Suffolk County Council has awarded £80,000 to Spark Emerging Technologies Ltd, to build a platform that supports virtual reality experiences for people who are living with dementia in Suffolk. Following an open tender process in 2022, the procurement was won by Spark to produce a VR application that is co-produced with service […]
Other News
The future of Spine, providing critical infrastructure for the NHS
A blog post has been shared by NHS England discussing the future of the Spine platform and how the infrastructure is to grow inline with the advancing digitisation of health and care. In the new NHS blog by Shan Rahulan (director of Spine Core) and Mark Burton (lead delivery manager of […]
Lincolnshire ICB launches app for live urgent and emergency care waiting times
Lincolnshire ICB has announced the launch of an app to provide citizens across the region with live urgent and emergency care services waiting time and queue numbers. The WaitLess app has gone live with an aim to support people make an informed decision about where to seek the fastest treatment for minor […]
The Royal Marsden goes live with EPR
The Royal Marsden NHS FT has gone live with Connect, its electronic patient record. Described as “the largest and most important digital transformation programme in The Royal Marsden’s history”, the Epic electronic health record went live at 4:00pm, 17 March. The trust also introduced a patient app and website called MyMarsden. […]
“We have to be ready with a system fit for the future” Mark Fewster on improving patient safety
We recently spoke with Mark Fewster, Chief Product Officer from Radar Healthcare, about a range of health tech topics, including how they’re developing their risk, quality, and compliance system to improve patient safety in different healthcare settings using AI and machine learning; how their product has evolved over time; and […]
Further judges join the esteemed HTN Awards judging panel!
HTN is delighted to announce the second group of judges to join the esteemed HTN Awards judging panel! Following an open invitation to the health tech community just over 24 hours ago, we are delighted to welcome the judges listed below – who cover a range of roles and health […]
Newcastle Hospitals integrates patient engagement platform with NHS App
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with MyHealthCall, a patient engagement platform integrated with the NHS App. The integration went live this week in the musculoskeletal clinic, allowing patients to manage outpatient care, such as appointments, correspondence, and access resources such as hospital maps. Developed by Health Call, […]
Evaluation of government commitments made on NHS digitisation
In 2020, the Health and Social Care Committee commissioned a review of the evidence for effective implementation and appropriateness of government policy commitments with regards to digitisation in the NHS. A report entitled ‘Evaluation of Government commitments made on the digitisation of the NHS’ was recently published to share findings. […]
£500 million Digital Health Advisory framework to launch
NHS Shared Business Services is to launch a Digital Healthcare Advisory services framework for health and care providers, worth an estimated £500 million. The framework intends to provide specialist digital consultancy and advisory services, to include design, application, delivery and management of digital technologies. Acting on behalf of approved organisations, NHS […]
News in Brief: ICB People Digital plan contract, virtual reality therapy in Birmingham, AI pilot in Leeds, and more
It’s time for another news in brief. As always there has been lots happening in the health tech community – join us as we take a look at some of the digital stories from across the industry. £85,000 contract awarded to deliver ICB People Digital Plans A contract worth £85,000 […]
