NHS England has outlined its NHS cloud strategy, recognising the need for cloud to support modernisation, enable innovation and provide strong foundations. The guidance details an approach to the cloud, exploring the current NHS cloud strategy and adoption plan, guidance on migration and exit strategies, policies, and best practice. NHSE […]
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Inhealthcare’s weight loss medication service now available to the NHS
Digital health company Inhealthcare has launched a self-referral service to help NHS organisations manage the expected surge in demand for new weight loss medications. The secure online system, which validates patients against the NHS Spine – the national healthcare IT infrastructure – enables NHS organisations to coordinate interest from individuals […]
Framework agreement for AI published by NHS Shared Business Services
NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) has published a “comprehensive” framework agreement intended to bring together the “wealth of experience” produced from current AI offerings to help “take the NHS above the foothills of digital transformation”. The framework agreement, to be used by NHS SBS approved organisations, is set out […]
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust cloud-based intelligence platform journey
HTN Now: Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS FT cloud-based intelligence platform journey 26 February 2025 1:00 – 2:00 Join HTN, NHS England and Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust for this webinar to share the journey migrating Hampshire & Isle of Wight’s cloud-based intelligence platform. […]
HTN Now: South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust present an overview of their latest virtual reality project
For a recent HTN Now webinar, we welcomed Saj Kahrod, assistant director for the National Blueprinting Programme at NHS England; and Kelsey Dunning, resuscitation officer at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, and project lead for Enabling Effective Learning Environments: Digital Placement, Enhancement and Expansion with Virtual Reality. Saj […]
News in brief: patient portals, virtual wards, NHS app uptake, digital workforce, single point of access services
From the introduction of new apps to the use of robotic systems in surgery and more, let’s take a look at some of the latest stories in health tech. TigerConnect acquires health technology innovator Twiage Healthcare collaboration platform, TigerConnect recently announced the acquisition of the health technology innovator Twiage to […]
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS and Birmingham Children’s Hospital collaborate to expand mental health app for young people
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has been working with Birmingham Children’s Hospital in-patient and community teams to help develop the capabilities of the Xploro App and improve the support given to young people during mental health appointments. The app is currently aimed at helping young people aged between 7-15 […]
NHS partnership agreement with independent sector to “make better use” of private sector capacity, align digital systems and standards
An agreement between the NHS and the independent sector to help tackle waiting lists and meet the 18-week waiting time standard for elective care has been published, with NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard highlighting the need to “make better use” of private sector capacity. Under the agreement, NHSE and the […]
Plan for reforming NHS elective care in focus: empower patients, reform delivery, right place, align funding
The plan for reforming NHS elective care has been unveiled, with a foreword from Wes Streeting focusing on taking “the best of the NHS to the rest of the NHS”, rolling out “technological transformation to speed up processes”, and “busting bureaucracy”. Streeting underscores the key aim of returning to the […]
National Data Guardian 2023-24 report presents health data use across the NHS
Dr Nicola Byrne, National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care has shared their annual report for 2023-24, highlighting the use of health data across the NHS, along with an update on the Federated Data Platform. Dr Byrne opened the report citing the renewed focus on health data following Lord Darzi’s […]
