The Department of Health and Social Care has announced that Pharmacy First, a service including seven new clinical pathways to replace the Community Pharmacy Consultation Service (CPCS), will be launched on January 31 2024 subject to appropriate digital systems being in place. In a letter to community pharmacy contractors, the […]
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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde publishes contract notice for neonatal EPR
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has published a contract notice for a neonatal intensive care cloud-based electronic patient record system that “will have the ability to adapt with the ever-changing technology advances in neonatal care”, helping to reduce manual work and paper usage. The contract duration will be a period […]
University Hospitals of Leicester virtual wards connects with Pioneer Wound Healing and Lymphedema Centres
University Hospitals of Leicester has partnered with Independent Provider Pioneer Wound Healing and Lymphedema Centres to utilise virtual wards to prevent and treat pressure ulcers. It means hospital teams can upload images for assessment by Pioneer Health Consultants who can remotely access them and create a personalised prevention and treatment plan. The […]
HTN Now: Dr Minal Bakhai on a modern general practice and digital tools to improve experiences for patients and staff
At HTN Digital Primary Care, we welcomed Dr Minal Bakhai, GP and director for primary care transformation at NHS England, for a discussion on modern general practice, the use of digital tools to improve experiences for patients and staff and the national general practice improvement programme. Background to modern general […]
Chelsea and Westminster pilots AI solution for cataract patients
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital has launched a “concept test” pilot of AI solution Dora to support cataract patients, which will see Dora phone patients on behalf of the department and ask them questions about their experience so far, along with being able to answer certain queries. Dora is developed by […]
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre announces role as early adopter of data professionals framework
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust has announced its role as one of the eight early adopter sites of the NHS’s new National Competency Framework (NCF) for the recruitment and development of data professionals, designed to “professionalise the data and analytics workforce within health and care and create a […]
NHSE issues prior information notice for dental digital referral solution for the South West
NHS England has published a prior information notice stating its intention to procure a digital solution for end-to-end dental referrals for ICBs in the South West, with the initial scope of the procurement covering Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire; Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire; Cornwall and […]
Mid and South Essex digital action plan to deliver “excellent, connected care through being a digital-first organisation”
Having updated its digital strategy following feedback from its Digital and Data forum, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust has published a “Digital strategy – in to Action” plan. It brings together its digital strategy and plans for an EPR, which form a major part of the strategy. The […]
HTN Now: NHSE blueprinting team and Manchester NHS FT on their journey with EMIS migration
At one of our latest webinars for HTN Now, we welcomed Paul Charnley, digital lead and chair of the national blueprinting steering group; Saj Kahrod, assistant director of programmes – blueprinting, NHS England; Anne-Marie Redford, senior programme manager for community and apps at Hive Clinical for Manchester University NHS FT; […]
NIHR grants £42m to 14 new HealthTech Research Centres across England
The National Institute for Health and Care Research has granted £42 million to the development of 14 new centres in England to drive health tech research, with the aim of working with businesses to support development of medical devices, diagnostics and technologies for use in hospitals, general practice, the community, […]
