One year on from its Women’s Health Strategy, the government has announced a package of new measures designed to support the health of women and girls, including the introduction of a dedicated area on the NHS website and an online hormone replacement therapy (HRT) hub. The women and girl’s section […]
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Northumbria University introduces interactive platform for health and care students
A proposal from Northumbria University seeking to establish a “pioneering immersive wellbeing environment for students” with the aim of reducing attrition rates amongst undergraduate students in the fields of health and care has received a grant of £40,000 from NHS England. Containing auditory experiences, videos and images with “advanced features” […]
HealthTrust Europe to establish framework agreement for additional capacity planning services including remote monitoring and virtual care
HealthTrust Europe LLP, on behalf on Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, is looking to establish a framework agreement worth an estimated £8,250 million, for the supply of additional capacity planning services including virtual consultations and remote patient monitoring. The virtual consultation lot highlights a need for tenderers to […]
Care ‘traffic control’ centres to expand nationwide by December
NHS England’s board meeting in Birmingham today is due to set out a number of measures aiming to help the health service prepare for winter, including the expansion of care ‘traffic control’ centres designed to speed up discharge through coordinated data use. In today’s update, NHSE states that around a […]
New Value Sharing Framework to “simplify and accelerate” negotiation of terms in NHS data partnerships
NHS England’s newly-published Value Sharing Framework sets out guiding principles that NHS organisations and their partners should follow in order to help them negotiate fair terms for NHS data partnerships, to “simplify and accelerate” the process along with promoting innovation through alignment of incentives. The first of the four principles […]
NHS Shared Business Services to launch cyber security services framework
A prior information notice has been shared by NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) regarding the procurement of cyber security services for an estimated value of £125 million. The notice shares how NHS SBS plans to put a framework agreement in place for the provision of cyber security services along with […]
“Major issues” with frontline digitisation programme and GP IT Futures programme government projects report
The latest annual report on the Government Major Projects Portfolio from the Infrastructure and Projects Authority has been published, with insights including an update that the previously established deadline of March 2025 for every NHS trust to reach a core level digitisation and capability “appears to be unachievable”. Of the eight […]
University of Edinburgh joins global research effort to enhance dementia care through data and digital
The University of Edinburgh has joined NEURii, a global research collaborative which aims to explore the use of data and digital solutions to enhance approved treatment options for patients – working to predict, prevent, manage and ultimately treat dementia. NEURii aims to create innovative solutions by combining digital biomarkers with […]
NHS England to launch digital tobacco apps framework
NHS England has opened a procurement programme worth up to £25 million to develop a National Digital Tobacco Treatment Service Framework. The programme aims to provide adult smokers (aged 18 years and older) in England access to one or more digital tobacco dependency applications. It aims to support existing treatment services […]
University Hospitals Sussex opens EPR early market engagement
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust has started an early market engagement phase as part of its electronic patient records solution procurement. The trust plans to procure a modular EPR to meet the minimum digital foundation requirements as part of the national frontline digitisation programme and to support its own strategic […]
