The latest question we asked to our health tech audience revolved around creative thinking for new ideas and innovation. We asked: How much time this week did you put towards innovation, driving new ideas or creative thinking? 69 people took part in the poll, with participants from a vast range […]
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£6 million funding awarded to respiratory disease and cardiovascular disease innovations
Six innovations that support people with respiratory diseases will receive a share of £2.7 million, and eight innovations that help detect, prevent and manage cardiovascular disease are to share £3.3 million in funding. The programme, led by SBRI Healthcare, an Accelerated Access Collaborative initiative in partnership with the Academic Health […]
HTN Now Awards 2023: meet the winners
HTN Now Awards 2023: meet the winners It’s been a busy few months for us at HTN in the lead-up to the HTN Now Awards 2023 ceremony but the time has finally come – after hours of judging from a team of over 250 health tech professionals, we can finally […]
Poll: Do your local healthcare providers share live waiting time data for A&E and urgent care via a patient facing app or website?
The latest question we posed to our health tech audience revolved around the availability of live data for urgent care. Analysis published by CQC following a 6-month pilot project where an app shared waiting times for A&E and urgent treatment centres across east Kent and Northamptonshire noted: reduced minors’ profile across […]
Special report: thought leadership and case studies on tackling the elective care backlog
For the latest edition of the HTN special report series, we’re exploring how the elective care backlog can be tackled, with input from Alcidion and Open Medical. CQC recently noted that the waiting list for planned elective NHS treatment has more than doubled since the start of the pandemic. In light of […]
Maz Fosh, CEO of Lincolnshire Community, highlights virtual wards across Lincolnshire
Maz Fosh, CEO of Lincolnshire Community Health Services (LCHS) NHS Trust, has highlighted how virtual wards are working well in Lincolnshire, and how they are keen to explore the approach for other conditions. Currently LCHS have virtual wards for heart failure, frailty, respiratory, children’s complex neurology and same-day emergency care. […]
DHSC announces £250 million hospital discharge funding and highlights data and innovations from Frontrunners
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced an additional £200 million in funding to support patient discharge initiatives and has highlighted six National Discharge Frontrunners using data and innovations. The £200 million comes on top of the £500 million Adult Social Care Discharge Fund announced in December, covered by HTN […]
Policy to improve patient safety through use of medical devices in development with NHS Scotland
NHS Scotland is developing a policy aiming to improve patient safety with regards to medical devices in Scotland, by improving available information and system-wide data. The policy is being developed by the SG Medical Devices and Legislation Unit (MDLU). It seeks to improve traceability of medical devices and equipment through […]
Royal Marsden counts down to EHR launch
The Royal Marsden NHS FT has started to count down to the launch of Connect, its new electronic health record. Described as “the largest and most important digital transformation programme in The Royal Marsden’s history”, Epic will be introduced across the trust in March 2023. This month has seen the […]
NHS Cornwall partner with Togetherall to launch online mental health community service
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has launched a new digital partnership which will see local residents gaining access to a peer-to-peer support community, with the aim of creating a safe online space in which users can anonymously support each other with moderation from licensed and registered mental health practitioners. Dr […]
