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 […]
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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 […]
£100 million digital transformation outlined in latest strategy from University Hospitals Sussex
A new trust strategy from University Hospitals Sussex (UHS) has outlined “ambitious plans to deliver big changes” over the next five years, outlining a £100 million digital transformation, £350 million in investment in clinical services, better facilities and systems, and increased use of robotic surgery and AI. Roxanne Smith, the […]
Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB reports impact of patient engagement portal
A patient engagement portal developed by a team in-house at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has reportedly saved close to £3 million, UHMB has shared. The portal is now utilised across Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB, including Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, University Hospitals […]
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals board discuss EPR programme, AI, DSPT and patient portal strategy
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust board of directors have highlighted its Nervecentre EPR programme and future digital plans for 2026 onwards. Go-live of the first tranche of the EPR programme covers observations, clinical documentation for inpatients, urgent and emergency care, ePMA, bed management, and read-only diagnostic results, […]
