The latest figures from the Digital Maturity Assessment have been published, revealing the trusts reporting the lowest digital maturity, and their progress from 2024, from a self-assessment covering a total of 47 domains, forming a maturity score between 1-5. Bottom of the table is Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation […]
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Deep dive: discussing neighbourhood health with Fay Johnstone, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and Christopher Malone, Luscii
HTN recently caught up with Fay Johnstone, acute virtual ward matron at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells (MTW) NHS Trust, and Christopher Malone (Chris), commercial growth at Luscii, to discuss how tech is supporting neighbourhood health. Chris shared his background, from his decade of experience as a medical negligence lawyer, to […]
Humber Teaching receives NHSE funding to lead on roll-out of NHS App functionality
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust has received funding from NHS England to lead on the roll-out of functionality allowing patients to manage their appointments and visits directly from the NHS App. The trust’s implementation will be shared with 11 NHS trusts using SystmOne across the country. Once live, information from […]
Ambient scribe technology guidance for healthcare and information governance professionals launches
Guidance for healthcare and information governance professionals on the use of ambient scribe technology has launched, covering checks to be made before use, consent, transparency, checking for accuracy, the lawful basis for processing of data, record retention and storage, and more. It notes that healthcare professionals should check whether the […]
Digital Maturity Assessment report for 2025 highlights trust progress and rankings for overall digital maturity
NHS England has published the latest Digital Maturity Assessment report for 2024 and 2025, offering a system-wide view of digital maturity by trust and ICB. By including 2024 data alongside latest 2025 scores, it offers further insight into progress for each organisation. The CIO or a nominated deputy for each […]
Feature: AI in action, supporting safer care across the NHS
By Radar Healthcare Patient safety remains one of the most important priorities across the NHS and wider healthcare system. Healthcare organisations generate vast amounts of information every day through incident reporting, governance processes and clinical systems, but turning this information into meaningful learning remains a significant challenge. Artificial intelligence is […]
Global threat landscape report shows exploited high and critical severity vulnerabilities surged 105% as attack timelines collapsed
View the global threat landscape report here Rapid 7 has published its 2026 global threat landscape report, decoding the accelerated cyber attack cycle, finding the window between vulnerability disclosure and confirmed exploitation continues to collapse, leaving organisations with dramatically less time to assess risk, prioritise remediation, and contain threats before impact. […]
Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire three year digital strategy, single EPR, cloud by default, community digital front door
Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) ICB’s latest digital strategy to 2029 has been published, based on five strategic themes. These cover digitally empowering the population, supporting the workforce through digital innovation, using data to focus decision making, delivering strong digital and data foundations, and protecting patients […]
North London shares work to improve efficiency and eliminate non-value adding tasks using digital and AI
The board of North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) has shared details of work to improve efficiency, reduce running costs, and eliminate non-value adding tasks with the use of digital tools and AI. Mobilising AI solutions to free-up time to care through a ten percent reduction in time spent on […]
NHS England board on cyber resilience, no clear vision for neighbourhood technology, single patient record
In its most recent meeting, the NHS England board offered a series of updates around cyber resilience, single patient record, neighbourhood technology, the genomics programme, and 10-Year Plan acceleration programmes, citing “a number of concerns” that need to be addressed prior to investment commitments. On the single patient record and […]
