A £7 million investment over three years has been approved for Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust’s Digital, Data & Technology Strategy, identifying ten initiatives including robotic process automation, AI chatbots, and real-time dashboards, “with ROI estimated at 240 percent”. The trust also shares its medium term plan for 2026-31, […]
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Countess of Chester Hospital opens supplier engagement for digital outpatient system
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has issued a prior information notice looking to engage with suppliers on its upcoming procurement of a digital outpatient system. The trust is seeking to identify suppliers capable of delivering a system to enhance outpatient experience, streamline operational processes, and integrate “seamlessly” […]
Airedale NHS FT plans EPR go live for October
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust has shared progress and challenges around its EPR programme, with a planned go-live set for 19 October 2026. The trust highlights additional capital and revenue pressures versus the EPR business case, when in November, the board said it had requested funding from NHSE’s Frontline Digitisation team. […]
Mid Yorkshire Teaching digital, data and technology strategy: EPR delivery, AI and intelligent automation, the NHS App as a digital front door
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust (MYTT) has published its latest digital, data and technology strategy to 2030, showing a “clear shift from traditional IT and information to a more aligned approach of digital health and data science”. Main focus areas include the consolidation of systems into a single EPR platform, […]
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals on EPR optimisation, shared digital workspaces, AI
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has highlighted digital progress and outlined future priorities, focusing on EPR optimisation, establishing a shared digital workspace, embracing AI, and enabling a digital front door. Progress continues to be made on its EPR optimisation programme, the trust shares, with some of the latest developments […]
Royal Cornwall Hospitals sponsors study exploring relevance of 1939 Cancer Act in the digital age
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is sponsoring a study exploring the relevance and effectiveness of the 1939 Cancer Act in an increasingly digital world, it has shared. Since the Act’s publication, the way health information is shared and accessed has changed “dramatically”, the trust states, with information widely available […]
University Hospitals Birmingham launches pre-market engagement for digital consent system
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS FT has launched a pre-market engagement notice looking to identify suppliers and current market capabilities for an eConsent system. Feedback from suppliers on the engagement will help inform the future development of a specification and procurement strategy, University Hospitals Birmingham shares. The trust hopes to replace […]
Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS reviews November EPR go-live
The board of Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust in its latest meeting discussed some of the initial outcomes, challenges, benefits, and opportunities from its newly launched EPR. The EPR went live in November 2025 alongside EPMA, at a cost of £50 million. The trust’s radiology information system, […]
£1.2 million for automatic AI system developed with Alder Hey clinicians
An automatic AI system developed by Alder Hey clinicians and researchers from the Universities of Manchester and Liverpool have received a £1.2 million grant from the NIHR Invention for Innovation programme. The system automates x-ray interpretation, data capture, and monitoring, with an AI algorithm trained on thousands of x-ray images […]
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton outlines progress of digital pilots
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust has outlined outcomes from pilots including a digital bot to contact patients waiting for appointments, and virtual reviews. The trust shares that digital innovations have played a “critical role” in improving outpatient efficiency, with a focus on waiting list validation helping achieve […]
