Following a successful six-month pilot at Sangre Grande Hospital in Trinidad and Tobago, the eastern regional health authority has decided to roll-out Isla across all services under an ambitious deployment programme. The programme at Sangre Grande Hospital initially focused on three key specialties: wound care, surgical wards, and dietetics, noting […]
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43 neighbourhood health services supported with £10m funding announced
43 neighbourhood health services have been announced as part of wave one sites, supported with £10 million in funding. The programme has an initial focus on long-term conditions, the government shared, with the expectation to expand to more services over the course of the next year. The aim is to […]
HTNLive outline agenda launched!
Connecting digital leaders across health and care through meaningful, focussed, in-depth conversations, HTNLive promises to be an event like no other. HTNLive will pose challenge questions, facilitate discussion and participation, and include in-focus deep dives into digital projects at NHS organisations. We’re pleased to share the outline agenda for HTNLive […]
Top performing trusts listed in newly launched NHS Oversight Framework league tables
NHS England has launched a dashboard offering insight into NHS trust performance in key areas such as urgent and emergency care, elective services, and mental health, in line with the NHS Oversight Framework 2025/26. League tables are split into acute, non-acute hospital, and ambulance trusts, ranking organisations relative to their […]
NHS England planning framework to steer development of integrated five-year plans
NHS England has shared a planning framework to set core principles and key planning activities for local leaders on shaping five-year intreated plans covering 2026/27 – 2030/31. For the initial phase, NHS England is asking ICBs and providers to establish clear responsibilities and a multidisciplinary team to coordinate activities across […]
Cyber security company, Naq secures £5.1 million in Series A funding
Naq, the UK and Netherlands-based cyber security company, has secured £5.1 million in Series A funding, as part of its aim to help health tech companies meet cyber security standards across the NHS and healthcare. According to Naq, the investment will be used to support the product development of its […]
NHS England shares cyber security guidance for boards and non-executive directors
Guidance from NHS England has outlined ways non-executive directors can contribute to keeping their organisation safe from cyber attack, with Jamie Saunders, non-executive chair of the NHS England Cyber Security Risk Committee, noting, “boards throughout the NHS have a key role to play in safeguarding patients from this risk.” The […]
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals looks to pilot digital MSK treatment platform
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking to trial the use of a digital platform as an alternative to face-to-face services, for the treatment of MSK patients. The trust is aiming to procure a digital solution to support health management for patients with spinal and peripheral MSK conditions, […]
Microsoft Dragon Copilot launches in UK with natural language voice dictation and ambient listening capabilities
Microsoft has launched its Dragon Copilot clinical AI assistant in the UK, following testing across seven UK healthcare organisations including Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. Copilot combines the speech recognition capabilities of Dragon Medical One with the ambient listening capabilities of Dragon Ambient eXperience, and Microsoft’s generative AI. The result, […]
Researchers at Imperial develop AI tool designed to read ECGs for signs of heart block
A team of researchers at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust have created an AI tool designed to read ECGs and support doctors identify those at risk of developing the potentially fatal heart condition, heart block. AIRE-CHB is an AI tool that has been developed with support from the NIHR Imperial […]
