Welcome to HTN's ICS Index

Here, HTN track the latest news and updates from each Integrated Care System (ICS), through this channel. 

We’ll bring you insights into their data and digital strategies as they develop, provide you with the latest news and updates, and speak with leaders from each ICS to help share their approach and learnings. 

You’ll be able to view the latest news, be informed on HTN events related to ICSs, view each ICS by region – and we’ll also pick out some key headline news for you. 

Latest

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 leaders discuss innovation, culture, ideas, challenges with innovation, and achieving success

Feature: Positive user adoption, a key measure of EPR success by Gary Mooney, InterSystems

Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Board highlights EPR rollout, shared care records, and remote monitoring

Panel discussion: Managing EHR complexity, addressing technical challenges, and achieving a balance between customisation, compliance, and scalability

NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB and Herefordshire Council share £2.2 million opportunity for Tech Enabled Care Service

HTN Digital ICS Regional Series

East of England ICS region series

Picks

Panel discussion: Putting Lord Darzi’s report into action: a digital focus to drive change

Derbyshire ICB highlights “changing role” of analysts and opportunities for data

Kent and Medway primary care strategy focuses on access and digital front door

87 acute hospital trusts and 28 ICBs sign up to Federated Data Platform, one year on

Launching HTN’s cyber security professional network!

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside report explores how system working can support outcomes for children and young people

Digital ICS

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

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICS to develop digital access solution shaped by citizens

ICS Index

Here we share the latest news from each ICS – and we’ll continue to update this page going forward! You can also click on the name of the ICS below to visit their website. 

North East and Yorkshire

Humber, Coast and Vale

South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Integrated Care System

Humber Teaching updates on virtual ward usage, and common reason for referral

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals outline aims around digital and data in operational and improvement strategies

NHS Humber Health Partnership launches Flow project designed to evaluate and streamline patient journey

South Yorkshire ICS publishes data and insights strategy for 2024-2026, sharing plans for data platform and alliance

NHS Humber Health Partnership launches Flow project designed to evaluate and streamline patient journey

North East and North Cumbria

West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership

North East and North Cumbria ICB reports on progress made in digitising social care

Innovate UK Launchpad programme offers a share of £500k in funding for innovation in West Yorkshire

HTN Now: Embedding a benefits framework, creating an engaged and positive project culture at North Cumbria Integrated Care

GP software publisher INPS "voluntarily places itself under administration" following "financial difficulties"

West Yorkshire ICB appoints new chief digital and information officer

North Cumbria Integrated Care launches 2024-2029 strategy, highlighting need to increase digital connectivity

West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts annual report highlights key role of tech in delivering improvements across the region

North East and North Cumbria ICS pledges to adopt analytics-driven approach in draft innovation strategy

North East and North Cumbria ICS strategy for learning and improvement community

North East and North Cumbria opens engagement for gamified scenario based cyber security exercise

North West

Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership

Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership

Cheshire and Merseyside ICB highlights potential of tech in empowering patients in Access Improvement Plan

Roadmap and priorities for Greater Manchester in new digital transformation strategy

Cheshire and Merseyside ICS deploys Cynerio’s Healthcare Cybersecurity Platform across 17 trusts

NHS Greater Manchester Board shares update on primary care blueprint, including digital telephony and access

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside’s plan to improve mental health services highlights data as “key enabler”

North East and North Cumbria ICS strategy for learning and improvement community

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside report explores how system working can support outcomes for children and young people

Lancashire and South Cumbria

North Lancashire and South Cumbria pilots AI and teledermoscopy tech

Data flows from a phone

Lancashire and South Cumbria report highlights shared digital approach for trusts and data work to tackle inequalities

National Data Guardian 2023-24 report presents findings on health data use across the NHS and update on Federated Data Platform.

Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB’s virtual citizen panel to help shape services

The Midlands

Coventry and Warwickshire

Herefordshire and Worcestershire

Health Tech Manchester

Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull Talking Therapies launches chatbot and mental health app

NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB and Herefordshire Council share £2.2 million opportunity for Tech Enabled Care Service

Scottish healthcare innovators encouraged to apply for Clinical Entrepreneur Programme

Coventry and Warwickshire ICS on tackling health inequalities through virtual hub

£10k in funding available for innovations impacting patient care in Herefordshire and Worcestershire

Coventry and Warwickshire ICS shares data on length of stay and waiting list reductions

Joined up care Derbyshire

Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland

Derbyshire ICB highlights “changing role” of analysts and opportunities for data

Remote monitoring toolkits helping identify early signs of deterioration in residents receiving home care in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes.

University Hospitals of Leicester virtual wards connects with Pioneer Wound Healing and Lymphedema Centres

Data flowing

Open opportunity for advice and training to tackle digital exclusion in North East Derbyshire

Re-wiring hospitals, data-sharing and remote monitoring feature in strategy from University Hospitals of Leicester

Lincolnshire

Live Healthy Live Happy Birmingham and Solihull

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust announces preferred EPR supplier

Proposed mental health plans from Birmingham and Solihull ICB highlight digital as “major vehicle for change”

Lincolnshire Partnership launches Virtual Autism Hub with up to £100,000 in grants for autism support groups

Data flowing

Digital means to support engagement methods in Birmingham and Solihull psychosis study

Video game launched to boost recruitment for pharmacy roles at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole and Hull University Teaching Hospitals

Northamptonshire Health and Care Partnership

Nottingham and Nottinghamshire

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

Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICS shares insight into primary-secondary interface work

Digital as an enabler in NHS Northamptonshire ICB’s Five-Year Joint Forward Plan 2023-28

Nottingham University Hospitals experiences critical IT incident; returns to business as usual

Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin

The Black Country

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust rolls out paediatric vitals electronic system

Text notifications for digital healthcare

Black Country ICB shares £354k opportunity for digital inequalities support service

People sit around a table working

Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Board highlights EPR rollout, shared care records, and remote monitoring

171 Black Country GP practices update websites to support patient access

Together we're better - Staffordshire and Stoke-onTrent

NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB and Herefordshire Council share £2.2 million opportunity for Tech Enabled Care Service.

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Digital Vision 2024 sets out initiatives including new shared care record

East of England

Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Research and innovation hub in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes seeks applications for £15,000 awards for local innovators

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICB shares plans for £10m digital front door

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS FT 2024-2029 maternity strategy highlights EPR plans for 2025

Hertfordshire and West Essex

Mid and South Essex Health and Care Partnership

Hertfordshire SEND Improvement Plan highlights developments in data and dashboards to prioritise services

Mid and South Essex ICS announces go-live of its shared care record

Annual report for Mid and South Essex Community Collaborative highlights key digital projects and outcomes

Norfolk and Waveney Health and Care Partnership

Suffolk and North East Essex

Norfolk on map

Norfolk and Waveney ICS shares update on Joint Forward Plan, including data used to map progress

National Data Guardian 2023-24 report presents findings on health data use across the NHS and update on Federated Data Platform.

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust shares £300k opportunity for remote patient monitoring system

South West

Our Dorset

Somerset

NHS Dorset ICB App Library sees 5,400 app recommendations made

NHS Digital surveys developers to learn more about API needs

Pilot to see direct referrals for breast diagnostics from NHS App in Somerset

National Data Guardian 2023-24 report presents findings on health data use across the NHS and update on Federated Data Platform.

University Hospitals Dorset appoints new chief digital officer

Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire

Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Health and Care Partnership

Royal United Hospitals Bath launches digital inclusion team to support patient empowerment

Royal Cornwall Hospitals outlines role of digital and data in research and development strategy

Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly ICB highlights progress on patient empowerment, engagement and inclusion

West Yorkshire Joint forward plan

Teledermatology service supporting waiting list reductions in Cornwall

North East and North Cumbria ICS strategy for learning and improvement community

Digital health and data across the ICS regions in 2024: South West

Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire

One Gloucestershire

HTN’s interview series: North East London ICB, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB, and more

NHS Dorset ICB has shared a case study on its partnership with ORCHA to develop its Dorset App Library for health apps and digital health products

News in brief: anxiety app for children in Gloucestershire, mental health support website in Portsmouth, ‘DadPad’ app in Coventry, and more

Interview: “To be able to predict and understand where we’ll get the best impact for people is gold” Deborah El-Sayed, director of transformation and CDIO at BNSSG ICB

Collaborative Health Innovation Lab launched in Gloucestershire

GP software publisher INPS "voluntarily places itself under administration" following "financial difficulties"

NHS blueprinting team, Gloucestershire Hospitals and Polygeist on using AI to tackle length of stay

Together for Devon

Telehealth provider chosen for digital prehab trial in Devon, Cornwall, and Somerset

Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center issues warning about ransomware group targeting patient data

Royal Devon University Healthcare moves to ‘digital by default’ approach for outpatient letters

Devon Partnership NHS Trust goes live with EPR

South East

Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

Kent and Medway

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare shares plans to procure EPMA system

Kent and Medway primary care strategy focuses on access and digital front door

Hampshire Hospitals implements platform to monitor and tackle air pollution at hospital sites

Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West

Frimley Health and Care

virtual care

Interview: “the ICB will give you the ability to build design squads, and user researchers that work across the ICB” Ian Roddis, director of digital, data and technology at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

AI trial at Frimley Health NHS aims to support lung cancer triage and diagnosis

Surrey Heartlands Health and Care Partnership

Sussex Health and Care Partnership

Surrey Heartlands ICS awards contract for virtual care digital platform solution

people working around a computer

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust awards 10-year EPR contract

Surrey Heartlands ICB opens £3 million virtual care digital platform tender

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust announces new chief digital and data officer

London

North Central London Partners in Health and Care

North East London Health and Care Partnership

North Central London ICB and Islington GP Federation pilot AI and WhatsApp solution for appointment scheduling

Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals' partnership with industry and academia sees £2.56 million funding for innovative diagnosis and treatment.

North East London NHS Foundation Trust launches market engagement around ADHD tech

NHS Digital has announced a new feature to be added to the NHS App, which will give patients information about their status on the waiting list and the estimated wait time before they receive treatment.

Digital health and data across the ICS regions in 2024: London

North West London

Our Healthier South East London

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

NHS England shares impact on appointments and procedures for South East London cyber attack

North West London ICS on how digital underpins plans for integrated neighbourhood teams

South West London Health and Care Partnership

The role of digital in NHS South West London ICB’s board updates on winter planning, urgent and emergency care, and progress around the Board Assurance Framework

Future opportunity from Digital Health and Care Wales seeks support for planning and delivery of cloud transition programme for national digital services in Wales

South West London ICB shares findings and recommendations from digital otoscopy pilot

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