NHS England has opened a £20 million framework procurement for local systems to deploy digital flexible staff pools to support clinical capacity in primary care. Suppliers who offer a digital solution are now being invited to apply to the framework, initially focusing on the deployment of GPs, to enable practices to post […]
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Roslin Institute develops heart attack prediction model from data
The Roslin Institute, a research centre at the University of Edinburgh, has developed a model to predict heart attack risk by studying retinal images of Biobank data from participants who experienced a heart attack. Scientists calculated the model using branching patterns of retinal blood vessels, using data from the UK […]
In focus, the new plan for digital health and social care published
The Department of Health and Social Care has published “A plan for digital health and social care”, setting out their vision for a digitally-enabled health and social care system, collating existing digital strategies, plans and guidance into a single action plan. In the foreword Secretary for Health and Social Care Sajid […]
News in Brief: laboratory automation agreement, tablets for mental health patients, new North Tees control centre and more
It’s time for another news in brief, and as usual it has been busy in the health tech community this week! Read on to find out some of the top stories from the past few days… New app to boost staff sharing across Bristol, Somerset and Gloucestershire A new collaborative […]
Home health tech platform raises £24.7 million
Home health tech supplier Birdie has raised £24.7 million in Series B funding, taking the total raised by the company to £42.8 million. Focusing on the care industry, the company’s mission is to ‘reinvent home healthcare and empower older generations’ by using its software platform. The tech supports care visits […]
Study published on using social media platforms to encourage health behaviours
A study has been conducted to identify content created by health professionals related to using social media platforms to encourage health behaviours such as receipt of the HPV vaccine in the USA. The study highlights that approximately half of adolescents in the USA do not complete the recommended HPV vaccine series, […]
Digital Health and Care Plan published with focus on EPRs, remote monitoring, patient access and sharing records
A new Plan for Digital Health and Social Care has been published today, supported by £2 billion allocated from the spending review. The plan focuses on the expansion of virtual wards and remote technologies, the national electronic patient records programme, developments to the NHS App, NHS.uk and patients’ access to […]
HTN Now: NHS blueprinting and the national EPR programme
As part of our HTN Now focus on electronic patient records (EPR), we were joined by the central NHS blueprinting team and a panel of digital leaders to discuss the national EPR programme and share how blueprints have supported them. The team included Head of National Operations and Delivery for […]
National Data Guardian shares views on the new health and care data strategy
The government recently released their new data strategy for health and care, “Data saves lives: reshaping health and social care with data”. We covered the strategy at HTN; click here to read our overview, or here to read industry views we curated. Now, the National Data Guardian Dr Nicola Byrne […]
CLEO Systems to launch electronic prescription solution
CLEO Systems, a primary and urgent care health tech supplier, has announced the launch of an electronic prescription solution (EPS) following a successful pilot with Midlands Partnership Foundation NHS Trust. The company has worked with the trust to complete a first of type pilot to digitise patients’ prescriptions and remove paper, as well as […]
