Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has shared a prior information notice regarding planned procurement of an electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA) solution, with specification that the solution will be cloud-based and suitable for use within all care settings. The supplier will be required to work […]
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Guy’s and St Thomas’ strategy to 2030 commits to being “innovation friendly health system”
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GST) has published a new strategy running to 2030, highlighting expectations around the potential offered by the next decade of digital advancements and sharing plans around EPR optimisation, attracting and funding healthcare innovation, and utilising artificial intelligence and and automation responsibly. On the […]
Interview: Owen Powell, ICT director at Central and North West London NHS on moving to cloud with the support of Rackspace Technology
At HETT, HTN took the opportunity to sit down for a chat with Owen Powell, ICT director at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL), during which Owen shared his experience of the trust’s move to cloud infrastructure with the support of Rackspace Technology; his advice for other […]
NHS Scotland extends £4m contract for colon capsule endoscopy managed service
NHS Scotland has extended its £4 million contract with Medtronic for a colon capsule endoscopy managed service; with an estimated value of £400,000, the extension is granted for a six-month period to allow Medtronic to complete “the final number of funded procedures”. The procurement sought to improve the patient journey, […]
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust announces preferred EPR supplier
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (ULTH) has announced the preferred supplier for its electronic patient record, to Insight Direct (UK) implementing a Nervecentre solution, subject to contract and approval of full business case. The trust has been investing in its digital infrastructure as part of the EPR programme, with […]
Scottish healthcare innovators encouraged to apply for Clinical Entrepreneur Programme
InnoScot Health is encouraging Scottish healthcare innovators to apply for the third year of the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme (CEP), with applications set to close on 29 October ready for the programme to commence in early 2025. Applications are welcomed from NHS workforce staff and those providing NHS services, with […]
Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center recommends that providers appoint CISO
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has warned healthcare providers about Trinity Ransomware group and its focus on targeting patient data, with CEO at OmniIndex Simon Bain speaking out on the “growing threat” of this type of attack and its potential to hold hospital infrastructure “hostage and immobilised”. Bain pointed […]
Digital and data across Scotland: interviews, insight, strategy, innovations…
Digital and data across Scotland In this special report HTN examines the landscape of digital healthcare in Scotland now at present and for the future, as well as speaking to representatives from the Scottish Government, NHS National Services Scotland and Scotland’s Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre, to hear their […]
Applications open for £4.2 million medtech accelerator for SMEs seeking external regulatory support
The UK’s Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has opened applications for a £4 million medtech fund designed to support SMEs in commercialising new products and meeting new regulatory requirements, with up to £30,000 available for successful applicants. Recognising that SMEs often suffer with a “lack of internal expertise” on the […]
Panel discussion: scaling health tech, new modes of collaboration, and future digital leadership
HTN welcomed a panel of experts from across the health sector for a recent HTN Now webinar to discuss scaling health technologies, focusing on digital projects and programmes successfully scaled at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, University Hospitals of Leicester and University Hospitals of Northamptonshire, as well as approaches, challenges, and how […]
