Digital health and data across the ICS regions in 2024: East of England Our regions series continues with a deep dive into what’s happening with digital and data across the East of England, covering Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICS; Hertfordshire and West Essex ICS; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICS; Mid […]
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40 suppliers named on NHS SBS digital health advisory framework agreement
NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) has awarded a contract for a framework agreement around the “provision of digital health advisory and related goods and services for healthcare”. The framework is set to cover specialist clinical and healthcare digital consultancy; clinical and digital health delivery and augmentation; clinical data science and […]
NHSE board discusses plans to improve productivity with the NHS to “embrace 21st century tech”
The NHS board meeting last week focused on a number of areas, including productivity in the NHS and the potential of technology to support this; operational actions for the second year of the primary care access recovery plan; and a review of progress in 2023/24 around equality, including achievements around […]
NHSE to incentivise and increase virtual ward use and support front door services and flow through emergency departments
NHS England has shared plans to increase virtual ward use with NHSE correspondence sent to every local hospital and health system setting out actions hoped to increase urgent and emergency care performance, including plans for a new virtual wards operational framework and funding incentives to support front door services and […]
NHS trusts join national innovation support scheme focusing on testing innovations
NHS trusts have been selected to join the NHS InSites programme, which focuses on testing innovations in real-world settings, using a testing and evaluation model “co-developed by the participating Innovation Sites (InSites)”, along with NHS England, and Mid and South Essex ICS, who host the programme’s management office and coordination […]
NHS National Services Scotland to adopt cloud workflow solution across all GP practices
NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) has contracted OneAdvanced Health and Care’s cloud-based software to serve as an enhanced document workflow solution across all GP practices in Scotland. The platform, which will replace the company’s previous version used by over 950 general practices, will support organisations in processing, sharing and storing electronic […]
North East London NHS Foundation Trust deploys e-discharge module to support virtual ward delivery
North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) has deployed the e-discharge module of the Portasana patient communication platform, as part of efforts to support virtual wards, handle patient discharge and support patient flow. Through Portasana’s e-discharge capabilities, staff at the trust will be able to digitally discharge patients into several […]
Panel discussion: supporting the NHS workforce with digital skills and digital careers
For a panel discussion this week on digital careers and digital skills, we were joined by Martyn Perry, acting chief digital information officer at Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT), and James Freed, deputy director at NHS Digital Academy. Martyn and James chatted through topics including supporting the workforce […]
Interview: “Transformation is people, process and technology” Stephen Bromhall, CDIO at East of England Ambulance Service
In a recent interview, we caught up with Stephen Bromhall, chief digital information officer at East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST), to talk about recent digital projects and priorities and the way that digital is being used to make improvements across areas such as workforce, operations and patient engagement. […]
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust awards contract for EPR implementation support
A two-year contract has been awarded to Dakota Integrated Solutions Ltd to support East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust with its Epic EPR implementation by supplying mobile devices, printers and barcode scanners as well as providing training, maintenance and support for data capture hardware and services. The initial […]
