Public Health England programme Start4Life has created the Breastfeeding Friend to encourage parents to adopt healthy behaviours. It is available for free on a range of platforms, including Facebook Messenger, and now for the first time it will also be available as a skill for Amazon Alexa’s voice service. Mothers […]
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Surgeons trial new technology in fight against liver cancer
Surgeons working at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are pioneering the use of new technology to help them treat cancer of the liver. New software called LiverMultiScan is being trialled at the Trust to support specialists make better use of MRI scans carried out in advance of liver surgery, giving them a […]
New podcast series launched to share innovations in primary care
The Eastern Academic Health Science Network is launching a series of podcasts that explore innovative ways of managing primary care under pressure. Each episode aims to uncover the secrets of successful primary care teams working in the NHS today. The Primary Care Talks host, Dr Hasan Chowhan, interviews fellow GPs to find […]
HTN February 2018 Newsletter
In February we announced the Health Tech Awards 2018 in association with CCube Solutions are open for entries and we were delighted to launch with 12 great categories from Best Use of Data to User-led Innovation. We interviewed Hicom in a really interesting piece about them, their work and what the year […]
LumiraDx Care Solutions and My mHealth partner to support digital self-care
LumiraDx Care Solutions and My mHealth have partnered to offer digital self-care to millions of patients with long-term conditions. The initiative will provide an integrated patient and clinician platform, enabling self-care for patients on anticoagulation therapy in addition to those living with COPD, asthma, diabetes and heart disease through a […]
Roll-out of new digital platform to detect early signs of cancer
The North of England will roll out a new digital platform that helps GPs detect the early signs of cancer. The Gateway-C platform is already being used in 73% of GP surgeries in Greater Manchester and eastern Manchester and Health Education England (HEE) is now funding a rollout programme to […]
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals E-Learning Tool Adopted Nationally
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s ground breaking nasogastric tube e-learning tool that improves patient safety and reduces potential harm has been adopted nationally. The e-learning tool reinforces the correct way to insert and confirm the position of nasogastric tubes (NGT) to reduce error and focus attention onto patient safety. […]
Highland Marketing: Predictions for 2018
What is the coming year likely to hold for NHS and IT? And what will that mean for marketers, companies and trusts working with healthcare technology? Highland Marketing looks ahead. Lyn Whitfield, strategy and content director, on NHS finance and policy in 2018 The NHS received a five-year financial settlement […]
Our most-read news of 2017
It was a fantastic year for us, we covered 389 stories over the year and increased our network to over 9,000! Thank you to everyone who has followed us and here we cover our most-read for the past 12 months: January Leicester’s Hospitals successfully deployed a new electronic patient […]
South Central region goes live with new child health information system
The south central region of England has gone live with a single child health information system, using System C’s CarePlus software to provide a comprehensive electronic record of over 906,000 children’s public health records. The new system has combined 11 different child health information services and workflows to create a […]
