Healthcare Cloud Channel

Welcome to HTN’s healthcare cloud channel where we share best practice, guidance, news, interviews, and deep dives on the topic of cloud in health and care.

Key healthcare cloud reads

In focus: NHSE’s approach to cloud outlines strategy, adoption, exit plans >

Feature: Rackspace Technology on the benefits of sovereign cloud services and EPR market trends >

Interview: Owen Powell, ICT director at Central and North West London NHS on moving to cloud with the support of Rackspace Technology >

Panel discussion: considerations, approaches and learnings for healthcare cloud strategies >

Latest News

Royal Marsden sets out plans for digital, data, innovation and collaboration in new strategy to 2029

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

Digital Health and Care Wales seeks “urgent” eye care electronic referral solution

HTN ICS digital and data region series: London

HTN Now panel on how digital tools are transforming community care delivery and expanding workforce capacity

West London NHS Trust on transformation, cyber remediation, digital productivity, and ambient voice

Home Office 2030 Digital Strategy outlines eight strategic shifts around AI, automation, data, digital skills

Feature: Rackspace Technology – Is your EPR system as efficient as it could be? 

Interview: David Newey, digital health expert on the future of EPRs

In focus: NHSE’s approach to cloud outlines strategy, adoption, exit plans

Data across Wales

Digital Health and Care Wales seeks support for planning and delivery of cloud transition programme

Cloud tech

Feature: Rackspace Technology on the benefits of sovereign cloud services and EPR market trends

Interview: Owen Powell, ICT director at Central and North West London NHS on moving to cloud with the support of Rackspace Technology

A view of Salford Quays in Greater Manchester

Northern Care Alliance’s digital strategy for 2024-2030: in focus

Feature: Rackspace Technology on the tangible benefits delivered to the NHS through leveraging cloud

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton upgrades to cloud-delivered unified communications platform

King’s College Hospital London in Dubai migrates to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Amazon Web Services invests £8m to fund cloud infrastructure and storage for UK Biobank

Northampton General Hospital

Northampton General Hospital signs 10-year contract for deployment of cloud-based EPR

Panel discussion: considerations, approaches and learnings for healthcare cloud strategies

NHS National Services Scotland to adopt cloud workflow solution across all GP practices

92 percent of GP practices in England have cloud-based telephony in place, says NHSE

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust moves to CCube Cloud

Seer data platform in Scotland expands to utilise cloud tech

Crown Commercial Service opens G-Cloud 14 framework

Focus on GM Care Record, data integration and cloud-based telephony in new five-year-plan from NHS Greater Manchester

cyber security

How to use a cloud service securely: NCSC launches new security guidance

NHS SBS opens cloud solutions framework

Special report: primary care cloud telephony

GP contract updates focus on access, mandated cloud telephony and prospective record access

Market engagement launches for GP cloud telephony framework