The government’s Central Digital and Data Office has released a report on the alpha reassessment of the NHS Digital Staff Passport. The purpose of the passport is to enable staff to carry a verified portfolio of their digital credentials for skills, training, abilities and employment checks, enabling them to move […]
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Special report: solutions and case studies supporting digital social care
Last week, new Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay announced the launch of a new £500 million Adult Social Care Discharge Fund, which will aim to support integrated care boards and local authorities to improve capacity. HTN covered the aspects of Barclay’s speech related to digital healthcare here. Following that […]
NHS England calls for evidence for recruitment and retention of digital, data and technology staff
The Transformation Directorate at NHS England has opened a call for evidence for recruitment and retention of digital, data and technology staff in the NHS. Through an online survey the digital transformation unit aims to explore what good practice looks like and understand the challenges that exist in attracting, recruiting […]
Funding awarded to support innovations that narrow inequalities in maternity care
£900,000 in funding has been awarded to ten innovation projects to help narrow inequalities in maternity care. SBRI Healthcare, an Accelerated Access Collaborative initiative, has awarded the funding to innovations including AI to help diagnose perinatal PTSD, a digital product to support breastfeeding and early parenthood, a platform to support […]
Graham Walsh, Medical Director at Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network
Welcome back to our podcast HTN Let’s Talk! In this episode we interview Graham Walsh, Medical Director at Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network. We discuss his current role, his previous experience at Calderdale and Huddersfield, challenges he has faced, what success for digital looks like, and much more. […]
Leeds Children’s Hospital introduces paediatric diagnostic imaging tools
Leeds Children’s Hospital has opted to install an Ultimax-i multi-directional C-arm from Canon Medical Systems UK to support the precision of paediatric fluoroscopy examinations. “The Ultimax-i is a valuable new addition to our range of diagnostic imaging tools serving patient referrals from across Yorkshire,” said Emily Keyte, Radiology Team Manager for […]
HTN Now: Barnsley Hospital on implementing EPMA
At HTN Now: November, we were joined by a team from CareFlow Medicines Management (CMM) and Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust consisting of CMM’s Head of Programme Helen Mutton and Barnsley NHS FT’s Deputy Director of IT Richard Billam and Clinical Digital Lead Bethany Pearson. Starting off the session, Helen […]
NHS Wales App released in early ‘beta’ phase
A ‘beta’ version of the new NHS Wales App is being trialled this month with 1,000 people across ten GP practices. The private ‘beta’ phase has opened to test the functionality and features included in the app, ahead of a wider public launch next year. During the beta phase, Digital Health […]
NHS co-created app ShinyMind set to provide wellbeing and resilience support
NHS staff of “all levels” have been involved in co-creating an app called ShinyMind that aims to provide support with wellbeing and resilience. Originally founded by psychotherapist Rebecca Howard, ShinyMind began as a live mindset programme called ‘Your Mindset, Your Choice’ to support NHS staff. Across 12 months, this psychological development […]
National Data Guardian discusses the planned NHS federated data platform
The National Data Guardian, Dr Nicola Byrne, has shared a blog in which she discusses the planned NHS federated data platform along with the topic of public trust in data. Dr Byrne begins by highlighting how the NHS has amassed “comprehensive cradle-to-grave information about tens of millions of us, whatever […]
