Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership, covering four acute trusts, has contracted Patients Know Best for a digital patient portal to March 2027. The programme will span York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, and […]
Other News
HTN Now: The Dudley Group and Essex Partnership on best practices with EPMA
For a recent HTN Now webinar, we explored the impact of EMPA, taking a closer look at its role in increasing efficiency and accuracy in prescribing, in improving patient safety, and some of the challenges with introducing and implementing EPMA systems. Our expert panellists, Fhezan Ashraf, senior pharmacist clinical configuration […]
News in Brief: University College London cyber security incident, Northamptonshire ICB referral system, Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICS remote monitoring pilot
Here we cover some of the latest stories in health tech that have caught our eye recently. Let’s take a look at what’s been going on over the past week. University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust responds to cyber security incident University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has […]
Cancer tool built into federated data platform announced
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced a centralised system for cancer patients, built into the Federated Data Platform, the tool is said to bring cancer patient information together. The Cancer 360 tool collates data points across tests, appointments and treatments, displayed via a dashboard. DHSC highlights how […]
HTN Now: Automation and modernisation delivering results in fertility
CEO and founder of OX Digital Health (OX.DH), John Kosobucki, joined us recently for a HTN Now webinar to share how the health tech supplier has helped clinics revolutionise their operations, and deliver a seamless, modern experience with better patient outcomes at a lower cost. In our conversation he describes […]
Interview: Dr Daniel Keith, consultant dermatologist, North Bristol NHS Trust on innovation in dermoscopic imaging and online educational resources
We recently spoke with Dr Daniel Keith, consultant dermatologist at North Bristol NHS Trust, about his work on the Dermoscopea project, which offers innovative dermoscopic imaging and online educational resources for specialist and non-specialist healthcare professionals. The free digital educational tool was developed as an open-source solution which offers functional, […]
Panel discussion: Tackling the challenge of paper records; considerations, approaches and learnings
For a recent HTN panel discussion, we explored how organisations are tackling the challenges of paper and digital records, with the help of expert panellists including Stacey Sutherland, clinical digital documentation lead and change lead for trust-wide division at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) and Chesterfield Royal Hospital; […]
Help judge the esteemed Health Tech Awards!
Our favourite event of the year is here, where we hear about health tech projects and programmes from across health and care in the Health Tech Awards 2025 that have made an impact! We’re looking for a fantastic group of NHS employees from across care settings and specialities or independent […]
NHS service standard updated to improve responsiveness of online services to risks of domestic abuse
Updates have been made to the NHS service standard to improve the responsiveness of NHS online services to the risks of domestic abuse and coercive control, after the need for new guidance “became clear” during work to support patients with proxy access. “As we consider the future of proxy access,” […]
News in brief: Cheshire and Merseyside reports 7 million monthly patient log-ins via NHS App, MyWishes platform rollout in Lancashire and South Cumbria and more
Here we cover some of the latest stories in health tech that have caught our eye recently. Let’s take a look at what’s been going on over the past couple of weeks. £90k grant awarded for new slit lamp cameras, plus new way of monitoring pacemaker trialled at Musgrove Park Hospital […]
