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- 10 Year Health Plan notions new operating model, transparency, innovation and digital ambitions
- Royal Bournemouth Hospital and Poole Hospital introduce streaming and redirection tool into ED
- NHS Norfolk and Waveney ICB updates on primary care access and primary-secondary interface
- Oxford University Hospitals trust enters phase one of ambient voice technology pilot
- DHSC innovator passports announced to increase adoption of digital tools
- Innovation, digital skills, and digital infrastructure highlighted in Barts Health Group clinical strategy
- HTN Now: Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Aire Logic and The Dudley Group on building digital literacy, confidence and skills
- AI-driven pain assessment app receives additional funding in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes
- Public beta version of the GOV.UK App made available for download on smartphones
- HTN primary care region series: East of England
- Australian Digital Health Agency launches Health Connect Australia Strategy, Architecture and Roadmap
- Somerset NHS FT launches patient communications for transparency around use of AI and ambient voice tech
- Northumbria Healthcare launches app to to support cancer patients
- VitalHub acquires digital software company, Induction Healthcare
- AI companion tool planned for NHS App
- 35 innovations to tackle brain injury awarded share of £3 million from NIHR
- HTN Now panel discusses data for total triage, covering successes, challenges, learnings, and best practice
- GP IT system approved through NHSE’s Tech Innovation Framework
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS plans to secure digital patient platform
- Digital system to be introduced to all maternity services as part of the national maternity investigation
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS goes live with patient administration system
- ADHD taskforce finds ADHD services “need to be digitised and data improved”
- NHS Dumfries and Galloway annual delivery plan 2025/26 outlines planned actions for digital and innovation
- HTN panel discusses principles, practical steps and challenges in cyber security
- NHS Devon ICB plans continuing healthcare, end-to-end person management digital system
- Government publishes Cyber Growth Action Plan with £16 million in new investment to support commercialisation
- King’s College Hospital and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Trust open opportunity for communication & engagement solutions
- National engagement on public trust in data use for single patient record and GP health record published
- HTN ICS digital and data region series: South West
- Patients Know Best single patient record launches England-wide GP record
- Welsh Government seeking supplier to deliver Digital Inclusion Wales programme
- Scotland’s Public Service Reform Strategy highlights role of digital in delivering change
- HTN primary care region series: Midlands
- Interview: Amy Davey, lead reconstructive scientist, North Bristol NHS on the trust’s 3D Medical Centre
- NHSE launches evaluation of Digital Technology Assessment Criteria to measure impact of future changes
- Health secretary announces £120 million in funding to reduce waiting times in Wales
- September EPR launch for Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals
- Humber Health Partnership launches free pelvic health app
- King’s Health Partners Strategy to 2030 outlines commitments around digital, population, and personalised health
- London Ambulance Service updates digital programmes and priorities for 2025/26
- Moorfields Eye Hospital reports 97 percent uplift in patient satisfaction due to digital cataract service
- HTN Now panel discusses moving from reactive to proactive care
- 12-month frailty virtual care project trialled at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS
- €27 million EuroHeartPath project aims to transform cardiovascular care with AI and machine learning
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals launches centre for emergency care to revolutionise with tech and innovation
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals introduces virtual access guides
- NHS shares study into AI-driven, 3D heart scan technology
- Central London Community Healthcare reports 95.8 percent of patients prefer using their virtual hospital system
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals signs data partnership to accelerate development of new therapies and improve patient outcomes
- MHRA regulations enter into force requiring manufacturers to “actively monitor” safety and performance of medical devices
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- East Cheshire and Mid Cheshire trusts go live with EPR
- HTN ICS digital and data region series: East of England
- Government publishes frameworks and risks toolkit for the implementation of generative AI
- Feature: With 10 days to summer, NHS transformation heats up with £30bn – the conversation continues 26 June at the NHS Strategy Summit
- £10 billion on tech and digital transformation Chancellor Rachel Reeves announces
- HTN primary care region series: South West
- UK government plans digital marketplace to give public servants the power to rate and review suppliers
- Interview: Diane Abela Hardy, CISO at Accurx, on building an NHS fit for the future
- Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care launches EPR
- MHRA launches digital hub in Leeds to drive partnerships and innovation
- Blüm Technologies Group acquires Nexus Digital Technologies marking strategic expansion in patient engagement and community care
- NHS England opens potential opportunity for re-procurement of the NHS digital weight management programme
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- Patients Know Best wins single patient record contract for Lagos
- Urgent and emergency care plan for 2025/26 sets out priorities and requirements for system winter plans
- Cardiff and Vale Health Board explores clinical noting digital solution
- Interview: X-on Health on the value of data for meaningful transformation in primary care
- ELMO Group acquires Rotageek
- Hims & Hers Health acquires UK-based ZAVA in “significant step in its global expansion”
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals and Airedale explore patient experience portal and digital by default appointment letters
- NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde plans paediatric intensive care EPR to replace legacy system
- Barts Health data platform introduces data anonymisation tool
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- US FDA introduces generative AI tool to modernise agency functions
- 28 June go-live planned for Nervecentre EPR at Northampton General Hospital
- Newcastle Hospitals enters into data partnerships
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB looks to procure £1.3 million end-to-end digital system
- Finalised 2025/26 operating plan and next steps in NHSE May board meeting
- Scotland health boards plan £206 million contract for finance, HR, payroll and procurement SaaS solution
- Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership announces EPR supplier
- HTN primary care region series: North East and Yorkshire
- Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership contracts digital patient portal
- HTN Now: The Dudley Group and Essex Partnership on best practices with EPMA
- News in Brief: University College London cyber security incident, Northamptonshire ICB referral system, Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICS remote monitoring pilot
- Cancer tool built into federated data platform announced
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- Interview: Dr Daniel Keith, consultant dermatologist, North Bristol NHS Trust on innovation in dermoscopic imaging and online educational resources
- Panel discussion: Tackling the challenge of paper records; considerations, approaches and learnings
- Help judge the esteemed Health Tech Awards!
- NHS service standard updated to improve responsiveness of online services to risks of domestic abuse
- News in brief: Cheshire and Merseyside reports 7 million monthly patient log-ins via NHS App, MyWishes platform rollout in Lancashire and South Cumbria and more
- NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough ICB opens £10m opportunity for the delivery of a digital front door
- National ADHD data improvement plan sets out roadmap for reporting and use of data
- HTN Now: How can we digitally empower patients?
- £5.5 million funding for regulators and local authorities to support innovation
- A new event concept. HTNLive 12 November, launched.
- £76 million opportunity for a converged digital imaging platform opens in West Midlands
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals opens market engagement exercise for innovation village
- SBRI Healthcare and NIHR Invention for Innovation Investment Readiness programme welcomes first cohort of female founders
- HTN Now: Automation meets infection control: Reducing SSIs in surgery
- South Western Ambulance Service opens opportunity for EPR solution
- Google launches new open model for health app developers
- Health Innovation Hub Ireland announces new national AI initiative, HIHI.AI Call 2025
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- West of England Pathology Network publishes £50m opportunity for digital histopathology pathway
- Norfolk and Waveney ICB awards £1.2 million contract for population health management
- HTN ICS digital and data region series: South East
- Guy’s and St Thomas’ partners with Aneira Health on AI-enabled women’s healthcare service
- £61 million investment to support primary care reform and expand MDT working in Northern Ireland
- “Carrot and stick” performance-based pay for NHS leaders announced as part of Plan for Change
- Suppliers asked to sign charter of cyber security best practice outlining standards and responsibilities
- London ICBs and NHSE London region agree target operating model for neighbourhood health
- £13 million Frontline Digitisation Programme EPR Tiger Teams go live
- NHS Scotland seeking digital solutions to support national digital diabetes programme
- Association of Ambulance Chief Executives highlights digital infrastructure ahead of ambulance commissioning review
- HTN AI and Data Awards 2025: Meet the winners!
- OpenAI introduces HealthBench benchmark for evaluating capabilities of health AI systems
- EPR rolled out at Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS
- University College London Hospitals integrates digital dentistry programme with Epic
- iClipPro EPR goes live at St George’s, Epsom and St Helier Hospitals
- Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT pilots EPMA system
- Interview: Will Monaghan, group CDIO at University Hospitals of Leicester and University Hospitals of Northamptonshire
- HTN Now: The advantages of digital transformation from within at Leeds Teaching Hospitals
- Five year digital and data transformation strategy launched at Bradford Teaching Hospitals
- Encompass patient record system goes live at Southern and Western Health and Social Care Trusts
- HTN Now: The role of the CNIO in digital transformation
- NHSE Single Patient Record preliminary market consultation opens
- HTN primary care region series: London
- Digital Health and Care Wales explore market engagement for integrated care record
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust procures AI-powered digital dictation and speech recognition services for £375k
- 1,000 GP practices to receive share of £102 million primary care utilisation and modernisation fund
- Welsh government awards £17 million to two health boards for digitising patient records
- £400m digital primary care market engagement opens
- Sanius Health and Pathfinder CIC launch second wave partnerships to advance data-led personalised care
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- Ramsay Health Care UK implements workforce app
- Navigate Health acquires Patient.info health information platform
- Accurx launch AI scribing tool for use across the NHS
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- NHS App roadmap outlines health records, appointments, prescriptions, integrated services, and messaging plans
- News in brief: Dorset women’s health website, falls prevention tech, Kent and Medway’s digital and data involvement group
- Feature: Nervecentre on breaking down barriers, a vision for seamless NHS care
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS goes live with CCube electronic document management system, by Noveva
- Suffolk and North East Essex ICB shared care record strategy, ICS cyber plans, social care integration
- Pan American Health Organization launches virtual digital literacy programme
- Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate shares latest cohort of startups deploying AI
- Feature: InterSystems on EPRs and the future direction of EPRs
- Ambient voice technology guidance launched by NHSE to support adoption
- Medway NHS, Dudley Group, Imprivata and Mid and South Essex and Essex Partnership discuss approaches to EPRs
- Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB digital progress and plans for new digital strategy
- Interview: Dr Zafar Chaudry, senior vice president and CDIO at Seattle Children’s Hospital
- HTN ICS digital and data region series: North West
- Alder Hey partners with Children’s Hospital 1 in Vietnam to develop innovation centre
- Interview: David Newey, digital health expert on the future of EPRs
- HTN Now: How digital innovation is improving skin cancer pathways at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- NHS Devon ICB joint forward plan to 2030 focuses on data, EPRs, population health
- NHS England issues recommendations and what good looks like framework for antimicrobial stewardship
- Barts Health highlights impact of virtual ward for children with cancer
- Two-year £36 million extension for national breast cancer screening system
- NHS.net Connect roadmap published to outline functionality, Copilot adoption, technical release plan
- Medical devices company, RDi announces acquisition of health tech innovator, Inicio Health
- Health tech supplier, Skin Analytics secures £15 million funding
- NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB on AI and robotic process automation, regional digital collaboration, the FDP, and more
- South West London highlights universal care plan, digital entertainment system and AI pain check assessments
- Pharmacy2U introduces healthcare app hub with ORCHA
- North London NHS FT digital strategy to 2029 focuses on AI, digital skills, data and innovation
- DHSC calls for “expert ideas and evidence” to inform 10-year cancer plan
- Cornwall and Isles of Scilly ICS notes plans and actions for cyber security
- HTN Now: The transformative power of agile in healthcare with practical implementations
- One Gloucestershire’s first ICS data strategy focuses on integrated care, enterprise architecture, workforce data capabilities, and data quality
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust explores the market for multiple workforce management solutions
- NHS Sussex ICS highlights digital architecture, data flows, EPR landscape and transfer of care hubs
- NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board launches women’s health app
- Somerset NHS FT shares ePMA rollout and impact
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- NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde awards £307k contract for virtual care solution
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS opens generative AI and speech recognition opportunity
- Wes Streeting highlights digital leadership in adult social care
- Northern Care Alliance board on digital progress, priorities, and infrastructure challenges
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- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust goes live with OX.DH virtual consultations
- Interview: X-On Health on the future of the digital front door in primary care
- HTN Now panel discussion: Go-live best practices, key learnings and challenges
- DHSC seeks feedback on emerging ideas for change and NHS App
- Great Western Hospitals NHS FT introduces patient communication toolkit
- North Central London ICB digital diagnostics 5-year strategy focuses on digital workflows, data flows, and the potential for AI
- Over £1.7m in funding awarded for tackling workplace barriers for people with poor mental health
- NHS Gloucestershire ICB exploring continuing healthcare digital system
- HTN Now: Virtual consultations, best practices, successful adoption, and more
- HTN AI and Data Awards finalists revealed…
- ICB framework focuses on Advice and Guidance maturity level, use and quality
- UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill focuses on supply chain security and enhancing cyber oversight
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare awards £102,000 deal for solution to support Talking Therapies
- HEALWELL acquires Orion Health for £77.6m
- Alzheimer’s Society announces support for 12 innovations
- AI tool tested to automate biopsy analysis for coeliac diagnosis in Cambridge
- Greater Manchester Mental Health awards £572,000 patient engagement portal contract
- Inspection rating system to launch for the care sector across Wales
- System-wide approach to cyber security highlighted by Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB
- NHS Scotland’s operational improvement plan: health and social care app roll-out, national digital dermatology
- NHS Lanarkshire set to launch digital check-in and triage system in A&E
- South East Coast Ambulance Service opens pre-engagement for patient safety and risk management platform
- Apple introduces clinical-grade hearing aid feature for AirPods Pro 2
- HTN ICS digital and data region series: Midlands
- NHS England board discuss EPR coverage, digital maturity, and tech and digital investment
- Lincolnshire Community Health agrees 5 year EPR deal
- Leicestershire Partnership NHS applying AI model for predicting hospital stays for people with learning disabilities
- Integration of oral health into EHRs called for by FDI World Dental Federation
- Health Tech Awards 2025 launched!
- Panel discussion: what does the future of general practice core systems look like?
- AI transcript tool tested at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
- Somerset ICS digital, data and technology strategy aims to build movement for change
- Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS FT introduces digital coaching tool
- Sonia Patel, CTO announces Let’s Talk Architecture initiative and to create digital architecture for health and care blueprint
- Two primary care innovation projects selected for Surrey Heartlands ICB test bed programme
- Cambridge University Hospitals goes live with instant shared care record access from EPR
- NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB awards digital mental health tech contract
- NHS England announces Epic EPR integration with NHS App
- £3.9 million funding awarded to innovations supporting urgent & emergency care
- NHS transformation executive team announced to lead transition into DHSC
- Cambridge University Hospitals introduces tool enabling EHR data to be transferred to research databases
- £6 million investment in innovation for diabetes, stroke, and genetic testing for babies in Scotland
- Salisbury NHS FT quarterly strategy focuses on EPR, large agenda of digital projects, resource challenges
- Feature: Empowering nurses through digital
- Plans for new HealthTech campus progress in West Midlands
- DHSC seeks input on new national standards for care technology
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- Interview: Michael Wornow, computer science PhD candidate at Stanford University, California
- Exploring automation with patient record storage and how West Hertfordshire manages 350k medical records
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS FT acquires health tech company
- Sussex Community procures £275,000 exercise prescription software service
- Leading the Future of Haematology: HPCC 2025 Brings AI, Digital Innovation & Patient Voices Together
- Sussex Partnership organisational strategy highlights data, innovation, and digital technologies
- Government accepts 15 recommendations on the regulation of AI as a medical device
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- Liverpool Combined Authority commits funding to children’s healthcare innovation
- University Hospital Southampton NHS introduces digital outpatient web assistant to patient portal
- SBRI Healthcare and NIHR i4i launch readiness programme for women-led health innovations
- Panel discusses cyber security best practices, assessing maturity, good practice…
- Poll: What do you think should be the biggest priority for digital primary care 2025?
- University Hospitals of Derby and Burton and Chesterfield Royal Hospital deploys Nervecentre EPR
- HTN Primary Care Awards 2025: meet the winners!
- British Heart Foundation Innovation Fund opens for funding of up to £350k
- NHS Frimley ICB awards contract for digital social prescribing platform
- Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS partners with cyber security platform
- North Middlesex University Hospital launches virtual fracture clinic
- Microsoft launches AI assistant for clinical workflow
- Study explores GP “alert fatigue” from clinical reminders
- Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals goes live with Yorkshire and Humber Care Record
- AI framework for the London health and care system outlines governance, responsibilities, proof of concept, monitoring
- NHS England rare disease action plan highlights unified genomic record, test order management, central messaging infrastructure and standardised dataset
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire awarded £230k to support heart failure app
- Barnsley Hospital NHS board notes nursing documentation review, EPR, patient flow procurement
- GP contract sees £889 million increase in investment, digital front door, records access
- Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare develops AI model to identify females at cardiovascular risk
- Oxford Talking Therapies services introduces AI-powered chatbot
- Imperial College Healthcare trials remote MRI approach
- Grow Digital Health Midlands programme invites applications from UK health tech innovators
- Norfolk and Waveney Acute Hospital Collaborative awards contract for IT audit and asset register
- Accurx on a digital front door: the future of primary care
- Interview: Peter van Ooijen – professor of AI in Radiotherapy, coordinator of Machine Learning Lab at University Medical Center Groningen
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- NHS Kent and Medway opens procurement for £2m cancer information system
- HSE Health app launched in Ireland offering “digital front door” for patients
- Interview: Joe Waller, director at Aire Logic, on “tech for good” and creating social value with health tech solutions
- Frimley Health NHS FT strategy to 2030 focuses on modernising infrastructure, digital for productivity, modern ways of working
- “Digital records accessible everywhere” tops DHSC NHS ideas for change
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- South West London ICSs digital strategy for 2025-2028: infrastructure, integrating systems, AI framework, data strategy, and innovation
- Apple launches new health study using iPhone and Apple Watch data
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- Poll: What is the biggest barrier to responsible AI in healthcare?
- NeoHealth PCN partners with health tech supplier to support long term condition management
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS FT opens procurement for digital dental management EPR system
- University Hospitals of Leicester and University Hospitals of Northamptonshire Group joins network for responsible AI
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- North West London ICS board highlights cyber resilience, primary care tech, integrated neighbourhood teams
- Black Country ICB opens opportunity for virtual ward platform covering primary, secondary care
- The Rotunda Hospital partners with Isla Health to promote personalised digital pathways in Ireland
- Liva Healthcare secures funding, acquires digital, virtual and in-person lifestyle solution provider
- NHS England publishes eight principles for using digital technologies for mental health
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- The reveal: HTN Primary Care Awards finalists
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- Bradford Teaching Hospitals reveals key findings of virtual wards programme
- Croydon Health Services NHS Trust opens procurement to improve maternity EPR
- 11 innovations tackling antimicrobial resistance awarded share of £1 million
- Airedale NHS FT launches Careology app for cancer patients
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS FT board highlight EPR procurement and ongoing work around data quality, as trust announces exit from special measures
- UK government announces £82.6 million in funding for projects harnessing AI to diagnose and treat cancer
- Dawn Health launches app to help support breast cancer patients
- Proposals announced for NICE’s health tech evaluations
- North Central London ICB awards Kooth Digital Health online counselling and support service contract
- Somerset ICB share key updates on their Recovering Access to Primary Care programme
- Surrey Heartlands ICB opens early engagement for digital patient engagement and inbound communication workflows
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- DHSC appoints Tom Kibasi to support drafting of 10 Year Health Plan
- Panel discussion: Transformation in women’s health; the role of digital and data in meeting healthcare needs and supporting transformation
- Feature: How to create capacity to help get through the backlog – today
- NHS England awards two new contracts to support development of NHS.uk and the NHS App
- Somerset ICS outlines regional cyber security strategy
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- Award-winning case study: Revolutionising skin cancer referral pathways
- £3 million awarded to innovations in children’s health including digital biomarker and digital passport for epilepsy
- Digital messaging platform Alertive secures £3.7 million investment to drive UK expansion
- NHS Dorset board assurance framework explores risk around digital maturity
- BSW digital strategy to 2028 sets out digital design principles for system-wide approach, highlights efficiencies of scale, information sharing, and simplification of the digital estate
- Guidance issued by MHRA to develop safeguards, regulation and evaluation of digital mental health technologies
- Improving the health of your patient information white paper launches following NHS consultation
- Neighbourhood health guidelines 2025/26 recognise population health management and care coordination tech
- Women’s health app launched in Cheshire and Merseyside
- University Hospital Southampton launches project linking health records and road crash data
- Increase in patients using online self-referral services across NHS Mid and South Essex ICS
- In focus: NHSE’s approach to cloud outlines strategy, adoption, exit plans
- NHS England’s 2025/26 priorities and operational planning guidance promises “greater financial flexibility” and increased local autonomy, with focus on local prioritisation, reducing waiting times, improving access
- Panel discussion: Utilising data to transform primary care, support operational efficiencies, and improve outcomes
- HTN Now Awards 2024/25: meet the winners!
- Interview: Matt Connor, group chief digital information officer for University Hospitals of Liverpool Group
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- Cambridgeshire & Peterborough ICS shared care record shares five key mental health documents
- Five innovation projects across Northern Ireland and Wales win share of £1 million
- Ransomware consultation on mandatory incident reporting and ban on payments opens
- Interview: Kumar Satyam, digital health consultant and chair for the technical committee at HL7 India
- NHS England’s December virtual ward update shares insight into occupancy and capacity
- App to help manage care and coordinate interventions to be piloted in West Yorkshire
- Panel discussion: Digital in supporting NHS reform, modernising services, shifting from hospital to community, and supporting the move from reactive to proactive care
- SW London ICS digital strategy 2025 – 2028: developing digital infrastructure, integrating systems, harnessing data, empowering citizens, encouraging innovation, and more
- HTN Now: upcoming panel discussions 2025
- Preventative health tech company raises $260m in Series B funding
- Sword Health acquires UK digital prehabilitation tech, Surgery Hero
- Royal Bolton Hospital uses digital imaging for post mortem examination
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust receives funding for national AI training programme
- EU regulation to improve cross-border access to health data requires all EHR systems to be “interoperable at EU level”
- State of digital government review: fragmented tech, underused data, funding not reflecting modern digital practice
- 2026 go-lives set for “joint Devon EPR”
- Inhealthcare’s weight loss medication service now available to the NHS
- University of Liverpool £10 million in funding for health tech innovation zone
- New Hospital Programme’s revised deadlines see almost half of intended construction delayed
- US Department of Health & Human Services AI strategic plan focuses on innovation, ethical use, access, organisational culture
- News in brief: virtual wards success, neonatal app goes live, 3D walkthrough tours and more
- Findings and analysis from HTN’s survey on healthcare network management
- Framework agreement for AI published by NHS Shared Business Services
- Algorithm trialled on GP patient records to identify risk of developing atrial fibrillation
- Oxleas NHS FT board highlights key updates and future hopes for digital transformation and services
- In-house developed tool for discharge delays at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS
- International news in brief: South Australia ePCR, eReferral system success in Tasmania, AI learning platform
- NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire ICB awards patient management system contract
- Digital and data capability self-assessment tool launched by NHS Education for Scotland
- Review of cancer services in Wales highlights risks from fragmented digital systems and the need for more consistent national data standards
- Feature: Building confidence in AI telephony tools for primary care
- Launching the HTN AI and Data Awards!
- Kidney Beam secures £610k investment to support virtual kidney care
- Mid and South Essex ICB board highlight digital and data in supporting total triage, whole system stewardship, modern general practice, resilience, and more
- Digital Health and Care Wales to procure £5m audit solution
- NHS England shares update on SNOMED International proposals for description length limit
- HTN Now: South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust present an overview of their latest virtual reality project
- AI Opportunities Action Plan to establish AI growth zones, unlock data assets, support vendors to scale, promote trust and adoption
- New report offers recommendations to unlock value of Scotland’s public sector personal data for public benefit
- Scotland seeks suppliers to support delivery of Digital Diabetes Prevention Programme
- Interview: Dr Harvey Castro, AI expert and advisor to Singaporean Ministry of Health
- The Reveal…HTN Now Awards Finalists!
- Imperial College Healthcare AI analysis provides insights into IVF treatment success
- Research study involving 350 experts from 58 countries offers recommendations to ensure inclusivity of datasets for medical AI
- Electronic maternity record rolled out across two Welsh health boards, with plans to roll-out nationally by March 2026
- WHO invites public comment on draft report for advancing the responsible use of digital technologies in global health
- £10 million national framework agreement opens for support in testing and validation of patient data
- News in brief: patient portals, virtual wards, NHS app uptake, digital workforce, single point of access services
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS and Birmingham Children’s Hospital collaborate to expand mental health app for young people
- South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub announces £500,000 of funding for seven innovative projects
- NHS partnership agreement with independent sector to “make better use” of private sector capacity, align digital systems and standards
- Patients Know Best secures £6m loan funding to help scale
- Plan for reforming NHS elective care in focus: empower patients, reform delivery, right place, align funding
- PM’s plan to tackle waiting lists highlights NHS app, AI, remote monitoring, community diagnostic centres
- UK company awarded $3.3 million EMR contract in Guyana
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS plans patient engagement portal procurement
- Celebrating excellence and innovation: announcing the HTN Primary Care Awards!
- Hospitals across the UK take part in clinical trial to train AI algorithm on identifying and diagnosing causes of dizziness
- AI tech to identify and target patients with long term conditions to save unplanned bed days in North East London
- DHSC proposes requirement for GPs to ensure patients can contact their surgery via electronic communications
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- Norfolk and Waveney ICB awards £250k contract for social prescribing digital platform
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- Imperial College Healthcare outlines framework to future-proof approach to AI
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- £126 million in funding for DHSC’s “biggest investment into hospices in a generation” to overhaul IT systems
- Imperial College London and Edinburgh University develop brain scanning AI software
- Scotland notes progress toward its NHS recovery plan, an updated data strategy for 2025 and work to develop AI policy
- The health tech home for sharing best practices, learnings and approaches; join the HTN Now 2025 panel discussions
- Interview: Dr Paul Deffley and Tom Scott at Alcidion discuss benefits realisation in the short and long term
- Digital Health and Care Wales seeks support for planning and delivery of cloud transition programme
- Virtual ward in Hull to introduce AI tech to identify trends
- News in brief: Medical imaging tech boosts diagnosis in Sandwell and West Birmingham, new “more precise” radiotherapy machine in Lancashire, and more
- Digital clinical safety standards review launched by NHS England
- International news in brief: Sarasota Memorial invests $160 million in new EHR, digital roles to be reduced at Health NZ, and more
- Greater Manchester shared care record to be shared with 60+ pharmacies
- AI foundation model developed by Moorfields Eye Hospital supports mobile AI service for diabetic retinopathy in outback Australia
- NIHR awards £1.3 million to digital weight management research project
- HTN Now panel discuss digital leadership, culture, change, and the role of a digital leader now and in the future
- Interview: “We really place the emphasis on clinically-led change” – Neill Crump, digital strategy director at Dudley Group NHS FT
- Draft budget 2025/26 for Wales: £600m “extra revenue and capital funding” for health and social care with promise for investment in digital tech
- HTN Health Tech Buyer’s Guide launches!
- GP software supplier INPS “voluntarily places itself under administration”
- Interview: Andrew Robertshaw, implementation manager at Restore Information Management, on the benefits of auto-ordering solutions for records management
- Mid and South Essex FT and Essex Partnership FT announce £65 million EPR contract
- Help judge the HTN Now Awards 2024
- Citizen-facing digital services and digital investments outlined in Northern Ireland’s three-year plan for health and social care
- HTN Now panel discuss connecting universities, health tech and NHS practice
- National Data Guardian 2023-24 report presents health data use across the NHS
- South west NHS integrated care boards to introduce 24/7 crisis text services
- NHS board highlights digital in productivity, prevention, efficiency in service delivery, and data in supporting quality strategy
- Digital and data across Wales: strategy, projects and insights
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire pilots new imaging tech for cancer care
- Seven Manchester trusts to roll-out AI imaging to help detect diseases
- Feature: Matt Moore, account director at Rackspace Technology discusses data, infrastructure and the potential to improve outcomes
- Digital leaders discuss innovation, culture, ideas, challenges with innovation, and achieving success
- MHRA announces five AI pilots to develop regulation
- Scottish Budget 2025/26 vows to focus on innovation and accelerate delivery of personalised digital healthcare service
- Somerset NHS FT launches bowel cancer self-referral service
- A&E waiting times now live on Mid Cheshire Hospitals’ website
- Panel Discussion: How can digital support pre-op assessments and streamline pre-operative triage
- News in Brief: New digital hub for sexual health services launches in Leeds, 135,000 patients managing appointments online with patient portal and more
- Innovation Ecosystem Programme outlines recommendations for change through innovation
- Interview: Dr Nojus Saad, president and CEO of Youth For Women Foundation and MENA digital healthcare researcher
- Moorfields Eye Hospital awards £16.7 million EPR contract
- Alder Hey Children’s responds to data published online purporting to be “obtained illegally” from trust systems
- Feature: Positive user adoption, a key measure of EPR success by Gary Mooney, InterSystems
- Imperial College NHS achieves level 6 digital maturity rating and introduces AI tool
- Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals’ partnership sees £2.56 million funding for innovative diagnosis and treatment
- Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Board highlights EPR rollout, shared care records, and remote monitoring
- HTN Now: Leeds Teaching Hospitals and Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex discuss digital workforce training and eduction
- Panel discussion: Managing EHR complexity, addressing technical challenges, and achieving a balance between customisation, compliance, and scalability
- HTN Now: Leeds and York Partnership’s digital journey
- NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB and Herefordshire Council share £2.2 million opportunity for Tech Enabled Care Service
- AI and imaging help tackle cancer waiting lists in Barking, Havering and Redbridge
- Panel discussion: Putting Lord Darzi’s report into action: a digital focus to drive change
- Oxford Health publishes £16 million opportunity for online mental health services framework
- Ongoing “major” cyber security incident at Wirral University Teaching Hospital
- Derbyshire ICB highlights “changing role” of analysts and opportunities for data
- Kent and Medway primary care strategy focuses on access and digital front door
- Feature: Combining data-driven rostering with care management to reduce burnout and turnover in social care
- WHO digital transformation handbook offers guidance on developing a person-centred point of service system
- 87 acute hospital trusts and 28 ICBs sign up to Federated Data Platform, one year on
- Cleveland Clinic London awarded HIMSS EMRAM Stage 7 for “significant level” of digitisation and integration of EMR
- PRSB to develop new approach for use of individual characteristics within care records
- Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital trials intelligent medications cabinet for patient bedside
- NHS DigiTrials initiative to recruit 150,000 volunteers for research on cancer and children’s surgery
- NHS England shares refreshed plans for current operating framework to support optimisation
- Children’s health platform Little Journey raises £6 million to scale and enhance product
- Launching HTN’s cyber security professional network!
- Industry view: what is holding the NHS back from innovation, and what is needed to break these barriers?
- Exploring smart tech: VR, IoT, wearable sensors, digital twins and more
- NHS England highlights ICBs to assess information, digital maturity across sectors, progress on system wide digital plans, virtual ward capacity and usage
- October 2024 virtual wards share insight into occupancy and capacity across the NHS
- Wes Streeting calls for modernisation of public services, citing opportunities offered by tech and data
- Log my Care launches intelligent rostering to connect carers with service users
- Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICS to develop digital access solution shaped by citizens
- Great Ormond Street Hospital to expand trial of ambient AI to 5,000 patients across healthcare settings
- East Sussex Healthcare selects preferred supplier for EPR programme EmPoweR
- Digital Health and Care Wales launches partnership to advance digital health innovation
- HDR UK introduces new features in updated version of Health Data Research Gateway
- Guy’s and St Thomas’ trials drone service for urgent medical deliveries
- 171 Black Country GP practices update websites to support patient access
- Ali Parsa launches AI company Quadrivia and personal clinical assistant tool for beta testing
- Barts Health deploys Cynerio’s cyber security platform across all sites
- NHS Cheshire and Merseyside report explores how system working can support outcomes for children and young people
- NHS England shares roadmap for Organisation Data Service and planned projects for delivery to 2024/25
- Poll: Two years from now, how many GP clinical system (core electronic health record) suppliers do you think there will be?
- HTN Now: how to improve processes and security by managing corporate records with cloud tech
- NHS England plans NHS cyber risk rating platform
- Department for Science, Innovation & Technology highlights growth opportunities, challenges, and priorities for UK AI assurance market
- 11 working groups established to consider “future vision for the NHS” on access, infrastructure, data, tech, innovation, and more
- HTN International news in brief: health tech in Abu Dhabi, Canada, Korea, Togo, and more
- £71.2 million investment in digital infrastructure approved at Buckinghamshire Healthcare
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals appoints new chief clinical information officer
- 900,000 increase in video/online appointments delivered in primary care
- VitalHub acquires Strata Health for C$32.3 million to extend electronic referral solution
- Somerset NHS FT publishes AI Policy; covering safe integration, ethics, legal responsibilities, yearly reviews
- Introducing OX.General Practice …a robust, secure, modern GP practice clinical system
- Single Point of Access scheme Norfolk and Waveney supports referrals to virtual ward pathway
- HTN Now: panel discussions in November and December 2024
- VR treatment for patients with psychosis to be piloted at South West London and St George’s
- East of England partnership project trials technology to improve connectivity for ambulance teams
- Video interview: Sajid Azeb, chief operating officer and deputy chief executive at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS FT on its Command Centre
- NICE launches reporting standards and tool for evaluations of AI technologies
- Scalpel AI raises £3.8m to expand surgical instrument tracking and validation platform
- Proposed mental health plans from Birmingham and Solihull ICB highlight digital as “major vehicle for change”
- X-on Health and Hanley Consulting join forces to end the “8am Rush”
- Alzheimer’s Society opens 2025/26 applications for innovation accelerator programme
- Feature: Rackspace Technology on the benefits of sovereign cloud services and EPR market trends
