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

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

Airedale General Hospital has gone live with a new geospatial system to help manage its reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) monitoring and repairs programme.

Airedale General Hospital goes live with geospatial system for RAAC management

Digital midwife

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust launches pilot utilising tech to reduce ward noise levels

NHS Medway clinical strategy highlights "digitally enabled care", AI in diagnostics, and tech and innovation in supporting clinical pathways.

NHS Medway clinical strategy highlights digital and data plans including frailty virtual ward and electronic pharmacy systems

Chemotherapy patients at Royal Free offered “immersive calming visuals” with VR headsets

Barnsley Hospital launches smartphone app offering animated tour for children having surgery

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has launched a new Virtual Autism Hub, which will help to bolster support for autistic people and their families across Lincolnshire.

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

A new pilot scheme at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH) has trialled the use of VR training for medical students.

Pilot scheme trials VR training for medical students at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals

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

North West Anglia FT shares A&E attendances, inpatient and outpatient appointments across its ICS

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) has completed its procurement of a £100,000 dental patient management software service, awarding the contract to Newcastle-based Systems for Dentists Limited.

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust awards contract for dental patient management software service

Cardiff and Vale Health Board opens workforce electronic system tender

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

NHS England plans to roll out AI to help reduce non-attendance

cyber security

Feature: overcoming the implementation challenges of the data security and protection toolkit

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare pilots VR tech to support staff wellbeing

Cynerio launches enhanced Healthcare Cybersecurity Platform   

Plymouth

University Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust announces EPR supplier

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) has partnered with ISLA Health to offer dermatology services remotely to patients across community hospitals in Cornwall.

Teledermatology service supporting waiting list reductions in Cornwall

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has announced the go-live of its new secure mobile digital messaging platform, Alertive.

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

North Staffordshire Combined launches patient app with ability to connect personal tech and smartwatches data

Liverpool

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust achieves HIMSS Stage 7

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.

Royal Orthopaedic Hospital strategy highlights plans for digital and data to streamline operations

Central and North West London NHS awards contract for digital neurodevelopment assessments

Innovate UK is working with West Yorkshire Combined Authority to offer a share of up to £500,000 to innovation projects from UK registered micro and small businesses in the West Yorkshire region. 

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

Carer shows patient how to use phone

Norfolk and Waveney ICS plans new repeat prescription service for digitally excluded patients

GP Connect integrated at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS selects EPR

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

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

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

Calderdale and Huddersfield goes live on NPIC digital pathology platform

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

Digital Academy launched in North London offering digital skills training to staff

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals virtual wards supports A&E performance

Humber Teaching NHS plans redesign of mental health crisis referral pathways

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS announces introduction of patient engagement portal

£1m in funding from NHSE for seven trusts through the Wireless Trials programme

London

Three new trusts join London Care Record

NHS Dorset is searching for volunteers to join its Digital Public Engagement Group (DPEG), with the aim of helping to develop digital health and care services. 

Bolton NHS FT pilots animated videos to help patients understand breast cancer treatment

Patient portal to launch at George Eliot Hospital

The latest annual report for Mid and South Essex Community Collaborative has been published, highlighting some of the key digital projects.

Predictive modelling, data dashboards and early warning systems feature in strategic data themes from Somerset NHS

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust has published its new digital strategy for 2023.

Legacy information systems: approaches from across the NHS

Leicester

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

Virtual reality used to support sepsis identification at Great Western Hospitals

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

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has published its Digital Strategic Plan 2023-2030, focusing on five "priority areas", which are: access, infrastructure, applications, information and digital literacy.

Great Western Hospitals digital strategy places focus on access, infrastructure, applications, information and digital literacy

GOSH joins consortium of children’s hospitals to collaborate on decentralised data ecosystem

Hand holding the world

Northumbria Healthcare’s action plan to tackle climate change shares “digital by default” target

Patients in Northamptonshire are being offered a new treatment for depression featuring a headset and behaviour training app.

Headset and behaviour training app offered as depression treatment option in Northamptonshire

Care platform connecting over 1k patients with clinical team at Northumbria Healthcare

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh

Readiness Dashboard performs self-automated checks on defibrillators at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh

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.

Clatterbridge Cancer Centre launches new digital strategy emphasising digital foundations, patient and staff empowerment, and better use of data

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust revalidates against HIMSS EMRAM State 7 standard

Data reviews and targeted services take focus in strategy from Cambridge University Hospitals

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 Women’s and Children’s publishes tender for EPR integration and data migration services

Virtual reality

VR tech to support psychosis patients demonstrates positive findings in Early Value Assessment

A biomedical engineer at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) has created 3D heart replicas to allow surgeons to make more informed decisions on surgical interventions for patients with congenital heart defects.

Electrocardiographic imaging vest developed by UCL and Royal Free researchers supports 800 patients

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust has shared an update on its virtual ward programme, twelve months after its launch.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services shares virtual ward approach and benefits

NHS England has announced £48 million in funding for ICBs, for "capabilities relating to Digital Pathways and demand and capacity tools".

North Lancashire and South Cumbria pilots AI and teledermoscopy tech

Leeds Teaching Hospitals introduces 3D heart replicas to support surgical interventions

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

HTN Now: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals on the implementation of an integrated referral management platform