Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has launched an app to support cancer patients and their families, providing access to relevant information, guidance, and advice. The HealthZone UK app, free to download from the Google Play and Apple App Store, has been co-designed by patients, according to Mel Freedman, Macmillan personalised […]
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September EPR launch for Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust annual plan for 2025/26 has highlighted its electronic patient record system to play a key role in its transformation, following an “extremely tough year financially, with less income and the need to make £61m of savings”. The EPR programme, set to go […]
London Ambulance Service updates digital programmes and priorities for 2025/26
Last week, London Ambulance Service NHS Trust board shared a series of updates on current digital, data and innovation work, including an AI and automation programme, infrastructure programme, and data programme. The board share key areas of focus for its digital & data programme 2025/26, such as the implementation of […]
12-month frailty virtual care project trialled at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is trialling a frailty virtual care programme, utilising tech to remotely monitor patients with long-term conditions in their own homes with the hopes of identifying early warning signs to prevent the need for more intensive support. Using the Graphnet Docobo platform to monitor patients remotely, the […]
Leeds Teaching Hospitals launches centre for emergency care to revolutionise with tech and innovation
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has launched the Centre for Emergency Care and Global Health (CENT-EC Global), designed to foster international collaboration and innovation as a “direct and necessary response” to urgent challenges facing emergency departments across the country. Described by the trust as a “centre of academic excellence”, CENT-EC […]
Leeds Teaching Hospitals signs data partnership to accelerate development of new therapies and improve patient outcomes
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a multi-year strategic partnership with Arcturis, becoming part of Arcturis’ Real-World Data Network, a network providing real-time access to “diverse and enriched” health data representative of the UK population. The network, approved by the Health Research Authority, brings together anonymised data including medications, […]
East Cheshire and Mid Cheshire trusts go live with EPR
East Cheshire NHS Trust and Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have launched the MEDITECH EPR, from 14 June the organisations started their transition to the EPR. Danny Roberts, CIO at East Cheshire NHS Trust, took to LinkedIn to welcome the news, commenting: “Our patients will soon be able to […]
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care launches EPR
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust has partnered with The Access Group to launch Rio as their EPR system, with the aim to “transform care delivery” across the trust. With the EPR system in place, the trust has noted how they can now “connect multiple systems into one” […]
Bradford Teaching Hospitals and Airedale explore patient experience portal and digital by default appointment letters
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Airedale NHS Foundation Trust have issued a pipeline notice indicating an intent to explore options and opportunities around a patient experience portal and digital by default letters. The contract has an estimated value of £1.7 million, and is expected to last from March […]
Barts Health data platform introduces data anonymisation tool
Barts Health has introduced a data anonymisation and exportation tool to complement its newly launched Barts Health Data Platform (BHDP), supporting researchers to access anonymised diagnostic scans. The BHDP, which is hosted in Microsoft’s Azure Cloud, has been designed to offer a dedicated workspace for research projects and the opportunity […]
