Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust has outlined its plans around generative AI, ambient voice technology, automation and digital recruitment as part of its latest board meeting. The trust is launching its strategy to 2031, with headline ambitions to use digital and data routinely in improving decision making, productivity, and […]
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Scottish Government publishes five-year plan to improve flow
The Scottish Government’s “Health and Care Improving Flow Plan 2026-2031” has outlined a series of steps toward its ambition of improving flow and creating one connected system for health and care. It draws on expanding Hospital at Home and remote monitoring, the MyCare.scot portal as an online front door to […]
North West Ambulance Service plans £19 million unified CAD and EPR platform
North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) NHS Trust in planning an upcoming procurement for a unified CAD and EPR platform, with a total estimated value of £19.3 million. The trust has issued a market notice ahead of a planned February 2027 tender, indicating requirements for the platform around minimising duplication, improving […]
Leeds Teaching Hospitals cancer data collaboration and research pilot for diabetes in young people
A partnership has been launched between the DATA-CAN data research hub for cancer hosted at Leeds Teaching Hospitals and the West Midlands Secure Data Environment to support access to high quality cancer data for researchers. The partnership draws on pseudonymised patient data from patient records at major cancer centres across […]
Manchester University NHS partners with the MHRA to launch innovation sandbox
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is partnering with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to launch a health innovation sandbox, to test promising innovations in real-world NHS settings. Healthcare solutions to improve patient care and safety will be rapidly evaluated, the MHRA shares, with one of the first […]
South East Coast Ambulance Service progress on data platform, cloud, AI, auto-dispatch
South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAMB) NHS Foundation Trust has shared insights and upcoming milestones from its digital transformation programme, noting details of work around data, AI, and auto-dispatch. The service sets out a series of priority workstreams for clinical productivity, including auto-allocation of calls (hear & treat), with emergency […]
University Hospitals Birmingham awards £1.5 million for obesity pathway tech
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a £1.5 million contract to DDM Health Ltd to deliver part of its obesity pathway innovation programme. The procurement supports the regional BRIDGE programme, a new partnership across Birmingham and Solihull and the Black Country ICB cluster to develop an innovative, digital […]
North West Secure Data Environment accelerator funds seven projects
The North West Secure Data Environment (SDE) has made seven funding awards through its data accelerator fund for novel and emerging assets, designed to support “better use of health and care data”. Funding of between £36,000 and £132,000 has been awarded to seven NHS trust and University-led projects, with recipients […]
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS moves to “full mobilisation” for EPR programme with 2027 planned go live
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has progressed its EPR programme, moving to “full mobilisation” following confirmation from NHS England. The trust board reported delivering a full business case to NHS England for its SystmOne EPR, with implementation plans “well underway”. At that time, it shared that six Listening into […]
AI enabled breast cancer screening supports Harrogate and District NHS
AI enabled breast cancer screening is reportedly helping patients at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT), thanks to the introduction of a new scanner funded by £40,000 from the Harrogate Hospital & Community Charity. The AI enabled HER2 tissue scanning system works by capturing high resolution digital images of […]
