In the year since its initial introduction, an AI-powered digital referral assistant (chatbot) has been utilised for 30 percent of Talking Therapies referrals for anxiety and depression at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust. The chatbot engages in conversation with individuals to capture referral information which is then automatically added […]
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NHS England updates guidance on patient initiated follow-up
NHS England’s latest guidance on patient initiated follow-up has highlighted the role of the NHS App and digital tools in enabling patient choice, aiming to reduce operational barriers, promote consistency, and support providers in “embedding PIFU as part of routine clinical practice”. In a foreword, Stella Vig, elective recovery national […]
£300k patient management solution for intensive care units procured by University Hospitals Birmingham
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has entered a contract worth over £300k with Kinseed Limited for an end-to-end patient care management solution for intensive care units. The contract, set to run to March 2028, has a total value of £309, 680.20. Marked as an “IT software package”, the solution […]
Queen Victoria Hospital looks to November EPR launch
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust it to launch it Altera electronic patient record system in November. The EPR named “Archie” is labelled “the most significant digital transformation programme the trust has ever undertaken”, the trust shared. Implementation work began last year, with core elements relating to inpatients, outpatients, electronic […]
Digital Health and Care Wales upgrades vaccinations system and colposcopy administration system
Digital Health and Care Wales has shared progress of two system upgrades, on its Flu and Covid-19 vaccinations system, and its colposcopy administration system to improve the quality of information being recorded. The Welsh Immunisation System has been updated to offer capability from ordering and stock management through to recording […]
HTN Now Awards 25/26 launched and open for entries
HTN is pleased to launch the HTN Now Awards 25/26 back for another year! We’re celebrating health tech innovators, health care teams and suppliers who are making an impact in health and care and we can’t wait to hear from you. Providing a platform for innovations, solutions, case studies, collaborations […]
NHS England announces online hospital for 2027 launch
NHS England has announced plans for an “online hospital” to go live in 2027, with an aim to deliver up to “8.5 million appointments and assessments in its first three years”. The service, NHS Online, will aim to connect patients virtually to clinicians based anywhere in England, with triage to […]
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s board discuss EPR programme and post-implementation challenges
The board of Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust in its September meeting, welcomed the successful go-live of its Epic EPR, however noted the scale of post-implementation effort required. Following the go-live of the EPR in May, the board stated that its “performance is now recovering”, and “acknowledged the […]
Bradford District Care insight into risk management, achievements, cyber, infrastructure
In an annual SIRO report, Tim Rycroft, CIO and SIRO at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust has shared insights into the trust’s performance on information risk management over the last twelve months, noting key successes, plans for 2025/26, and progress in areas such as paper records. Achievements in 2024/25 […]
DHSC opens call to shape 10 year workforce plan including digital initiatives and service redesign
The Department of Health & Social Care has issued a call for evidence to inform the development of a 10 year workforce plan, looking to understand the roles and skills that will be critical to successfully implementing the 10 year plan. The 10 year plan outlines a new operating model, […]
