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

A clinician holds a digital representation of a brain between two hands signifying digital mental health

Digital mental health: plans for improved data quality, engagement challenges and attitudes, priorities in this space…

Interview: James Reed, consultant forensic psychiatrist and physician executive at InterSystems on key opportunities within digital mental health

Scottish healthcare innovators encouraged to apply for Clinical Entrepreneur Programme

SBRI Healthcare announces new funding for work-related digital innovations to support individuals with poor mental health

UCL partners with YouTube Health to improve access to mental health information online

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Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust to develop framework for digital mental health services worth £35m

NHS 111 service expanded to include 24/7 "full package" of mental health crisis support.

NHS 111 service expanded to include 24/7 single point of access for mental health support

Essex Partnership awards contract for digital/remote psychological therapies to existing provider Xyla Health.

Essex Partnership NHS awards contract for digital psychological therapies

SBRI Healthcare has announced a new funding competition seeking "work-related digital innovations for individuals with poor mental health".

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

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Report from South London Listens highlights digital in work with local communities to improve access

DrDoctor moves into mental health with acquisition of personal health record platform Maia

Oxford HIN collaborates with Otsuka on digital therapeutic app for depression

Mental health charity’s app library offers “trusted apps” for young people

Recently published research commissioned by the MHRA and NICE, and funded by the Wellcome Trust, has explored attitudes and experiences of "current and potential users" of digital mental health technology (DMHT).

Research explores attitudes and experiences around the use of digital mental health technology

Huma, a global company offering AI and digital health solutions, has announced its acquisition of eConsult, a digital-first triage and automated consultation platform.

North London Mental Health Partnership announces move to single EPR

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

Humber Teaching NHS plans redesign of mental health crisis referral pathways

North London Mental Health Partnership has announced the launch of a new Digital Academy, delivered by Multiverse.

News in brief: digital health assessments in Birmingham, online staff appreciation hub in London, AI mental health support in Hertfordshire, and more

Ireland’s National Forensic Mental Health Service launches new electronic medical record

News in Brief: mental health chatbot in Bradford, roll-out of virtual wards in Derbyshire, online booking system for blood tests in Bolton, and more

Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICS’s insight report highlights digital in delivery access and data in promoting capacity

Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB opens £1m tender for digital mental health support for young people

Martin Dechant interview

“Digital mental health will be most successful when there’s good interplay between practitioners and academics” – Dr Martin Dechant on research in digital in mental health

Recently published research commissioned by the MHRA and NICE, and funded by the Wellcome Trust, has explored attitudes and experiences of "current and potential users" of digital mental health technology (DMHT).

Five-year suicide prevention strategy highlights value of digital resources, digital therapeutics and opportunities for ML and AI

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AI model to support dentists in detecting tooth decay and gum disease

Recently published research commissioned by the MHRA and NICE, and funded by the Wellcome Trust, has explored attitudes and experiences of "current and potential users" of digital mental health technology (DMHT).

South West London’s new mental health strategy looks to “better co-ordinate digital initiatives across the ICS”

NHS England has published the NHS vaccination strategy, highlighting the role of digital services, a national vaccination data record and the NHS app in promoting access, uptake, and delivery.

NHS App to include mental health and MSK tools and new commercial pathway in development: Lord Markham at London Tech Week

News in brief: VR facility walkthrough in Staffordshire, wearables monitoring fatigue, XVIVO Heartbox used for transplant, and Versius robot undertakes thoracic surgery

What Good Looks Like framework in digital adult social care published

A hypnotherapy-based VR treatment is to be piloted at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust, with aims to help ease symptoms including hallucinations and delusions in patients with psychosis.

Virtual reality and health tech: what’s happening?