The Department of Health and Social Care has announced plans to launch a new platform, My Planned Care, to provide information online for patients waiting for elective surgeries. It hopes to help ‘improve transparency’ on wait times for patients and to provide additional support online ahead of surgery, such as through […]
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HEE develops toolkits to support adult social care digital champions
Health Education England (HEE) has created two toolkits to help embed digital skills, confidence and best practice within the health and care workforce. HEE cites research from Lloyds Bank’s UK Consumer 2020 Index, which estimates that 52 per cent of ‘people in the [UK] workforce lack digital skills in the workplace’ […]
NHSX Chief Exec reveals thoughts on integration with NHS England
Matthew Gould, NHSX’s Chief Executive, has officially addressed the organisation’s integration with the Transformation Directorate at NHS England (NHSE). It was originally revealed that NHSX, which develops NHS best practice for technology, digital and data, would be merged into NHSE last November, with HTN then gathering an ‘industry view’ collection […]
Five-year GOSH partnership to create personalised healthcare for children
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) has embarked upon a five-year collaborative working agreement to establish a new Clinical Informatics and Innovation Unit. The partnership with Roche Products Limited is intended to move the specialist children’s trust ‘closer to personalised healthcare for children’ through both the […]
Video: Humber, Coast and Vale on a Shared Care Records journey
As part of our focus on Shared Care Records this month, we’re recapping a fantastic live session delivered by the Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership (HCV) at HTN Now. In the webcast, the team from Humber, Coast and Vale took HTN and the audience along on a […]
Royal College of Nursing releases COVID risk assessment tool
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has launched a risk assessment tool to help aid local decision making on the level of personal protective equipment (PPE) required to protect them whilst at work. The tool, created in collaboration with the COVID Airborne Protection Alliance (CAPA) and the British Occupational Hygiene Society, […]
HEE commissions roadmap and dashboard to track spread of AI technologies
Health Education England (HEE) has commissioned a new artificial intelligence (AI) roadmap and interactive dashboard from the company Unity Insights, which provides bespoke analytics and evaluation services to the NHS. As well as ‘exploring the use and impact of AI in the NHS’, the report ‘examines the effects on workforce […]
GP IT system suppliers awarded contracts in Wales
Digital Health and Care Wales has announced three GP IT suppliers have been awarded contracts on a new framework to supply systems and services for primary care in Wales. The national health body for Wales has awarded Cegedim Healthcare Solutions, EMIS Health and TPP contracts as part of a five-year deal. Following […]
News in Brief: Royal Papworth introduces GP Connect, remote robotic surgery research, Scotland’s app to access free period products
Welcome to our first news in brief round-up for February. This week has already seen HTN HQ announce the Health Tech Awards 2022 – now open for entries – while, in other news, the Department of Health and Social Care has published a ‘prior information notice’ for its Tech Innovation […]
Ramsay Health Care goes live with MAXIMS EPR
Ramsay Health Care UK, a private healthcare provider, has now gone live with the MAXIMS Electronic Patient Record (EPR). The two companies have announced the roll-out of the EPR, which is now fully live and operational in all 35 of the Ramsay hospital sites. Ramsay says the move makes it […]
