Norfolk on map

Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn 2024-2030 strategy highlights plans for EPR and ‘digital first new hospital’

NHSE has revealed it expects to announce the successful bid for its procurement of a software to connect data across the NHS in a "federated data platform" in Autumn.

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

Charing Cross Hospital, part of Imperial College NHS

Imperial College Healthcare utilises mixed reality tech for training and patient care

NHS Confed priorities

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust awards 10-year EPR contract

An aerial view of Truro in Cornwall

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

The NIHR has awarded a £700,000 research grant to a study seeking to explore the potential of digital health interventions in improving recovery and quality of life for patients following elective surgery. 

South East Coast Ambulance Service shares data on automated texting for 999 callers

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

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

Royal Derby Hospital

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

Bournemouth

University Hospitals Dorset appoints new chief digital officer

St Bart's Hospital in London

Barts Health NHS Trust to procure site-wide patient monitoring system

Princess Royal Hospital Shrewsbury

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

A journal article published in The Lancet Digital Health, has set out recommendations to support data infrastructure transformation.

EPR selected for Yorkshire and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals and Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has published its new trust strategy for 2023-2028, highlighting the role of digital and data across areas including culture, patient empowerment, and streamlining operations.

Artificial intelligence in the NHS: identifying abnormalities, tackling waiting lists, predicting disease and more

A man touches a digital icon indicating reductions in pollution levels

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

The Black Country Local Maternity and Neonatal System (BCLMNS) has entered into a three-year partnership with ImproveWell.

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust maternity EPR goes live

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Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals selects AGFA HealthCare radiology system

Louise Croxall

Interview: “There is a wider opportunity around different organisations working together” Louise Croxall, CNIO at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Isle of Wight

Isle of Wight NHS Trust introduces patient portal with digital appointment letters

NHS Confed priorities

Sussex Community NHS contracts £6m TPP EPR until 2034

emergency ambulance

Hull University Teaching Hospitals trials pre-hospital video triage scheme for stroke patients

Mark Cubbon

Blog: “Unlocking the insights that our data can provide us is central to our ambition” Mark Cubbon, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

A clinician uses a phone to remotely monitor a patient

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

Trial employs smart technologies to reverse risks of nerve damage in type 2 diabetes at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals trials smart tech to reverse risks of diabetes-related nerve damage

Royal United Hospitals Bath

Royal United Hospitals Bath research strategy highlights need to maximise potential of big data analytics

Northampton General Hospital

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

people

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

Aerial shot of Coventry

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

virtual ward

West Herts Hospitals highlights virtual wards for rising almost 100 places in NHS league tables

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

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

West Yorkshire ICB has announced the appointment of a new chief digital and information officer.

Leeds Teaching Hospital partners with Newton’s Tree to scale evaluation and implementation of AI

A street in York at dusk

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals plans e-Job software

South Tyneside and Sunderland annual innovation report highlights progress on three-year vision.

South Tyneside and Sunderland innovation report highlights progress on three-year vision

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals plan £2 million tender for digital histopathology reporting

Great Ormond Street

GOSH explores use of AI for Parkinson’s and deep brain stimulation for epilepsy

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have announced the launch of a new video game designed to help boost recruitment into pharmacy roles. 

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

Applications have opened for the latest round of the CW Innovation Horizon Fellowship programme, which encourages staff across Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to share innovative project ideas.

Applications open for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital’s innovation fellowship

Royal Free London (RFL) NHS Foundation Trust has launched its new clinical strategy, highlighting the role of new technologies, EPR, better data and digital services in helping to create a "blueprint to deliver world-leading healthcare". 

Royal Free London clinical strategy highlights plans around population health data, AI in imaging and diagnostics, and more

Birmingham

Jas Purewal, cyber consultant at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital: “getting board and senior management buy-in has been key”

VR distraction therapy at The Christie helps reduce anxiety for children undergoing radiotherapy.

The Christie exploring potential of VR to reduce anxiety for children undergoing radiotherapy

Digital pathology go-live sees "faster turnaround time for test results and treatment" in Greater Manchester.

Royal Oldham Hospital goes live with digital images for biopsies

A new digital maternity system, Badger Notes, has been unveiled by North Tees and Hartlepool and North Bristol NHS Foundation Trusts. 

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton launches maternity electronic system

Birmingham and Solihull ICS has published its latest ten-year strategy, "A Bolder, Healthier Future for the People of Birmingham and Solihull: Strategy for Health and Care 2023 - 2033", highlighting the key role of data in tackling inequalities.

Birmingham Community Healthcare shares plans for becoming “more digitally-enabled and information-driven”

AI skin cancer pilot launched in Tameside and Glossop

EPR go-live at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire set for 15 June

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust goes live with electronic patient record

Cambridge University Hospitals consultant awarded funding to explore AI and video to identify gastric cancer

Barnet Enfield and Haringey and Camden & Islington open market engagement for local risk management and incident reporting system

Medway on map

Real-time bed management system launched at Medway Maritime Hospital said to completely change the way the hospital operates

Kettering on map

Pilot of recovery support app at Kettering General Hospital leads to 15 percent reduction in post-op calls

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier introduce app to support international nurses

Finnish system Oy Apotti Ab partners with uPerform to enhance EHR education and support

At Barts Health NHS Trust, new tech is being used to help identify deteriorating patients more quickly, following an injection of £4.4 million in funding from Barts Charity. 

Barts Health introduces tech to help detect deterioration

Bradford Teaching Hospitals utilises AI solution to support diagnostic accuracy in radiology

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals has published its annual plan for 2024/25, highlighting its upcoming EPR.

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals’ annual plan for 2024/25 highlights EPR, digital infrastructure and more

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust achieves HIMSS stage six validation

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre has expanded its new digital appointment service, allowing patients the ability to receive appointment reminders by SMS and to access important details about upcoming appointments directly from their mobile phone.

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre expands digital appointment service

West Yorkshire ICB has announced the appointment of a new chief digital and information officer.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals announces first phase of Innovation Village initiative

Stanford University "smart contact lens" to allow continual blood sugar monitoring

Oxford University Hospitals publishes tender notice for ophthalmology EMR solution

Digital system for comfort checks shown to "improve quality" of end-of-life care in study at University Hospitals Sussex.

Digital system for comfort checks shown to “improve quality” of end-of-life care at University Hospitals Sussex