Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is using robotic process automation (RPA) to support the prostate cancer pathway, sending a text to patients due to come in for blood tests and then updating them with results via text, removing the need for a clinical appointment. RPA identifies from waiting lists when patients […]
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Manchester University NHS FT plans next phase of Microsoft AI collaboration
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is to launch the next phase of its AI collaboration with Microsoft, looking to increase access for colleagues to Copilot and establish an MFT “Agent Factory” to support teams in designing and implementing AI tools to automate routine operational tasks. The trust has already […]
Interview: Adrian Harris, chief medical officer, digital and research, at Royal Devon University Healthcare shares insights on five-year digital journey
HTN caught up with Adrian Harris, chief medical officer, digital and research, at Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, to find out more about the trust’s recently published five-year digital journey. Adrian started out with a brief introduction: “I qualified 40 years ago as a doctor, and I’m an […]
Cheshire and Merseyside ICB details digital plans, priorities, and £29.6m transformation fund
Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has outlined a range of digital plans and priorities to 2031 in its five-year clinical and strategic commissioning plan, also incorporating system ambitions for population health improvement, and advising of a £29.6 million transformation fund for 2026-27. The ICB commits to a single multi-year digital investment […]
Medium term plan for North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare shares plans for EPR transformation and scaling innovation
A medium term plan for North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust has shared details of digital plans and priorities for the next five years, with focuses on the shift from analogue to digital, and ambitions for EPR transformation, single patient record, digitising pathways, and scaling digital innovation. “Digital transformation will […]
Strategic case for merger of Cambridgeshire and Norfolk Community trusts highlights plans for digital and data integration
In a strategic case for the merger of Cambridgeshire Community Services (CCS) and Norfolk Community Health and Care (NCHC) trusts plans for digital and data integration and the anticipated benefits of combined digital capabilities, have been outlined. “The success of the proposed merger and delivery of the expected benefits depends […]
Stockport NHS and Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care awards 10-year EPR contracts
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust and Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trusts have awarded 10-year EPR contracts to Altera Digital Health, to replace multiple siloed legacy systems. Noting the EPR implementation as a “huge programme of work”, the director for informatics for both involved trusts, Peter Nuttall, highlighted the […]
Moorfields and Lufthansa research makes recommendations to avoid deskilling with introduction of AI
A research collaboration involving Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, and Lufthansa, has warned of the “automation paradox” involving the deskilling of clinicians with the introduction of AI and automation, making a series of recommendations to prevent what it refers to as the erosion of […]
AI, automation and single EPR from Mid Yorkshire Teaching
The board of Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust (MYTT) has shared a series of updates around digital, including on AI, automation, and its EPR, alongside the approval of its latest digital, data, and technology strategy to 2030. Focus areas for the next five years include the consolidation of systems into […]
Sussex Partnership NHS FT launches EPR
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has launched the SystmOne EPR, joining around half of local GP practices using SystmOne and East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust and Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust. Chief medical officer Oliver Dale spoke of seeing early evidence of positive feedback and improvements, noting: “Change can be […]
