A midwife at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is developing a new allocation system for use in the event of an emergency on its maternity unit. The digital midwife, Caroline Lacy, is building the system – known as an ‘Emergency Role Allocation (ERA) System’ – to help clinicians declare emergencies and […]
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Feature: What next for social care?
Highland Marketing’s advisory board welcomed Jane Brightman, social care lead at Institute of Health and Social Care Management, to discuss the sector and its technology needs. A lot of hope is being pinned on integrated care systems, but when it comes to joining up health and care systems and putting […]
NHS announces £160m to combat waiting lists and elective care
The NHS has announced £160m will be made available to ‘accelerator sites’ that support elective care, to speed up recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The investment will help develop a blueprint for elective care going forward and NHS England is also seeking to trial new ways of working in a […]
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust expands use of virtual wards
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (HCT) is expanding its virtual wards service to support heart failure and pneumonia patients. The decision to open the service to other suitable patients follows its use of a remote monitoring platform and tools for COVID-19 patients during the pandemic. HTC has already been working with […]
HTN Now June, sessions in preview…
HTN Now April may have come to a close, and if you missed anything check out our session reviews here, but now is the time to announce the details for our sessions taking place in June! The third HTN Now event in the series is set to take place 14 […]
Interview Series: Justin Griffiths, Head of IT, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Justin Griffiths, Head of IT for The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, took time out to tell HTN all about his Electronic Patient Record learnings, the trust’s agile working initiative and why staff engagement on any IT project is key. Find out more about The Walton Centre’s current and upcoming […]
NHS Digital launches new and improved GP data collection service
NHS Digital has announced a new primary care data collection service, which will make near-real-time information and data available with a purpose to support healthcare planning and medical research. For over a decade, the organisation has been collecting data from GPs to meet bespoke data requests, through its trusted General […]
NHS Birmingham and Solihull picks workforce tool for 162 practices
NHS Birmingham and Solihull Clinical Commissioning Group has selected the workforce management solution from Lantum. The day-to-day, cloud based tool will be used as a new multi-disciplinary staff bank across 162 GP practices in the area. The programme has been supported by NHS England funding for Integrated Care Systems to […]
ORCHA reports rise in searches for apps to help with anger, fear and anxiety
A new report by ORCHA – the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps – which explores trends in mental health app usage during the pandemic, has found a surge in searches to find apps related to anger, fear and anxiety. Entitled ‘Digital & Mental Health Recovery Action […]
Digital Health and Care Wales appoints CEO
Helen Thomas has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer for the newly rebranded Digital Health and Care Wales. Helen has been the interim CEO since January 2021, and has now been appointed to the position. She heads the new health authority formed to take forward digital transformation, technology and […]
