Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has shared plans to redesign care pathways, transform care, and realise efficiency and productivity improvements with the use of AI, automation, and digital tools. In its five-year strategy to 2031, the trust commits to innovation, transformation, and system reinvestment in proactive, multidisciplinary neighbourhood healthcare, delivering […]
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Humber Health digitises mental capacity assessments and progresses group-wide EPR
Humber Health Partnership, comprised of Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, has updated on a number of key digital programmes and priorities, noting the digitisation of mental capacity assessments, the use of VR in specialist rehabilitation, medication safety, and EPR progress. Digital […]
£23 million risk remediation in digital strategy from St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group
A group digital strategy for 2026-2030 from St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group has set out the strategic direction required to support the transition of the group to a single integrated health organisation. “Over the next four years, a significant proportion of investment and delivery […]
Kent and Medway Mental Health pilots AI generated virtual patients
AI-generated virtual patients are being used in a project led by Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust, to explore how they can support medical students develop essential clinical skills. The 18-month project, a collaboration with Kent and Medway Medical School and the University of Kent, is designed to offer […]
University Hospitals of Liverpool Group significant progress on DSPT requirements and cyber security
University Hospitals of Liverpool Group has noted “significant progress on cyber security” and the data security and protection toolkit (DSPT). The board of directors this month highlighted strong assurance in cyber security management, information risk oversight, information incident management, data quality improvement, clinical coding assurance, and the ongoing digitisation of […]
“AI nurse” supporting remote monitoring at Barts Health NHS Trust
An “AI nurse” is supporting Barts Health NHS Trust, said to conduct routine check-ins and collect information from patients before handing over to clinical teams.. The introduction of the Ovia AI-powered telephone monitoring service is part of the trust’s expansion of its virtual wards and remote monitoring, particularly focusing on […]
EPR upgrade at University Hospitals of Leicester, VR tool to support breast screening at Gateshead Health, West Hertfordshire command centre
For our latest news in brief we take a look at some of the health tech news stories to have caught our eye over the last few weeks. Major upgrade to EPR system and AVT roll out at University Hospitals of Leicester University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has made […]
East Cheshire ambition to increase direct care time by over ten percent by 2029 using digital
East Cheshire NHS Trust has published its latest quality and safety strategy to 2031, sharing ambitions to increase direct patient care time by more than ten percent, expand virtual appointments, reduce duplicate paper-digital documentation by 75 percent, and to support staff so that 90 percent achieve digital competency by 2028. […]
EPR to go-live at University Hospitals Plymouth this week
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is set to go live with its Epic EPR on 23 July, said to be a step forward in the One Devon programme forming a single, shared digital system to bring together hospital and specialist community services in Devon. Following go-lives across Royal Devon University […]
HTN Trust Region Series: South West
NHS Trust Region Series: South West Welcome to the final instalment of our trust region series for 2026, where we take a deep dive into what’s happening with digital and data across the South West region. We’ll explore pilots and innovations, strategies, case studies, and insights from the sector. Digital […]
