NHS Digital has announced the appointment of Jo Dickson as its new Chief Nurse. Jo joins NHS Digital from Nuffield Health, where she held the role of Clinical Informatics Director and Chief Clinical Information Officer. Previously she held roles at The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust as the Lead Nurse Informatics […]
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Interview Series: Richard Stubbs, CEO at Yorkshire and Humber AHSN
In the latest of our interview series, which sees us chat to influential figures from the UK health tech and innovation sphere, we caught up with Richard Stubbs, Chief Executive Officer at the Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network (AHSN). Also, as a Vice Chair of the wider AHSN […]
“Come see us on the frontline” – NHSX Director asks followers for feedback on health tech priorities
A call for comments on Twitter this week to find out what health tech professionals want or need the most from management and leaders, in terms of support, services and provisions, received a very interesting response, so HTN decided to take a closer look. An NHSX Director asked his followers, […]
Feature: a data-driven future for healthcare?
The NHS, academics and industry professionals have been relying on data more than ever, to help shape COVID-19 responses, research studies, predict patient demand, identify stranded patients, develop new modernised pathways and improve patient outcomes. Here, we take a look at one of the solutions available to healthcare providers – […]
Further suppliers approved for online and video consultation framework
A further 5 solutions have been added to the new Digital First Online Consultation and Video Consultation (DFOCVC) framework, forming 26 solutions now listed. The DFOCVC framework primarily focuses on supporting CCGs and GP practices purchase online consultation and video consultation systems, with the longer-term intention to become a route to procurement […]
Industry View: the biggest challenges facing health tech and how to tackle them
In this HTN Industry View, sponsored by Highland Marketing, the series returns to explore the biggest challenges facing health tech professionals in 2021. We asked the industry to tell us about the hurdles both they and their organisations are facing, as well as what they expect the sector as a […]
Alder Hey selects American based AI tool
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with American based AI start-up Diveplane, to explore synthetic data use, whilst ensuring privacy. The specialist children’s hospital is set to use the ‘GEMINAI’ product from the startup based in Raleigh, North Carolina. It uses patented techniques to create new synthetic data […]
News in Brief: Hampshire Hospitals maternity service goes digital, Dartford adopts VR
As the end of the week approaches, we round-up any news stories that we may have missed. The past seven days have included reports of a new Google AI tool, eConsult Health’s acquisition of Q doctor, Sussex Partnership NHS FT’s five-year deal with Civica, and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital’s new […]
PRSB expands pharmacy standards to cover more services
The Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) has updated and expanded its community pharmacy information standard, to reflect a growing range of services offered by community pharmacies. Originally developed in 2018, the standards have recently been updated this year to cover services such as: Services to quit smoking Hypertension testing in the […]
South Central Ambulance Service Trust introduces new CPR tool
South Central Ambulance Service Trust (SCAS) has launched a new device said to automatically perform CPR in emergency vehicles. The device, LUCAS 3, works mechanically to deliver chest compressions from when ambulance crews arrive at the patient, to arriving at the hospital. The LUCAS 3 is an upgraded model from […]
