NHS-owned digital health company Health Call has renewed its partnership to supply digital tools for North East and North Cumbria ICS, securing its biggest contract to date. The company works with healthcare professionals to develop digital health expertise and resources, and will now support Newcastle Hospitals and other trusts in the […]
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Wirral University Teaching Hospital publishes new research and innovation strategy
Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) has released its new strategy focusing on the role of research and innovation up to 2026. Dr Nikki Stevenson, Medical Director and Deputy CEO, opens the strategy by describing how it “sets out our intention that research and innovation will be recognised as integral to […]
Ashford and St Peter’s and Royal Surrey launch shared EPR
Ashford and St Peter’s NHS FT and Royal Surrey NHS FT have launched a new electronic patient record system to replace paper records at the trusts. The shared electronic patient record system from Cerner, known as Surrey Safe Care, aims to ‘set the scene for joined-up care across the county’ and […]
Becton Dickinson funding deal for Isla post-surgery wound assessment tool
Becton Dickinson, a medical tech company, has singed a funding deal with Isla Care to further develop the company’s platform focused to support the assessment of post-surgery wounds. The technology is used by patients and clinicians after surgery, to monitor wounds at home in the hope that it will encourage early detection […]
Torbay and South Devon NHS live with TPP maternity
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with TPP SystmOne Maternity, through which they have digitised the maternity pathway from antenatal through to postnatal care. With maternity care now ‘centred on a complete and integrated digital care record’, the trust expects that more than 25,000 women will […]
Tavistock and Portman NHS Digital Academy launches mental health training for schools
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust Digital Academy has expanded its offer to include “Senior Mental Health Lead training: a whole school approach”, a new online programme consisting of four courses to support individuals in promoting positive mental health and wellbeing in educational settings. The Digital Academy provides a […]
UK health data survey finds public support for controlled NHS data sharing
Results from a national survey of public opinion on sharing health data to support clinical care and research shows support for controlled NHS data sharing. Through an anonymised online survey that ran from February to September 2020, researchers wanted to understand public opinion on data sharing, including of mental health versus physical […]
Innovation and transformation focus in King’s College Hospital 2022/23 action plan
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KCHNFT) has published an action plan for the year ahead (April 2022 – March 2023) to outline some of the key initiatives the trust will deliver. The action plan lays out the trust’s mission “to be leaders in research, innovation and education” and along […]
Hertfordshire Partnership NHS publishes Green Plan
Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has released its Green Plan for 2022-2025, detailing how they intend to work towards carbon reduction targets, reduce environmental impact and contribute to the NHS national target. As part of the trust’s plan to ensure the provision of a sustainable model of care, one of […]
Royal Papworth launches AI study to validate proof of concept
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has launched a research study which focuses on the use of artificial intelligence in helping to diagnose heart valve diseases earlier. The Cardiovascular Acoustics and an Intelligent Stethoscope (CAIS) study – co-led by the University of Cambridge – aims to test and validate a screening tool […]
