For our latest interview, we spoke with Cara Afzal, programme director for data and digital at Health Innovation Manchester, about her journey and experiences with digital in healthcare. We started by asking Cara how she got into digital and data and how this journey had brought her to where she […]
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Health tech supplier partners with UK Brain BioLink, supporting consent-gathering for neuroscience research
A health tech start-up with links to the University of Oxford, OX.DH, has been named as the industry partner for UK Brain BioLink – aiming to tackle the “fragmented” nature of consent gathering for research projects by implementing a digital consent and community outreach programme, with funding from the Medical […]
Poll: which area in health tech would you prioritise this year?
As part of our Health Tech Trends Series sponsored by InterSystems, we asked our HTN audience: which area would you prioritise this year? We received 80 votes from our audience, with participants from a range of settings and specialties, with options to choose from including improve digital culture/skills, infrastructure and […]
Join us on 7 and 8 November for live health tech webinars and panels
On Tuesday 7 November into Wednesday 8 November, we’re bringing you a range of perspectives and experiences from the health tech industry. NHS employees can sign up for a free ticket to any of the live sessions here. At 10am, we’re kicking the day off with a written interview with […]
New research and innovation strategy from University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust has introduced a new research and innovation strategy for 2023-2028, setting out plans for digital to play a role in helping the trust to meet environmental goals in their processes along with aims to widen access to new technologies and treatments through system working. Principles […]
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust signs 10-year EPR contract
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust has signed a 10-year contract for an EPR system with System C designed to support integration with partner trust Walsall Healthcare, along with enabling integration with other services provided by the same supplier across Black Country ICS. The roll-out of the new system will involve […]
Help judge the HTN Now Awards!
We’re looking for a fantastic group of people to help support the judging process for the HTN Now Awards, sponsored by CCube Solutions! Whether you can help with one category or more, we would love your help and think it’s a great process to be involved in! The HTN Now […]
Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board awards £1m EPR contract for eye-care digitisation
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, acting on behalf of Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board, has announced the awarding of a contract worth an estimated £1,183,936 for eye-care digitisation to support NHS Wales’ strategic ambition of providing care closer to home where possible and supporting people to maintain independence through […]
NHSE publishes latest stats on GP appointments including percentage of video consultations
NHS England has published the latest statistics on general practice appointments from September 2023, sharing that 23.8 percent were carried out via telephone (estimated to include around 7 million appointments) and 2.1 percent through video conferencing software (approximately 651,000 appointments) during the month. These figures demonstrate a slight drop from […]
Journal shares recommendations to support data infrastructure transformation
A journal article published in The Lancet Digital Health has set out recommendations to support data infrastructure transformation, with the authors also producing a website intended to “promote transparency and showcase NHS data assets” following a mapping exercise involving “all electronic patient data flows across England, from providers to more […]
