 practices will be required to provide data on eight metrics around […]
