NHS Blood and Transplant has teamed up with Marvel Studios for an online awareness raising campaign around how to donate blood and why it matters, using the opportunity to highlight how NHS hospitals rely on 3,700 blood donations daily. As part of the campaign, a short video has been released […]
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NHS Humber Health Partnership launches Flow project designed to evaluate and streamline patient journey
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, together forming the NHS Humber Health Partnership, have launched a transformation project called ‘Flow’ aiming to reduce unnecessary hospital stays and admissions by streamlining “every stage” of the patient journey. The project will see each stage […]
West Herts Hospitals highlights virtual wards for rising almost 100 places in NHS league tables
According to recent NHS stats, West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals has risen from 102nd place in trust rankings for A&E waiting times to seventh place in two years, citing its “virtual hospital” approach as helping to free up “thousands of beds”. The latest figures indicate that 82.6 percent of over 17,000 […]
Health and care ministers appointed with responsibility for key areas of NHS transformation
With the formation of Keir Starmer’s government, the Department of Health and Social Care has seen the appointment of two new ministers with responsibility for key areas of NHS transformation including the federated data platform, technology and innovation, and cyber security. Karin Smyth, MP for Bristol South, was appointed minister […]
General election, what does it mean for the NHS: Focus on waiting times, timely diagnosis and treatment, innovation, adoption, modernising, a new ‘Fit for the Future’ fund…
With the results of the 2024 general election handing Labour a majority and placing Keir Starmer as Prime Minister, let’s take a look at what this might mean for the NHS. We previously reported on the highlights of Labour’s manifesto when it came to the national health service, along with […]
NHSE shares update around new GP Connect Update Record functionality
Dr Amanda Doyle, NHS England national director for primary care and community services, has written to GPs and practice managers to clarify information around enhancements to the GP Connect Update Record. The letter references the new enhancement to GP Connect functionality enabling information from secondary and community care, such as […]
NHS Trusts Index
Welcome to HTN’s NHS Trusts Index Here, HTN track health tech projects and programmes for each NHS trust in England. A Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Airedale General Hospital goes live with geospatial system for RAAC management HTN Now: learnings and insights from the virtual COPD service at Airedale NHS Foundation […]
NHS Dumfries & Galloway CEO updates local citizens on cyber attack published data
NHS Dumfries & Galloway chief executive Julie White has shared an update with every citizen in Dumfries and Galloway on the cyber attack earlier this year, stating to residents to “assume that some data relating to you is likely to have been copied and published”. The letter adds that “the criminals […]
Proposed MedTech pathway from NHSE and NICE emphasises need for evidence-based advice and lifecycle approach
NHS England and the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have set out a proposed new route for MedTech developers to access NHS funding, revolving around the development of “an integrated, rules-based medical technology pathway” to help “create the right conditions for innovators to thrive, with the health […]
Interview: “The digital genie is out of the bottle, there’s no going back” Henrietta Mbeah-Bankas, NHSE, on digital education in the NHS
In a recent interview, we got chance to catch up with Henrietta Mbeah-Bankas, head of portfolio at NHSE, to find out more about her projects, programmes and priorities for 2024, a year after she joined us for a discussion at HTN: Now on innovation and training in the health workforce. […]