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National AI strategy launched in Ireland
HTN Now: AI strategy, implementation, adoption, opportunities
North West London and North Central London ICBs look to procure £3.8m end-to-end digital solution
HTN Primary Care Awards 2025/26: Meet the winners!
Joint Digital and Data Strategy from Greater Manchester Mental Health and Pennine Care represents a significant shift
Croydon Health Services shares quality strategy for 2026-29
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National assessment of maternity and neonatal care in Wales shares findings and recommendations around digital and data
New body to drive transformation in health and care in Scotland
The Rotherham NHS extends EPR contract to 2028 to prepare and tender for new EPR
DHSC shares findings on barriers to tech adoption from adult social care provider technology survey
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS reaches three core HIMSS standards
Hesta Health opens early access for postnatal recovery assessment
Bristol NHS Group outlines plans for “reimagined” digitally-enabled care, modernised infrastructure, and remote services in group clinical strategy
Digital Health and Care Wales seeks £5 million intelligent audit solution
Suffolk and North East Essex ICB publishes £5.2 million contract for GP IT
HTN Now: Exploring and tackling the real pain points around the use of digital systems
NHS SBS launches communication framework spanning chatbots, SMS messaging, mail processing
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Kingston and Richmond plans acute and community EPR and major investment in clinical system integration
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Frimley Health strategic milestones to 2030 for data, AI, EPR and remote care
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University Hospitals of Leicester and Northamptonshire award £1.9 million ambient voice contract
East Cheshire shares five aims for 2026 and beyond following EPR rollout
Moorfields spin-out partners with Specsavers to harness potential of AI tech in optometry
Rare diseases action plan highlights unified genomic record, single patient record, NHS App
Cambridgeshire Community and Norfolk Community share AI MSK outcomes amidst £2 million procurement
South Yorkshire ICB launches digital transformation, cyber, and digital workforce strategies
Health sector encouraged to engage with SMEs for innovation, health equity, stronger supply chains, and digital capabilities
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GP Contract for 2026/27 notes changes to online consultations and online registrations
Barts Health plans to invest in AVT at scale
Digital Technology Assessment Criteria refreshed to create “simpler, more trusted pathway” for NHS digital innovation
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Irish Health Service Executive’s digital for care capital plan outlines €263 million digital spend for 2026
University of Oxford spinout Brainomix takes total funding to £18.8 million in support of US expansion
DWP posts £19.5 million tender for conversational AI and natural language call steering solution
Oxford University Hospitals shares evaluation of ambient voice pilots
Up to 10 suppliers sought to support integration of Record A Vaccination System across primary care and community pharmacy
NIHR, Royal Devon and University of Exeter develop algorithm to help identify cancer earlier from blood analysis
InnoScot issues call for early-stage innovations around patient care, efficiency, workforce, and transformation
€1 million national digital mental health strategy for Ireland
Great Ormond Street Hospital launches partnership focused on connecting data on rare diseases
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Black Country ICB notes need to be ambitious around digital shift
50,000 invited to mental health study combining NHS records with genetic data and survey responses
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Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS chooses EBO’s patient portal
NHS Transformation Directorate launches best practice and content guidance for patient messaging
£20 million in government grants on offer for innovators tackling drug and alcohol addiction
HTN Live 2026, a space for digital leaders to connect and tackle challenges collectively
International news in brief: Bill passed on sharing of health information in Singapore; National EHR in Guyana, Spain to improve visibility of waiting list
Strategic commissioning plan for Leicestershire and Northamptonshire ICBs notes digital to transform population health, neighbourhood health, and prevention
HTN Now: Tackling the challenge of legacy systems and technical and architectural debt
Case Study: University Hospitals of Northamptonshire optimising clinical pathways through digital
MHRA launches consultation on access to medical devices approved in Europe
NHS trust productivity data published by NHS England
Royal Marsden shares success using treatment planning system for radiotherapy patients
HTN Now panel discusses best practices in building workforce digital literacy and skills
£22 million awarded to TPXimpact for digital and data services to support vaccination pathways
Mid and South Essex awards £305,000 contract for RTT digital outpatient solution
NHS Shetland shares outcomes from CoPilot proof of concept
NICE launches national health tech access programme to support tech roll-out
£248,000 oral health contract awarded to Manchester-based dental platform for children
DHCW awards £136k contract for Wales Terminology Service
Cambridgeshire Community and Norfolk Community set to procure £2 million AI MSK physiotherapy clinic
Harrogate and District NHS updates on EPR implementation, digital maturity and roadmap
Midi Health raises $100million in Series D funding, surpassing $1billion valuation for women’s telehealth
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Women’s Health Plan for Scotland prioritises innovation and better data to support women and girls
NHS England board updates on productivity, league tables reporting, and digital funding
Liverpool City Council plans tech to reshape adult social care offering
Canada introduces legislation to support health information sharing with common standards for suppliers
Procurement to begin for Ireland’s national EHR
NHS England launches Solution Exchange, an FDP-based catalogue
HTN Now panel discuss digital in supporting independent providers
Epic launches AI Charting functionality
National Cancer Plan launches with focus on tech, data, AI, diagnostics, robotics, supported by billions in investment
Nottingham University Hospitals highlights progress on EPR
ePMA go-live and shared medicines record integration at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
NHS Wales App introduces visibility of waiting list position
North Central London ICB to award £400k contract extension for online counselling and digital support for children and young people
East Midlands Ambulance strategic estates plan to 2035 outlines future state vision and hub model enabled by technology
Essex Partnership University board notes latest on EPR programme
Lantum acquires Doctors Rostering System and launches InCheck
NHS Wales links encounters data through national systems
Royal Berkshire launches market engagement for electronic PROMs and outcomes reporting system
Deep dive: EPR implementation and go-lives, optimisation, benefits realisation from 30+ NHS trusts
Digital framework to 2028 from NHS Fife highlights key programmes for £21 million digital spend
DSIT partners with Anthropic on AI assistant to help people navigate GOV.UK services
New ETSI standard outlines baseline cyber security requirements for AI models and systems
NHS App Roadmap highlights pilots, integrated services, appointments, prescriptions, messaging
Leeds Teaching Hospitals expands data sharing with Yorkshire and Humber Care Record
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS launches green plan, noting virtual outpatient appointments, remote monitoring, data hosting
Gateshead Health NHS plans to tackle paper records and procure acute clinical EPR
£7 million investment approved for robotic process automation, AI, data, cloud at Kingston and Richmond NHS
MHRA shares guidance on safe and effective use of digital mental health apps
Countess of Chester Hospital opens supplier engagement for digital outpatient system
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South West London ICB shares cyber assurance position and overview of system-wide cyber improvement activities
Case study: Rethinking rotas, how AI helped Whittington Health reduce burnout, gaps and costs
Airedale NHS FT plans EPR go live for October
West and North London ICB shares strategy development and plans for digital following merger
Humber and North Yorkshire ICB debates impact of upcoming system changes on digital, data, and innovation
NHS England seeks to build on Cyber Security Supply Chain Charter with “more direct, proportionate engagement” with suppliers
Pharmacy2U acquires care home pharmacy provider Care Quality Pharmacy
Mid Yorkshire Teaching digital, data and technology strategy: EPR delivery, AI and intelligent automation, the NHS App as a digital front door
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals on EPR optimisation, shared digital workspaces, AI
Royal Cornwall Hospitals sponsors study exploring relevance of 1939 Cancer Act in the digital age
News in brief: 248 active robotic process automation bots at Kent Community Health, Royal Bolton trials AI to detect Down’s syndrome
Ministry of Defence awards TPP £8 million EHR and medicine management system contract
Roadmap for modern digital government sets out key aims, platforms, and transformation initiatives
University Hospitals Birmingham launches pre-market engagement for digital consent system
Three new HTN Now webinars launched: digital in maternity, ambient scribe technology in NHS trusts and transformation in women’s health
Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS reviews November EPR go-live
£1.2 million for automatic AI system developed with Alder Hey clinicians
NHS England opens market engagement on digital solutions for menopause
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde shares intention to procure cloud-based digital records solution
NHS England lists 19 suppliers meeting criteria for ambient voice registry
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton outlines progress of digital pilots
The Rotherham NHS marks progress in patient engagement, data, new tech, and AI
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust discusses EHR, ambient voice, electronic prescribing plans
HTN Now: Practical steps to prepare for AI in health and care organisations
Hywel Dda University Health Board awards five-year £194k contract for cyber awareness and reporting platform
DHSC publishes impact statement on 10-Year Plan noting single patient record will take several years
Wes Streeting keynote speech on NHS reform highlights role of tech and innovation in driving productivity and efficiency
DHCW shares introduction of digital FIT test requests, major email server upgrade, and accredited analytics and AI course
Oxleas NHS FT strategy update notes ambient AI, NHS App, data projects
Progress on single EPR, centralised EDMS, digital infrastructure at Northern Care Alliance
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OpenAI acquires health data company, Torch, for $100 million
University Hospital Southampton shares progress and plans for EPMA
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International news in brief: $50 billion investment in US rural health, cross-boundary health records in Hong Kong, electronic medicines monitoring in Indonesia, and more
East and North Hertfordshire NHS outlines role of digital in adult and children’s safeguarding
ChatGPT Health launches to serve “hundreds of millions” seeking health and wellness guidance each week
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Birmingham Women’s and Children’s digital plan highlights post-EPR optimisation and efforts to overcome challenges with legacy systems
Accenture acquires Faculty to expand AI offering
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS FT reviews EPR programme following October go-live
Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group maps digital systems planning for alignment
Government launches Cyber Action Plan and £210 million investment
Australian Digital Health Agency seeks feedback from software developers to improve interoperability
HTN Live 2026, an event focused on participation and deep dives, launches!
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier Hospitals and Health Group takes steps to improve cyber security
Great Ormond Street Hospital in-house developed platform for clinical intelligence from routine health data
West London Trust plans £29 million digital strategy
University Hospitals of North Midlands updates on first-year outcomes from in-house developed discharge tool
NHS Online to prioritise nine common conditions including menopause and prostate conditions
Royal Free London plans emergency department digital front door and highlights digital in supporting patient flow initiatives
£1.5 million WorkWell funding awarded to six innovations in North East and North Cumbria
Northamptonshire ICB highlights new interface and functionality for Northamptonshire Care Record
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust shares work toward new EPR
Warrington and Halton Hospitals and Bridgewater Community Healthcare share digital integration approach
NHS England publishes £600,000 contract for evaluation of Federated Data Platform
South East Coast Ambulance Service launches pilot of ambient voice technology in emergency operations centres
Ireland’s Minister for Health shares impact of virtual care initiatives
Humber Health Partnership announces EPR supplier
Greater Manchester Mental Health publishes three-year strategy covering care, people, research and innovation
Reflections: Health tech supplier feature articles in 2025
NHS App reaches 39 million users and 67.8 million annual repeat prescription orders
MHRA issues call for evidence on regulation of AI in healthcare
The Rotherham highlights integration of patient initiated follow up into NHS App
Scottish Future Medical Workforce Project highlights future challenges and opportunities including AI and tech enablement
Black Country Healthcare outlines plans for multi-year digital transformation programme to 2030
News in brief: Robotic surgery training in Cambridge, AI and imaging prostate cancer trial at Royal Marsden, VR initiative at Portsmouth Hospitals
Reflecting on 2025: A year of HTN Now webinars supporting shared learning and best practice
North East and North Cumbria ICB plans digital platform to support obesity pathway
DHSC shares insights from engagement on 10-Year Plan highlighting concerns and recommendations for shift to digital
UK Government strategic vision for men’s health focuses on data, remote monitoring, digital access, NHS App
University Hospitals Birmingham awards £593,460 digital histology contract
Alder Hey highlights upcoming EPR upgrade and progress on digital systems, AI, Ambient Voice and virtual care
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust selects EPR supplier
Case study: How can tech reduce GP admin? Tackling clinical digital drag using automation and facilitate decision-making
Epic wins Germany’s largest university hospital
Central London Community Healthcare launches digital letters and questionnaires through the NHS App
Dorset digital strategy outlines plans across interoperability, data sharing, building digital skills and capability
East London NHS FT data approach on patient flow and predictive analytics
North East and North Cumbria ICB awards £2.4 million for digital pathway tools
EPR, EPMA and AI advancements at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Royal Wolverhampton shares post EPR go-live update and phase two plans for 2026
HTN Now panel explores cyber resilience within the NHS
Government £11.7 million digital inclusion innovation fund split amongst 80 digital skills and support schemes
Patients Know Best surpasses 6 million registered patients as GP data integration drives engagement
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre highlights AI, ambient voice, single EPR and robotic process automation
7 days to enter the HTN Now Awards 25/26
East Kent Hospitals opens ambient voice technology supplier engagement
Countess of Chester Hospital introduces virtual tour to support individuals with additional needs
AI strategy and compliance plan from US Department of Health and Human Services shares five pillars and approach to removing barriers
NHS England to roll-out system to detect potential safety issues on maternity wards
Barts Health takes action following Cl0p cyber attack
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals board discuss EPR moving from implementation to stabilisation
MHRA opens regulatory advice meetings on medical devices and in vitro diagnostic devices
GSK and Fleming Initiative £45 million investment to develop six new AMR research programmes
Royal Surrey NHS sets research, development and innovation plans to 2030
Cambridge University Hospitals introduces care command centre and urgent care digital triage
Oxford Health shares updates on Frontline Digitisation programme, patient records, EPR rollout, and EPMA
Mersey and West Lancashire outlines priorities, EPR procurement, AI, automation
Researchers in Cambridgeshire lead £2.3m data platform project to improve mental health research
Kingston and Richmond NHS launches digital frailty pathway pilot
AI pilot outcomes and future initiatives at London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
“Brilliant, informative, insightful” HTN Live, an event focused on participation
Digital Strategy from Isle of Wight and Portsmouth Hospitals: OneEPR, AI pilots, smart hospital operations
Oxford University Hospitals NHS launches virtual access guides
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children shares digital achievements and commitments to 10-Year Plan
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership revises EPR go-live date to January 2026
Royal Surrey NHS trials at-home heart monitoring device
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership shares new digital strategy and AI framework
Six-month digital strategy progress report from South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching highlights ambient AI, EPR reprocurement
HTN Now: The CIO role now and in the future, developing digital maturity and skills, and digital priorities in line with the 10 year-plan
NHS National Services Scotland opens £5.6m opportunity for digital CBT platform
Innovate UK launches Women in Innovation funding programme
Digital maturity blueprint from County Durham and Darlington sets trajectory for cloud infrastructure, automated monitoring, and AI
News in brief: AI pilot scheme in Northern Lincolnshire, remote monitoring trial in Oxfordshire and more
£300 million for NHS tech and digital tools under Autumn Budget
HTN Now panel discuss how digital and data is supporting population health management
Welsh Ambulance Services board updates on digital KPIs, IG, and risks around unchecked AI use
HTN Now – the national online forum to share, connect and learn – register your front row seat
GE HealthCare acquires Intelerad for $2.3 billion
HTN SURVEY: Exploring the pain points around the use of digital systems
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals highlight EPR implementation and digital plans
Mid Yorkshire Teaching reports on virtual wards hospital admissions avoided and bed days saved
University Hospitals Tees opens public and healthcare professional surveys around the use of AI imaging
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde plans to develop 1000 virtual beds by 2026 and introduce patient flow navigation centre
Interview: A look into EPR innovation and achieving interoperable systems with Paul Downie, CCIO at Gloucestershire Hospitals
NHS Blood and Transplant opens opportunity for donor and session platform
HTN Now: A deep dive into ambient scribe technology in NHS trusts with Hampshire and Isle of Wight, Royal Devon and Tortus AI
NHS Sussex plans to improve dermatology services through digital tools and AI
Join over 100 NHS professionals judging the HTN Now Awards 2025/26
Humber Health Partnership vision for virtual hospital and upcoming EPR procurement
DHSC updates NHS IP guidance and outlines actions to support innovation
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside uses CAMDASH data system to link operational and performance data
University Hospitals of Liverpool Group updates on digital medicines progress
Deep dive into virtual wards capacity and occupancy; Leeds Community, Sussex Community, Royal Free, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB
HTN speak with Harris Health Alliance on how digital can help tackle interoperability
International news in brief: PAHO shares AI prompt guidance, EU action plan aims to improve cyber security and more
The Christie shares plans for EPR procurement, ambient AI, patient portal, and intelligent hospital
EPR goes live at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals
AI Policy from Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals covers procurement, responsibilities, and development of AI
Beaumont Hospital highlights successful go-live of Dedalus’ ORBIS
Welsh Ambulance Services shares EPR configurations and notes focus on AI and automation
Cyber security and resilience bill expands scope of essential services
Cambridge University Hospitals on ambient AI, command centre, digital front door, eHospital
First eight trusts to be assessed for advanced foundation trust programme
Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership sets out five-year plan for digital, future EPR, and ambient AI
Feature: Harris Health Alliance share insights on innovation in the NHS with the ConneQt platform
Somerset ICB launches health data survey to help inform development of linked data platform
UK Government shares pilot programmes for remote monitoring from Sheffield, Portsmouth and Leeds Hospitals
EPR go-live at Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
One Gloucestershire highlights role of data and digital optimisation in urgent and emergency care winter surge plan
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust awards EDMS contract to Civica
Kent and Medway ICB publishes digital and data strategy focusing on personalised services, prevention and interoperable systems
Future of Frimley and Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICBs as Thames Valley ICB Partners
Patients Know Best launches in Saudi Arabia with a collaboration with Al Maarefa University
Next steps for neighbourhood health in North West London: Data sharing, accelerating spread, move from reactive to proactive care
Green Plan from Coventry and Warwickshire ICS sets out ten digital transformation objectives to 2028
Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB shares impact of tech for remote monitoring, managing pain, and reducing risk of falls
South West London ICB details infrastructure strategy and EPR roadmap
HTN Now panel focuses on EPR customisations for the frontline and supporting 10 Year Plan targets
South Warwickshire University NHS and George Eliot Hospital board discuss joint EPR programme set for October 2026 go-live
North East and North Cumbria ICB shares progress and plans for modernising general practice
NHS England plans self-certified supplier registry for ambient voice technology solutions
South London and Maudsley plans EPR and patient engagement portal procurement in new digital and data strategy
HTN Now panel on AI in practice across the NHS
£100 million digital transformation outlined in latest strategy from University Hospitals Sussex
Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB reports impact of patient engagement portal
UCLH shares details of successful brain-computer interface innovation
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals board discuss EPR programme, AI, DSPT and patient portal strategy
Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals seeks region-wide EPR for NECTAR service
HTN Now: Building safer care: embedding clinical safety into digital pathways
Mersey Care NHS launches video campaign encouraging patients to help ease winter pressures
Leeds Beckett University awarded £1.1 million to open sport health tech incubator
NHS England medium term planning framework shares priorities and plans for 2026/27 to 2028/29
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust introduces digital endoscopy reporting system
HTN Now panel discusses interoperability and key steps towards making progress
George Eliot Hospital introduces digital interpretation service to maternity department
NHS England plans procurement of cyber operations external attack surface management system
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital selects EPR provider
Interview: Mahi Muqit, consultant at Moorfields Eye Hospital and the Institute of Ophthalmology at UCL, on the European clinical trial of a new bionic eye implant
News in brief: BCS to develop standardised digital & data job roles, Kate Warriner named number one CIO
HTN Now webinar series for 2026 launches!
Market engagement opens for patient flow system spanning seven mental health providers
Guy’s and St Thomas’ shares benefits realisation phase of EHR programme
Royal Free Hospital and North Middlesex University Hospital highlight use of AI contouring tool
HTN Now panel discuss driving productivity through impactful EPR optimisation
Northern Care Alliance single EPR programme, EDMS plans, innovation adoption and cloud-first
Royal Cornwall Hospitals review total cost of eCare EPR project and progress to going live
Help judge the HTN Now Awards 2025/26
Countess of Chester shares digital and data roadmap to 2028
Infosys awarded £1.2 billion contract for future NHS workforce platform
AI strategy from Midlands Partnership University highlights current benefits and plans around AI
Medway NHS FT outlines business case for full virtual hospital with 260 virtual beds
Feature: Cyber resilience in healthcare: preparing for the inevitable
Health Tech Awards 2025: A message from the winners
Manchester University NHS FT EPR plans, NHS App integration, ambient scribe pilots
One month to go until HTNLive 2025!
GOSH goes live with AI scribe in outpatient services
£1.5 million NIHR funding for 17 health tech projects for children and young people’s mental health
Barnsley Hospital NHS FT notes cyber progress in annual cyber report
Feature: Beyond the hype: navigating the future of ambient voice technology in mental health
Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB plans to procure ambient voice solution
Hull University Teaching and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole prepare to sign contract with EPR supplier
Practical guide: Creating clinical capacity through digital pathways
Greater Manchester Mental Health and Pennine Care outline approach to joint EPR programme
Imperial College NHS reports increase in registrations for Imperial Health Knowledge Bank
Health Tech Awards 2025: Meet the winners!
Welsh government shares usage and future plans for NHS Wales App
Case study: Connecting and ensuring the reliability of more than 50 different IT systems
East Cheshire NHS and Mid Cheshire NHS trusts reflect on EPR roll-out and next phase
Mersey Care NHS launches digital intervention to support young people with anorexia nervosa
Join us midday 8 October for the Health Tech Awards 2025!
North Bristol NHS Trust goes live with EPMA
Interview: Ellyn Gattlin, national transformation lead at X-on Health on optimising patient access
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS FT goes live with EPR
HTN Now: Livi, The Rotherham NHS and Sheffield Children’s discuss scaling health technologies
Stanford Health Care trials AI tool for clinicians to interact with and ask questions about patient medical records
Chatbot utilised for 30 percent of Talking Therapies referrals at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership
NHS England updates guidance on patient initiated follow-up
£300k patient management solution for intensive care units procured by University Hospitals Birmingham
Queen Victoria Hospital looks to November EPR launch
Digital Health and Care Wales upgrades vaccinations system and colposcopy administration system
HTN Now Awards 25/26 launched and open for entries
NHS England announces online hospital for 2027 launch
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s board discuss EPR programme and post-implementation challenges
Bradford District Care insight into risk management, achievements, cyber, infrastructure
DHSC opens call to shape 10 year workforce plan including digital initiatives and service redesign
£3.6 million Innovate UK funding granted to 17 digital mental health tools
National commission launched to tackle regulatory challenges and accelerate NHS use of AI
University Hospitals Birmingham seeks £2m integrated digital patient pathway platform
Black Country Healthcare on digital maturity, AI use and assessments, cyber security posture
Graphnet Health and Luscii partner to launch Graphnet Remote Monitoring platform
Digital delivery, operating model and national systems in focus in NHS England’s board meeting
NHS England Transformation Directorate launches survey to understand experiences of clinical systems in general practice
Circle Health Group transforms governance and patient safety with Radar Healthcare
Sir James Mackey on progress in the short term and the vital role of technology in longer term transformation
Barts Health shares data driven approach to patient safety, flow and care delivery
Funding competition offers £85 million for obesity pathway innovations
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde test the market for trauma and orthopaedic EPR
Barking, Havering and Redbridge moves EPR launch to November
Ireland’s community pharmacy plans focus on interoperability, data sharing and vendor engagement
Hertfordshire and West Essex ICS launch system-wide workforce planning tool
Joint Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England executive team announced
10 year plan alignment and opportunities explored at Dartford and Gravesham NHS
News in brief: EMIS-X view via web browser, Welsh government invests £4.4m into x-ray equipment, NHSE maternity and neonatal infrastructure review
Modern digital health platform and potential fees for DNAs in Government of Jersey’s 3-year budget
HTN Now: EPRs, lessons learned, optimisation, opportunities and what the future of EPRs could looks like
Apple receives FDA clearance for hypertension risk monitoring feature
Sheffield Children’s NHS explores market for digital provider of children’s mental health services
Mid and South Essex NHS opens market engagement for digital-first patient communications solution
NHS Devon ICB to award CHS Healthcare digital person management system contract
HTN Now: Approaches, challenges, and progress towards the primary and secondary care interface
European Health and Digital Executive Agency calls for proposals on innovative diagnostic tech and crisis preparedness
£3.4 million UKRI funding awarded for network to assess AI tools and promote responsible AI innovation in research
Data and digital outlined in Scottish Governments’ Palliative Care strategy to 2030
Tandem Health secures $50 million in Series A funding for AI-native operating system
GOSH AI strategy outlines roadmap for AI implementation and priorities
Feature: HPCC26 × CRF26 | Sir Jim Mackey to headline europe’s largest patient-centred rare disease, haemato-oncology, research and innovation congress
The Reveal: Health Tech Awards 2025 finalists!
Trinidad and Tobago’s Eastern Regional Health Authority teams up with Isla Health driving clinical transformation in the Caribbean
43 neighbourhood health services supported with £10m funding announced
HTNLive outline agenda launched!
Top performing trusts listed in newly launched NHS Oversight Framework league tables
International news in brief: Epic EHR roll-out in North Carolina, investments into AI, US expansions and product development
NHS England planning framework to steer development of integrated five-year plans
Feature: Advancing multiple myeloma care; building the future of patient outcomes, research, and support
Cyber security company, Naq secures £5.1 million in Series A funding
NHS England shares cyber security guidance for boards and non-executive directors
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals looks to pilot digital MSK treatment platform
Feature: From transactions to ongoing dialogue: Rethinking digital engagement, and what the NHS can learn from ParkRun
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HTN Now: Embedding digital apps and wearables in health and care
Microsoft Dragon Copilot launches in UK with natural language voice dictation and ambient listening capabilities
Researchers at Imperial develop AI tool designed to read ECGs for signs of heart block
GOSH shares study into AI scribe pilot across nine London NHS sites
£42 million planned for NHS digital weight management programme procurement
Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL develop AI tool to predict eye damage from autoimmune drug
NHS England issues guidance for trust boards on assessing capability including digital plans and system wide transformation
Patients Know Best live in Germany to transform mental health care
HTN launches WhatsApp channel; keep in touch with the latest health tech news
Irish government’s next phase of healthcare transformation: national shared care record, virtual wards, AI, automation, HSE App
Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust introduces new hearing technology for adults and children
MyWay Digital Health sees £3 million investment
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB awards online video consultations contract
Airedale NHS FT launches blood transfusion information app
NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB develops people story dashboard tool
HTN Now panel discuss AI approaches, safety, policy, regulation and evaluation
Newcastle Hospitals highlights digital developments across cyber, EPR, digital tools
Google previews AI-powered personal health coach for Fitbit tracking services
HTN Now panel: how can digital help prepare for winter pressures?
Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group launches digital strategy to 2028
Health Education and Improvement Wales launches AI course for healthcare teams and plans chatbot interface
Remote patient monitoring platform, Wanda Health secures funding to support growth
NHS England seeks market input for patient insights system
Single EPR programme outlined across Hampshire and Isle of Wight collaborative
The Princess Alexandra Hospital shares insights on Alex Health EPR and patient portal roll-out
First team of fantastic speakers leading the agenda for HTNLive announced
National digital health and care delivery plan in Scotland outlines current status across digital access, services, infrastructure, skills and data
Online GP service founder seeks investment to secure future
Epic announces AI tools for patients and clinicians to support between appointments and gather pre-visit insights
Digital Health and Care Wales explores ambient voice technology solutions for primary care
HTN ICS digital and data region series: North East and Yorkshire
Government announces £9.5m digital innovation fund
Rackspace Technology announced as headline sponsor for HTNLive
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership notes digital aims to support latest green plan
OneAdvanced purchases Vision EPR assets from INPS
Bradford Council to focus on living well digital assets and digital to support preventative care
Systematic review identifies eight key themes influencing healthcare workers’ trust in AI clinical decision support systems
East London NHS Foundation Trust’s strategy impact report to 2025 reflects on key achievements and future focus areas
News in brief: Wigan Council engagement on citizen-facing digital tools, VR headsets in the East Midlands, Shrewsbury and Telford shares key findings on skin imaging service
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust develops radiography app for university students
Impacts of digital investments highlighted at Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
North West London Acute Provider Collaborative shares updates on digital transformation and future plans
Four updates to Cyber Assessment Framework focus on AI cyber risks, improved detection, software development
Royal Devon trust upgrades patient portal and pilots ambient AI
Feature: Radar Healthcare on how we can use data to shift to preventative, proactive care?
NHS National Services Scotland opens market research into a new national sexual health system
HTN Now: How does innovation support a future model of community care?
Digital Health and Care Wales explores digital triage primary care solution procurement
NHS England announces the launch of its WhatsApp channel
Feature: Accurx on reactive to proactive, four ways to use data to power the shift in primary care
Royal Marsden sets out plans for digital, data, innovation and collaboration in new strategy to 2029
Digital inclusion strategic approach from Sussex ICB shares commitments and measures of success
System C acquires MYP Technologies
Public and supplier engagement on Single Patient Record highlights access, interoperability, data
Interview: Sharon Hanley, director of primary care at X-on Health on digital opportunities in primary care
Dudley Group and Sandwell and West Birmingham establish joint infrastructure committee
University Hospitals Plymouth publishes digital strategic intent plans
Cyber security strategy from South West London ICB sets out roadmap to 2030
Axonius acquires Cynerio for over $100 million
HTN Now panel deep dive into ambient scribe technology in primary care
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust trials AI scanner to help reduce heart failure admissions
HTN Now: University Hospitals of Derby & Burton share their approach to access management with Imprivata
Royal Papworth study explores use of wearables in congenital heart disease monitoring
Scottish government opens national online digital maturity assessment tool opportunity
North East and North Cumbria secure data environment programme seeks workflow automation tool
International news in brief: new data governance framework in Africa, Singapore AI health tech company secures $11.6 million in funding
US government commits to “make health tech great again” with focus on interoperability, personalised tools, and private sector buy-in
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership to test using AI to detect mental health conditions and dementia
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT pilots digital wound app
South East London ICB set to award £3.5 million in virtual wards contracts
Drug treatment charity connects to Northamptonshire Care Record
Tech start-ups addressing children’s health challenges supported by Sheffield Children’s NHS accelerator
HSE Ireland launches national policy to standardise patient identity data
Humber and North Yorkshire ICB highlights impact of shared care records and increased digital maturity
University College London Hospitals introduces MENO.pause app
Cardiff and Vale UHB plans procurement for single EPR for mental health and community services
Alder Hey AI Strategy shares current and future AI work, strategic initiatives, approach, infrastructure
Scotland’s data strategy for health and social care lists key achievements and priorities for 2025/26
Innovation and tech to improve patient outcomes in 2025-2030 strategy for East of England Ambulance Service
HL7 introduces AI Office for global standards around the safe use of AI technology in healthcare
Quiddity Health CEO announces closure due to funding uncertainties, delayed revenue and slow new business in health tech market
University Hospitals Plymouth board on digital, quality, successes and priorities
HTN Primary Care Awards 25/26 launched and open for entries
Feature: Alertive on how can digital support emergency and unplanned care?
Joint Forward Plan for Hampshire and Isle of Wight shares renewed ambitions around information sharing, digital access, and innovation
Feature: From breakthrough to bedside: closing the myeloma delivery gap in the NHS
HTN Now panel discuss the future of digital in supporting elective care and waitlist management
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre shares “Be Digital” strategy for 2025 and beyond
University Maternity Hospital Limerick goes live with the national maternal & newborn clinical management system
HTN primary care region series: South East
Digital Health and Care Wales seeks “urgent” eye care electronic referral solution
£85 million investment to expand Hospital at Home and A&E frailty services in Scotland
News in brief: Pharmacy First service in south west London, AI pilots, accessibility at King’s College Hospital
£75 million funding to hospices to deliver “major upgrades” across facilities, tech, and outreach services
NHS England board on the NHS App, EPR programmes and digital operating model
HTN ICS digital and data region series: London
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals and Altera Digital Health on how digital can support emergency and unplanned care
Data published under elective care reform plan highlights waiting list size and inequalities
NHS Oversight Framework for 2025/26 sets out changes to assessment, capability, system performance, financial override, and metrics
Numan raises £45 million in Series B funding
Lincolnshire Health and Care digital inclusion strategy focuses on access, skills, trust and partnerships
Innovate UK growth catalyst offers share of £10m to high potential startups
Therapy clinical site coordinator develops equipment location app
HTN Now panel on how digital tools are transforming community care delivery and expanding workforce capacity
CQC shares assessment criteria for use of AI in GP services
West London NHS Trust on transformation, cyber remediation, digital productivity, and ambient voice
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS introduces online symptom checker for musculoskeletal pain
Cambridge University Hospitals launches self-assessment eye test
William Lumb, Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB’s CCIO discussion paper on how to meaningfully transform health and social care through digitisation
Home Office 2030 Digital Strategy outlines eight strategic shifts around AI, automation, data, digital skills
NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB launches website offering support and advice to neurodivergent people
Norfolk and Waveney University Hospital Group plans clinical data repository
AI-simulated PPIE panels using large language models being explored by NHS Golden Jubilee
WHO highlights importance of new roles, training, effective data management, and infrastructure to support personalised medicine
HTN primary care region series: North West
£1 million AI evaluation project begins in Scotland
Humber Health Partnership shares plans to build virtual hospital as part of digital strategy to 2028
NHSE issues open invitation to first wave of national neighbourhood health implementation programme
NHS Wales opens opportunity for self-management and remote monitoring solution
Data Use and Access Bill focuses on health information, interoperability, data sharing
UPMC Ireland selects EHR provider
NHS England awards cyber security training contract
Interview: Max Gattlin, commercial director X-on Health on the rapid emergence of AI in healthcare
Samsung’s Xealth acquisition to harness wearables data for preventative care and patient empowerment
International news in brief: health representatives gather to discuss AI, new cyber security framework in Abu Dhabi, Nova Scotia-based health app
Notts Care Record goes live with GPRCC and eHealthscope data
Tasmanian Government names Epic as preferred EPR supplier part of $476 million digital healthcare transformation