£13.5 million has been announced in funding for the development of an interoperable network of NHS-owned sub-national secure data environments (SDEs) in a blog by Dr Claire Bloomfield, Deputy Director of Data for Research and Development at NHS Transformation Directorate’s Centre for Improving Data Collaboration. The funding will help support a […]
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NHS England publishes waitlist validation guidance and targets
NHS England has published guidance to support healthcare systems with waitlist validation and to highlight a series of targets to May 2023. In a letter from Paul Doyle, national programme director for elective recovery at NHS England, to NHS trusts and system leaders, he notes that “validation is well established […]
HEE report highlights role of digital technologies in supporting health and care workforce
A new report published by Health Education England (HEE) entitled ‘Harnessing digital technologies for workforce development, education and training: an overview’ has revealed that digital technologies are to play a key role in supporting the NHS workforce deal with upcoming demands. To meet demand, the report highlights that policy makers […]
Whittington Health and North Middlesex University Hospital to pilot remote monitoring tech
Whittington Health NHS Trust and North Middlesex University Hospital are to pilot remote monitoring technology from Spirit Health to support people living with heart failure and frailty. In a three-month pilot, supported by North Central London Integrated Care System, patients will be discharged and monitored at home by specialist clinical teams. […]
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICS launches winter control room
NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System has this month launched a winter control room to manage demand and capacity across the county. The control room is said to use multi-agency data to support the region’s response to pressures across the system, where it can match staff with demand to […]
Cancer innovation call for bids from across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw
A second round of the Cancer Innovation Award Scheme in promoting improvement and innovation in cancer services has been launched by the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Cancer Alliance, in partnership with Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network (YHAHSN). Grants of £10k and £25k are on offer within voluntary, community […]
NHSE Digital Productivity programme shares roadmap for the future
The Digital Productivity programme from NHS England’s Transformation Directorate has shared its delivery plans going forward, along with the key areas of focus over the past year. Robot process automation (RPA) Overall, the programme aims to improve RPA capability across as many NHS services as possible by 2024. Present work […]
Feature: Inhealthcare on how their innovation-friendly platform delivers care at home to free up hospital beds
By Bryn Sage, CEO of Inhealthcare and a member of industry group techUK’s health and social care council. In a telling insight into his attitude to NHS spending, the new Health and Social Care Secretary has told local areas they will be free to determine how they speed up the […]
Scotland Digital Healthcare publishes 2023 delivery plan
Digital Health and Care Scotland has published a national delivery plan for the year ahead, describing how digital activities are to support health and care services. The plan follows the publication of its strategy ‘Care in the Digital Age’ (October 2021), which focused on the “widespread use of digital solutions” […]
MedTech funding programme paused for new entrants
NHS Accelerated Access Collaborative has confirmed that no new technologies will join its MedTech funding mandate for 2023/24. The programme launched in 2021 to accelerate the uptake of selected innovative medical devices, diagnostics and digital products, and support the adoption of these technologies. To date the programme has supported 11 […]
