Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has conducted an online evaluation to understand the preferred and most effective communication options to support its patients with cancer. Following more than 600 responses, the results show that patients are more likely to highlight concerns and anxieties about their health when contacted […]
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Suppliers offered opportunity to develop Health and Social Care Standards Register
The UK Government and NHSX have opened a new opportunity to develop a Health and Social Care Standards Register, to provide a core catalogue of existing standards and supporting materials. The programme aims to ensure there is one place to host the standards that apply to a particular healthcare setting, provider […]
Funding launched to support cardiac networks with remote monitoring tools
A new funding programme has been launched by NHSX to support up to four cardiac networks to implement remote monitoring. £3 million in funding has been made available, with up to £750,000 for each project, to help cardiology and cardiac surgery pathways with digital tools. This includes technology to support surgery […]
NHSX asks healthcare professionals to send in challenges that could be solved by tech
NHSX has put out a direct request to health and social care professionals, asking them to send in information about workplace challenges they are facing that they think could be addressed with a digital or tech solution. Posted through the NHSX Innovation Lab, the call is asking for assistance from […]
Acute COVID app to train redeployed NHS staff now available across the UK
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and its official charity CW+ have launched the Acute COVID app, which supports NHS staff who have been redeployed to work with COVID-19 patients. Co-developed with Imagineear Health, the app was originally created as a tool to help staff across the trust’s two […]
NHS Digital announces new plans for GP data collection service
NHS Digital has announced new plans for the GP Data for Planning and Research programme, a primary care data collection service which will make near-real-time information available to clinicians and researchers. Originally challenged for a planned launch on 1 July 2021, the programme was later pushed back and set to begin […]
Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS FT opens EPR procurement
Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust has opened the procurement process for a new electronic patient record (EPR). Set to replace an in-house system developed over 15 years, the trust is seeking a supplier of a new EPR system and the associated maintenance and support services. The trust […]
Welsh portals link up with English trusts, update access to digital genetic results for cancer treatment
Digital Health and Care Wales has announced two new developments, cross-border sharing with trusts in England and an update on digital genetic test results. The Welsh Admin Portal (WAP) can now, for the first time, link up with hospitals across the border in England. The system that is used to […]
Catalonia plans open platform using openEHR
The region of Catalonia has started its journey towards an open platform using openEHR standards, by launching a Request for Information (RFI) process to support the components to be included in the tender. In the call launched last week, the purpose outlined is to obtain technical information on the possibilities of supplying […]
News in brief: AI app calculates pre-eclampsia risk, new Welsh ambulance app, health research supercomputer
There’s never a dull moment in the world of health tech, with last week seeing stories surface of new suppliers joining the NHSX Digitising Social Care Records Programme, South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust’s new digital strategy developing, and the NHS ORB app being ready for […]
