East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust has outlined progress, emerging opportunities, and next steps from its digital collaboration agreement with West Midlands Ambulance Service. Having undertaken a review of IT contracts at both trusts, the board acknowledges immediate savings from major services are “likely to be limited” as a result […]
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NHS England launches NHS-wide conversation on improving maternity and neonatal care
NHS England has launched an NHS-wide conversation on improving maternity and neonatal care, inviting staff from across the system to have their say on improving services and making change. Responses received will be used to inform the National Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce’s action plan, with each trust that participates to […]
Leeds Community and Leeds and York Partnership share outcomes from AI pilot and work on digital inclusion
Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust and Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has shared progress with its ambient voice tech pilot and its work focusing on digital inclusion. A pilot of Heidi AI at the Leeds Gender Identity Service aimed to address the services’ “admin burden and its significant […]
CDIO appointed for new Online NHS Trust
The Online NHS Trust has announced the appointment of the former CIO and executive director of Genomics England as its chief digital information officer. Pete Sinden has been appointed following his work on the early stages of development, establishing national partnerships, as well as the governance and technical foundations required […]
Moorfields AI spinout Cascader completes seed funding round
An AI spinout from Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has completed a seed round to help accelerate the translation of AI from research to clinical care. Cascader, a partnership between Moorfields, Topcon Healthcare, and UCL Ventures, is a medical technology company applying AI in the field of oculomics, and […]
Royal Papworth Hospital and Cambridge University Hospital to share EPR
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are to introduce a shared electronic patient record across the organisations. The partnership will see Cambridge University Hospitals’ existing Epic system extended to the Royal Papworth, whose current Lorenzo EPR is to be discontinued. Both trusts will […]
Barts Health NHS Trust looks to procure fertility EPR
Barts Health NHS Trust is looking to procure a fertility EPR system with a total estimated value of £350,000. The system to support its fertility clinics will be awarded based on criteria including quality (60 percent weighting), price (30 percent weighting), and social value (ten percent weighting), according to the […]
University Hospitals of Leicester selects Orchid Software for occupational health EPR
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has awarded a contract worth £145,710 to Orchid Software for an occupational health EPR. The supplier website notes the tool provides efficient case management with access for specialists, supporting case management and health surveillance. The award, made as a call-off from a framework agreement, […]
DHSC selects six neighbourhood health projects as “trailblazers” to redesign health and care services
The Department of Health and Social Care has selected six neighbourhood health projects to act as “trailblazers” in the redesign of health and care services, backed by £1.5 million from the Office for the Impact Economy and in partnership with Macmillan. The six sites chosen will act as test beds […]
South Tees Hospitals opens procurement for £135k digital consent and decision making solution
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has opened a procurement for a digital consent and sharing decision making solution with an estimated total value of £135,000. The trust is calling for the submission of tenders from interested suppliers, with a contract to be awarded to run from January 2027 for […]
