NHSX has released its ‘Delivery Plan’ for digital transformation within health and care, outlining how the organisation aims to digitise services, as well as connect the NHS and drive transformation. The plan, it states, is intended to describe what’s being commissioned, and ‘what is being delivered when’, to enable frontline […]
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Health Education England launches evidence and knowledge portal
Health Education England (HEE) has launched a new online portal this month, to provide NHS staff and others with access to published evidence and research. Called the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub, it hopes to connect staff and learners with a wide range of knowledge, evidence, resources, services and databases […]
South East London ICS launches scheme to improve digital access
NHS South East London Integrated Care System (ICS) has launched a new scheme to improve digital access for people with learning disabilities or severe mental illness. As part of a £60,000 project, funded by ‘Digital First Primary Care’ run by NHS England and NHS Improvement, the programme focuses on improving digital access […]
NHS Digital publishes API roadmap and seeks developer feedback
NHS Digital has opened a new survey calling for feedback from developers working on health and care products to support the NHS Digital API Management team. The survey follows the publication last month of NHS Digital’s vision and roadmap for API management, and aims to improve the support that’s offered […]
Wearable tech trial for cancer patients opens in Manchester
A new trial of wearable technologies has opened today for patients with cancer in Greater Manchester. Called, EMBRaCE, (Enhanced Monitoring for Better Recovery and Cancer Experience), the project is a collaboration between Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, and The University of Manchester. The trial is […]
New support for ‘digital carers’ in Walsall
Black Country and West Birmingham CCG has launched a new initiative to provide additional support for carers to make use of digital health tools. Working with digital transformation company, Healthwave, who specialise in supporting the uptake of digital tools and inclusion with services, the programme has been developed to support carers […]
In focus: Humber, Coast & Vale ICS releases digital inclusion core principles
Humber, Coast & Vale Integrated Health and Care Partnership has created and released its own set of ‘Digital Inclusion Core Principles’. The short guide is intended to support organisations and health providers within the Humber, Coast and Vale Integrated Care System (ICS), with a checklist to help them when implementing […]
NICE to allow more ‘flexibility’ in evaluation of new health technologies
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) board has approved a number of changes to how medicines and health technologies are evaluated for use in the NHS. The move is expected to signal ‘commitment to greater flexibility’ in the organisation’s evaluation of promising new health technologies and aims […]
CNWL live with EPMA and adopts QR code tech
This month, Central and North West London NHS FT (CNWL) has now gone live with its electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA) system across all acute admission mental health wards. The trust has also launched a new project utilising videos and QR code technologies to provide medicines information. The trust […]
News in Brief: Airedale’s digital milestone, BCHC Shared Care Records, DHLondon Accelerator announced
From Shared Care Records developments in Birmingham, through to digital health milestones in Airedale, and international industry announcements – HTN reports on the heartbeat of health technology news, throughout the sector. Our latest news in brief covers AI cancer tools, DigitalHealth.London’s new Accelerator intake, and much more. Dive into to […]
