Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust has highlighted a “pressing requirement for a maternity EPR”, following the publication of the Amos report earlier this year. Investment for the new system would be on top of £5.5 million already spent in the department over the last two years, the […]
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Royal Wolverhampton and Walsall Healthcare select preferred AVT
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust have announced Heidi as their preferred supplier for ambient voice technology following a “successful pilot of the solution in a number of departments”. The eight month pilot introduced the technology across the Walsall Healthcare emergency department, medical same day emergency […]
United Lincolnshire Hospitals extends AVT pilot following initial exercise
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is extending its pilot of the Accurx ambient voice technology solution for an additional eight month period. In a contract notice, the trust shares its intent to continue to pilot the solution of the AI scribing tool featuring AVT and additional associated functionality, following […]
Calderdale and Huddersfield innovation programme prioritises five digital pilots
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has outlined its intention to prioritise five initial ideas to pilot under its Transform, Improve, Maximise, and Enable (TIME) digital innovation programme. The three-year programme has an aim to save colleagues time and release more time for patient care by making use of digital […]
Generative AI, ambient voice, automation, and future EPR in five-year plans from Bradford District Care
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust has outlined its plans around generative AI, ambient voice technology, automation and digital recruitment as part of its latest board meeting. The trust is launching its strategy to 2031, with headline ambitions to use digital and data routinely in improving decision making, productivity, and […]
Scottish Government publishes five-year plan to improve flow
The Scottish Government’s “Health and Care Improving Flow Plan 2026-2031” has outlined a series of steps toward its ambition of improving flow and creating one connected system for health and care. It draws on expanding Hospital at Home and remote monitoring, the MyCare.scot portal as an online front door to […]
North West Ambulance Service plans £19 million unified CAD and EPR platform
North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) NHS Trust is planning an upcoming procurement for a unified CAD and EPR platform, with a total estimated value of £19.3 million. The trust has issued a market notice ahead of a planned February 2027 tender, indicating requirements for the platform around minimising duplication, improving […]
Leeds Teaching Hospitals cancer data collaboration and research pilot for diabetes in young people
A partnership has been launched between the DATA-CAN data research hub for cancer hosted at Leeds Teaching Hospitals and the West Midlands Secure Data Environment to support access to high quality cancer data for researchers. The partnership draws on pseudonymised patient data from patient records at major cancer centres across […]
Manchester University NHS partners with the MHRA to launch innovation sandbox
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is partnering with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to launch a health innovation sandbox, to test promising innovations in real-world NHS settings. Healthcare solutions to improve patient care and safety will be rapidly evaluated, the MHRA shares, with one of the first […]
South East Coast Ambulance Service progress on data platform, cloud, AI, auto-dispatch
South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAMB) NHS Foundation Trust has shared insights and upcoming milestones from its digital transformation programme, noting details of work around data, AI, and auto-dispatch. The service sets out a series of priority workstreams for clinical productivity, including auto-allocation of calls (hear & treat), with emergency […]
