Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust has gone live with Oracle Cerner EPR across its hospitals and other sites including Barking Community Hospital and St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub, as “the last acute trust in London to go digital”. Plans to introduce the £44 million EPR were […]
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AI Policy from Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals covers procurement, responsibilities, and development of AI
An AI Policy from Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH) NHS Foundation Trust has set out a guiding framework to ensure “the appropriate deployment, management, and oversight of AI systems across the DBTH partners”. Its scope covers all departments and services, and AI systems either internally developed or procured from […]
Welsh Ambulance Services shares EPR configurations and notes focus on AI and automation
Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust (WAST) has shared that the refresh of its electronic patient care record (ePCR) application has been formally approved following “extensive collaboration” with users and stakeholders. The ePCR’s user interface is undergoing enhancement to make it more intuitive, with input from senior clinicians, digital services, […]
Cambridge University Hospitals on ambient AI, command centre, digital front door, eHospital
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has shared progress toward its aim of becoming “the most innovation-friendly trust in the country”, highlighting work around ambient AI, its digital front door, and eHospital. As part of establishing an “enabling environment” for innovation, the trust has deployed a secure Microsoft Azure cloud […]
First eight trusts to be assessed for advanced foundation trust programme
The first eight trusts to be assessed under the Advanced Foundation Trust Programme have been named, with their performance against priority areas of leadership, quality, and financial sustainability to determine whether they will be given greater autonomy and financial freedoms. Those granted Advanced Foundation Trust status will also be given […]
Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership sets out five-year plan for digital, future EPR, and ambient AI
Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust’s latest five-year digital strategy has outlined ambitions around AI, cybersecurity, digital training, and patient-facing technologies, along with harnessing available data for business intelligence and transforming care. Celebrating improvements from the trust’s 2022 digital strategy including “significantly improved” network connectivity, a major upgrade […]
UK Government shares pilot programmes for remote monitoring from Sheffield, Portsmouth and Leeds Hospitals
The UK government has shared a prediction that remote monitoring will soon free up half a million appointments per year, offering insights into pilot programmes across the country, including a government-funded trial led by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and the University of Sheffield to test the benefits of remote monitoring for […]
EPR go-live at Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has launched its electronic patient record, named “Archie” in honour of surgeon Sir Archibald McIndoe. The trust awarded the EPR contract, worth an estimated £10,631,245.25, in 2024 to Insight Direct, subcontracting services to Altera Digital Health. Implementation work began last year, with core elements […]
South Warwickshire University NHS and George Eliot Hospital board discuss joint EPR programme set for October 2026 go-live
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust and George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust boards have discussed its shared EPR programme, noting a go live of October 2026, the need to progress at pace, and highlighting the potential costs if the programme delays. “The programme has very limited contingency time, and delays […]
South London and Maudsley plans EPR and patient engagement portal procurement in new digital and data strategy
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) has shared its upcoming digital and data strategy, along with key targets to determine its success, including the procurement and implementation of an EPR and a new patient engagement portal. “The trust has been without a Digital & Data Strategy since 2021 […]
