NHS South East London Integrated Care System (ICS) has launched a new scheme to improve digital access for people with learning disabilities or severe mental illness. As part of a £60,000 project, funded by ‘Digital First Primary Care’ run by NHS England and NHS Improvement, the programme focuses on improving digital access […]
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Exclusive: Huma announces acquisition of iPLATO Healthcare to expand remote monitoring reach
Global digital technology company Huma Therapeutics has acquired patient engagement software specialists, iPLATO Healthcare, HTN can reveal. The move will see the two health tech giants join forces to advance their remote patient monitoring offering for the UK primary care sector. Huma, which uses its technology to power ‘hospitals at […]
Market engagement launches for GP cloud telephony
NHSX has opened a market engagement process for GP cloud telephony solutions for NHS organisations. Published 8 December, taking the form of a survey, the body is seeking to hear from interested suppliers to inform a national strategy and framework for cloud telephony in primary care. The information notice states […]
Cheshire and Merseyside digital first team to develop BP@home blueprint
Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership is developing a digital blueprint to share learnings from its BP@Home programme. Led by the partnership’s Digital First Primary Care team, the programme is distributing blood pressure monitors to people who have been diagnosed with uncontrolled high blood pressure and who could benefit from regular […]
National consultation launched to draft 111 referral standard
A national survey has opened to gather feedback to support the development of a new 111 referral standard. The draft standard is said to be based on a project from 2018 that focused on urgent care information flows, and aims to review and develop a new standard to include “new information from […]
Surrey Heartlands CCG to roll-out new remote monitoring service
Surrey Heartlands Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has announced plans to extend the use of remote monitoring technologies across its area with a new service, BP@Home. Set to roll-out across the region shortly, the BP@Home service will help patients with hypertension manage their condition at home, and support some of the 142,700 […]
120 GP practices deploy X-on telephony tools
Practices across Stockport and North Central London CCG have deployed X-on’s telephony solution, Surgery Connect. The company has announced the completion of the two deployments, spanning 120 GP practices across the areas, delivering its cloud-based system. It means practices can access multiple telephone lines, manage call queues, report on trends […]
Patients set to access new entries in TPP and EMIS health records
From next month, patients will be able to access all new entries in their online health records, if their GP practice use TPP or EMIS IT systems. According to NHS Digital, patients who use online accounts – such as the NHS App – and whose surgery uses TPP, will be […]
Primary Integrated Community Services adopts GP Billing
Success Story by GP Billing: Successfully embedding GP Billing during the COVID-19 Pandemic Primary Integrated Community Services (PICS), an organisation that supports 11 Primary Care Networks in Nottinghamshire, has successfully embedded GP Billing to remove paper and automate billing processes. The organisation has seen a reduction in time spent on billing tasks, whilst improving data […]
CQC wins grant to support innovation in primary care
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has been awarded £169,000 to support innovation in general practice. The grant is being provided by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), through its Regulators’ Pioneer Fund, which enables UK regulators and local authorities to help create a regulatory environment that supports […]
