HTN NHS Trusts Channel

Welcome to HTN’s NHS trust channel where we share the latest key industry news, guidance, interviews, HTN Now webinars and panel discussions and deep dives into the secondary care sector. 

Upcoming HTN Now Webinars

Panel Discussion: Cyber security in healthcare: sharing best practices

26 February 2025 10:00 – 11:00

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Panel Discussion: Approaches to optimising and adding value to EPRs

23 April  2025 10:00 – 11:00

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Latest News

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton and Chesterfield Royal Hospital deploys Nervecentre EPR

Barnsley Hospital NHS board notes nursing documentation review, EPR, patient flow procurement

Frimley Health NHS FT strategy to 2030 focuses on modernising infrastructure, digital for productivity, modern ways of working

Northumbria Healthcare NHS FT opens procurement for digital dental management EPR system

Salford Royal Hospital becomes latest NCA site to introduce Sectra PACS

Bradford Teaching Hospitals reveals key findings of virtual wards programme

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust opens procurement to improve maternity EPR

Digital phone services for healthcare

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

University Hospital Southampton launches project linking health records and crash data to reduce road deaths

University Hospital Southampton launches project linking health records and road crash data

Patient portal

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

2026 go-lives set for “joint Devon EPR”

Patient portal

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS plans patient engagement portal procurement

Pilot utilises tech to boost digital access and health education for kidney patients in South Tyneside and Sunderland

Pilot utilises tech to support access and health education for kidney patients in South Tyneside and Sunderland

digital eye care

AI foundation model developed by Moorfields Eye Hospital supports mobile AI service for diabetic retinopathy in outback Australia

Mid and South Essex FT and Essex Partnership FT announce £65 million EPR contract

Interviews

Interview: Matt Connor, group chief digital information officer for University Hospitals of Liverpool Group

Interview: “We really place the emphasis on clinically-led change” – Neill Crump, digital strategy director at Dudley Group NHS FT

Interview: Kumbi Kariwo, Birmingham Community Healthcare, on utilising Isla for inclusive wound care

Interview: “The key with any innovation is being open to allowing creativity” Kate Warriner, Alder Hey and Liverpool Heart and Chest