NHS England has announced the development of a cloud-based platform designed to link recently-retired consultants who still hold a license to practise with secondary care providers requiring additional help for their waiting lists, as part of the Emeritus pilot scheme. Through the platform, consultants will be able to express interest […]
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Poll: which area should be the 2024 priority for an ICS and digital across a system?
We’ve been taking a focus on digital integrated care systems over the last week; we chatted with Eleanor Rollason and Chris Tack from Channel 3 Consulting about how how NHS organisations and ICSs can better deliver value through digital, and we also spoke with North West London ICB’s Clare Gallagher […]
NHS Supply Chain issues £500 million contract notice for MedTech dynamic purchasing system agreement
NHS Supply Chain has issued a £500 million contract notice for a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) Agreement to help bring MedTech products to market, focusing on offering a route to market for innovative products and enabling access to products and associated services that are “of an innovative nature” and “would […]
Study into training around remote services highlights value of “on-the-job” experience
An article published in the British Journal of General Practice has explored the training needs for staff providing remote services in general practice, finding that current training tends to be didactic in nature although participants say they value experience, informal discussion and on-the-job learning methods such as shadowing. For the […]
Thought leadership: the digital landscape for PCNs and practice managers
Thought leadership: the digital landscape for PCNs and practice managers With the National General Practice Improvement Programme underway to guide practices and primary care networks (PCNs) through making improvements across this year and into 2025, and the delivery plan for recovering access to primary care committing to supporting practices to move to […]
Readiness Dashboard performs self-automated checks on defibrillators at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh
A ‘Readiness Dashboard’ has been set up to perform self-automated checks on defibrillators at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, as part of a new project to ensure that the devices are “always ready to be used”. Following work by the medical electronics team to reconfigure the […]
£98k contract awarded for review of London’s virtual wards and remote monitoring programme
NHS England has awarded a contract with a reported value of £98,237.70 to Health Innovation Network (previously AHSN), for a review of the London region’s virtual ward and remote monitoring programme. The review was set to identify key features of “optimal” virtual ward models across clinical and digital domains, with […]
Interview: Eleanor Rollason and Chris Tack, Channel 3 Consulting; How NHS organisations and ICSs can better deliver value through digital
We talked with Eleanor Rollason (Partner) and Chris Tack (Principal Consultant) from Channel 3 Consulting, about how NHS organisations and integrated care systems can better deliver value through digital. Eleanor brings over 30 years of experience in clinical, operational and advisory roles in healthcare. Having started her NHS career as […]
HTN Now: Panel on digital transformation, successes, challenges and learnings…
For our latest HTN Now thought leadership panel discussion, we were joined by Rob Birkett, CDIO at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Dr Paul Wright, GP and deputy clinical director/IT clinical lead at NHS Greater Manchester and CCIO at Manchester and Trafford Local Care Organisation; and Graham Etherington, Solutions […]
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre launches new digital strategy emphasising digital foundations, patient and staff empowerment, and better use of data
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre has launched a new digital strategy, emphasising digital foundations, patient and staff empowerment, and better use of data. With the overarching digital mission to “harness the power of digital technology and data to transform care, improving patient outcomes and experience”; the strategy identifies four themes: digitally […]
