A prior information notice has been published by NHS National Services Scotland with regards to their plan to procure an online triage solution and a digital platform capable of optimising theatre capacity and increasing theatre productivity. With regards to the first, the notice states that NHS Scotland is “exploring a […]
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Greater Manchester innovation accelerator secures investment
Health and care partners in Greater Manchester have collaborated with industry and academia to secure a multi-million pound health innovation accelerator, which aims to rapidly improve the treatment and diagnosis of diseases across the 2.8m GM population. The government has invested £100 million to boost three high-potential innovation clusters in […]
Special report: primary care cloud telephony
Our latest special report revolves around primary care telephony. Earlier this month, we covered the updates to the GP contract, including a new requirement to mandate the use of cloud-based telephony. “All practices need to be aware, that from the end of 2025, all analogue ISDN and PSTN lines will be […]
Suffolk County Council launch VR programme to support people living with dementia
Suffolk County Council has awarded £80,000 to Spark Emerging Technologies Ltd, to build a platform that supports virtual reality experiences for people who are living with dementia in Suffolk. Following an open tender process in 2022, the procurement was won by Spark to produce a VR application that is co-produced with service […]
The future of Spine, providing critical infrastructure for the NHS
A blog post has been shared by NHS England discussing the future of the Spine platform and how the infrastructure is to grow inline with the advancing digitisation of health and care. In the new NHS blog by Shan Rahulan (director of Spine Core) and Mark Burton (lead delivery manager of […]
Lincolnshire ICB launches app for live urgent and emergency care waiting times
Lincolnshire ICB has announced the launch of an app to provide citizens across the region with live urgent and emergency care services waiting time and queue numbers. The WaitLess app has gone live with an aim to support people make an informed decision about where to seek the fastest treatment for minor […]
The Royal Marsden goes live with EPR
The Royal Marsden NHS FT has gone live with Connect, its electronic patient record. Described as “the largest and most important digital transformation programme in The Royal Marsden’s history”, the Epic electronic health record went live at 4:00pm, 17 March. The trust also introduced a patient app and website called MyMarsden. […]
“We have to be ready with a system fit for the future” Mark Fewster on improving patient safety
We recently spoke with Mark Fewster, Chief Product Officer from Radar Healthcare, about a range of health tech topics, including how they’re developing their risk, quality, and compliance system to improve patient safety in different healthcare settings using AI and machine learning; how their product has evolved over time; and […]
Further judges join the esteemed HTN Awards judging panel!
HTN is delighted to announce the second group of judges to join the esteemed HTN Awards judging panel! Following an open invitation to the health tech community just over 24 hours ago, we are delighted to welcome the judges listed below – who cover a range of roles and health […]
Newcastle Hospitals integrates patient engagement platform with NHS App
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with MyHealthCall, a patient engagement platform integrated with the NHS App. The integration went live this week in the musculoskeletal clinic, allowing patients to manage outpatient care, such as appointments, correspondence, and access resources such as hospital maps. Developed by Health Call, […]
