The East Cheshire NHS Trust board has noted a “smoother than anticipated go-live” of its MEDITECH EPR in June of this year, noting learnings to share with other trusts, the impacts across the hospitals and the next phase of the programme. The joint go-live with Mid Cheshire NHS Foundation Trust […]
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Mersey Care NHS launches digital intervention to support young people with anorexia nervosa
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust has launched a digital support platform to help young people with anorexia nervosa and their families. The TRIANGLE platform, developed by Mersey Care’s Children’s Eating Disorder Service (CEDS) in partnership with Professor Janet Treasure at King’s College London and Informatics Merseyside, was created with input […]
North Bristol NHS Trust goes live with EPMA
North Bristol NHS Trust is celebrating going live with electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA), with hopes of improving medication safety, streamlining clinical workflows, and enhancing patient care. Jenna Auchraje, lead pharmacist for electronic prescribing, and leading the trust-wide implementation of Careflow Medicines Management, shared news of the “successful” go-live […]
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS FT goes live with EPR
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with the Epic electronic patient record system this week. In a LinkedIn post, David Grannell, associate director digital at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS, counted down the hours to the trust’s Epic EPR launch, following “four years of […]
Chatbot utilised for 30 percent of Talking Therapies referrals at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership
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 […]
£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 […]
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 […]
University Hospitals Birmingham seeks £2m integrated digital patient pathway platform
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has issued a tender notice for an integrated digital patient pathway platform, worth up to £2 million. The platform is sought to help to deliver evidence-based care consistently across specialties, improve efficiency, reduce the risk of error or unwarranted variation, and ensure patients receive […]
