The next instalment in our health tech for the now series is almost upon us, with four days of live health tech sessions and content from a variety of digital leaders. With only five days to go until the next HTN Now event in the series, which begins on 14 […]
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Interview Series: “It’s all about people, process and technology” – Tony Bowden, Chief Exec at Helicon Health
HTN got in touch with Tony Bowden, the Chief Executive of Helicon Health, to follow up on the health tech and medical research company’s entry in our first Digital Playbook. A spin-out from University College London (UCL), originally founded on work done in the fields of health informatics and multi-professional education, […]
Kent Surrey Sussex AHSN releases study on GP prescribing decision support
Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) has carried out an analysis on how using a prescribing decision support system has benefitted GPs and other primary care prescribers – with the use of tech in this area having the potential to support safety. The study by the AHSN was […]
Guy’s and St Thomas’ plans to continue using virtual visiting app for intensive care patients
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has been using its virtual visiting platform project, Life Lines, to improve communication for patients in intensive care. Originally created as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic – as friends and family were not freely allowed to visit hospital patients in person – […]
NHS Digital announces delay to collection of GP data
NHS Digital has announced a two month delay to the GP Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) programme, a primary care data collection service originally set to come into place on 1 July 2021. On 12 May, NHS Digital announced the data collection service, to make near-real-time information and data […]
Robotic cancer sensors, helmet brain scanners – 20 new health tech projects announced
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced funding for 20 new health technology projects – ranging from robotic bowel cancer sensors and smart shoe insoles, through to helmets that perform brain scans, robots that support independent living, dissolving ‘needles’ and chips for monitoring the immune system remotely. The 20 projects are […]
IBM and UKRI to launch new £210m centre for digital innovation
The UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and tech giants IBM have announced a new £210 million digital innovation centre, which will focus on advancing AI and quantum computing capabilities. As part of a five-year programme, the new Hartree National Centre for Digital Innovation (HNCDI) will bring together expertise […]
Interview Series: Dr Michelle Webster, CCIO, and Shafiq Khalifa, Associate Director of IT, Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Partnership Trust
In the latest interview in the series, we speak with Dr Michelle Webster, CCIO, and Shafiq Khalifa, Associate Director of IT at Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Partnership Trust. We talk digital programmes, digital champions, ‘I want great care’ and ‘you said we did’ projects, patient apps, learnings, and lots more. […]
North West London launch online mental health platform
Central and Northwest London NHS Trust has rolled out a new mental health app across its local boroughs to help support children and young people with their mental health, and ensure a single, consistent service offer. Kooth is an app aimed at young people between 11 – 25 years and […]
Interview Series: clinicians that code, Dr Marcus Baw and Dr Simon Chapman
HTN recently sat down over Teams to chat with Dr Marcus Baw, a GP and software developer, and Dr Simon Chapman, a paediatrician at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and South London and Maudsley Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Marcus and Simon joined us previously for a live session at HTN […]
