£4.7m has been pledged for DATA-CAN, the Health Data Research Hub for Cancer announced this month, one of 7 new data hubs launched. The DATA-CAN initiative aims to transform how cancer clinical data across the UK can be used to improve patient care, diagnose the disease earlier, and enable people to […]
Primary Care News
Patients seen by digital GP on average within 26 minutes
Push Doctor, a platform to offer video consultations with patients online and via smartphone with a UK GP has seen on average it takes 26 minutes to be seen. The online GP provider connects thousands of patients with a GP and over the past 12 months the service treated over […]
RCGP invites primary care insight on impact of AI
The Royal College of GPs is inviting clinicians and healthcare professionals in primary care to provide insight on how AI will impact them. Together with UCL, the RCGP is in the early stages of piloting an AI tool for educational purposes. However the College has called for help, via a survey […]
Health Innovation Manchester opens £300,000 funding call
Health Innovation Manchester has launched a call for companies to apply for a share of £300,000 funding. The funding is looking for innovations focused on urgent and emergency care and cardiovascular disease, diabetes, nutrition or obesity. It will support the introduction of innovation into the health and care system across […]
People and Partnership Awards by HTN launched
HTN has today launched the HTN People and Partnership Awards as part of HTN Digital Week 2020. The HTN People and Partnership Awards celebrate health tech that is making a difference to patients, professionals, organisations and the health system. Taking place on 22nd January as part of HTN Digital Week, the innovative […]
Boots pilots new instore video GP service
Boots UK is to pilot an innovative new video GP service provided by LIVI to help make access to healthcare even easier. The pilots will take place in North West Surry and a private service in the London Liverpool Street store. LIVI allows patients to see a GP by video consultation […]
Industry View: Health and Care Innovation Expo
Health and Care Innovation Expo 2019 was the biggest NHS-led event of the year. Held on 4-5 September at Manchester Central, it attracted people from the NHS, social care, local government, the third sector and the commercial sector. It focused on bringing the NHS Long Term Plan to life, and this […]
Digital participation programme supports patients with hearing and sight loss
NHS Digital’s Widening Digital Participation Programme and mHabitat have completed a project to recommend a series of apps to support patients with hearing and sight loss. mHabitat led a research project with patients with hearing and sight loss to understand the barriers they encountered in making and attending GP appointments. […]
Opinion: How do we harness the benefits of technology in primary care?
By Nigel Cullumbine, Chief Operating Officer at NHS Arden & GEM CSU Primary care is making positive strides when it comes to digitally-enabled healthcare. It’s exciting to hear about successful moves to implement video and online consultations, enable patients to view their records online and the growth of wearables to […]
Digital dermatology service a success for Bristol
Patients in Bristol with skin problems are benefitting from a new system allowing GPs to upload images and share them with University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. The images from the GP are made available to the dermatology department at Bristol Royal Infirmary to review, respond and provide guidance. The […]
