This time last year, HTN discussed the rapid rise of remote monitoring, reflecting on the surge of adoption of technologies that had allowed patients to be monitored at home, or outside of traditional hospital settings, during the early waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. Although the innovations and […]
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Health and Social Care Committee’s latest report calls for tech and digital roadmap
The UK’s Health and Social Care Committee has released its latest report on tackling the healthcare backlog caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes publishing further recommendations related to health tech and digital developments. Entitled ‘Clearing the Backlog caused by the pandemic’, the 46-page document looks at the scale and […]
Health tech predictions for 2022: “there will be a big focus on up-skilling healthcare workers”
As we warmly welcome in another year, we’ve gathered industry reflections on 2021, and NHS priorities for 2022. But what about health tech predictions for the next 12 months? HTN asked the experts what they expect to happen, and what they’ll be working on, in 2022 – and we received […]
Health tech reflections 2021: “a year that demonstrates human resilience”
It’s December, which means it’s time for our festive features – perfect for reading with a coffee and a mince pie. Whether you celebrate the festivities, or just the holidays, this is the perfect time of year to sit back and reflect, before preparing for the year to come. We […]
HTN Now 2022 dates announced
Following a successful year where we have welcomed over 100 speakers, and tens of thousands of viewers, we’re delighted to announce the dates for HTN Now 2022! The online-event series, now in its fifth year, welcomes teams from across the country to share their work, learnings and approaches, providing practical […]
HTN Digital Primary Care
Join us for HTN Digital Primary Care Join us for the next HTN Digital Primary Care Conference! Taking place online 3 August 2022, HTN is back with the next edition in the series. Open to all, the one-day virtual event will focus on the role of technologies and solutions in […]
News in brief: innovations to tackle patient backlog and cancer care, first clinical use of accessible incubator
The snow is falling at HTN HQ, which means it’s a good excuse to wrap up warm, grab a cuppa, stay indoors, and read all about the latest health tech news in our round-up. Last week, the headlines were all about the plans to merge NHS Digital and NHSX into […]
Chief information officers debate EPR challenges and opportunities
Feature by Highland Marketing Digitising hospitals was the focus of NHS IT policy for twenty years. The job is still unfinished: so what are the options for trusts – and the integrated care systems that are planned to take over health tech strategy and funding next April? The Highland Marketing […]
Laura Wade-Gery review and recommendations released by UK Gov
The UK Government has published an overview of the Laura Wade-Gery review into data, digital and tech in the NHS. An overview of the independent report – which informed Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid’s proposal to merge NHSX and NHS Digital into NHS England and Improvement, along with […]
National consultation launched to draft 111 referral standard
A national survey has opened to gather feedback to support the development of a new 111 referral standard. The draft standard is said to be based on a project from 2018 that focused on urgent care information flows, and aims to review and develop a new standard to include “new information from […]
