In our latest interview, we speak with Alex Whitfield, CEO of Hampshire Hospitals who discussed her unconventional route to becoming a CEO, her trust being the first to conduct Covid-19 testing outside of Public Health England through their microbiology lab, and rounded off with a personal thankyou to her staff […]
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NHS Digital signs deal to introduce NHS Terminology Server
NHS Digital has signed a deal with DXC Technology and CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, to deliver a central NHS Digital Terminology Server. The Terminology Server will help support data exchange between systems and enable easier integration of local coding systems with national and international coding languages, such as SNOMED-CT and FHIR. […]
NHS Providers publishes latest building and enabling digital teams guide
NHS Providers has this week published its second guide as part of its Digital Boards programme. The publication, building and enabling digital teams, aims to support healthcare leaders make continued progresses with the digital agenda and become digital organisations. It has been produced by NHS Providers, with support from NHSX, […]
NHSX publishes Digital Technology Assessment Criteria
NHSX has published a Digital Technology Assessment Criteria (DTAC) in beta; new standards to assess the suitability and function of digital health technologies. The standards form a baseline assessment criteria setting out how digital technologies will be assessed. It will be supported by a Guide to Good Practice for Digital and Data-Driven Health […]
National project to connect 114 prisons to NHS hospitals
NHS England and NHS Improvement have signed a new national agreement with health tech supplier Visionable to provide its video platform to connect hospitals and prisoners. The platform was rolled out initially in March to support one prison and it will now be adopted wider to 114 prisons and young offender institutions, […]
HTN Voice: How personalised healthcare can benefit the NHS?
By Thomas Cooke, clinical services manager at Liva Healthcare The NHS plans to treat up to 2.5 million people with personalised care by 2024. Personalised care can mean many things, from medication targeted at a person’s own genome, to care plans based on a patient’s personal needs and preferences. The […]
Royal Devon & Exeter NHS FT goes live with EPIC over the weekend
At 4:45am on Saturday 10th October, the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust went live with EPIC, under the name MY CARE. The trust said the programme was the biggest clinical transformation programme they have ever undertaken, two and a half years in the making to the point of go-live. […]
Interview Series: Caroline Palmer, ChatHealth Digital Development Clinical Lead, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
In our latest interview in the series we speak with Caroline Palmer, ChatHealth Digital Development Clinical Lead at Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) to find out more about ChatHealth and future developments. Tell us about ChatHealth and the inspiration behind starting the service and what is the mission behind it? […]
National NHS system launched to prioritise patients on waiting lists
A national bespoke system, called NHS e-Review, has been developed and launched as part of the NHS Covid Incident Recovery programme. The online system has been developed to support clinicians record the clinical priority of patients on a waiting list and to identify alternative pathways for patients if required. A […]
NHSX updates Records Management Code of Practice
NHSX has updated the Records Management Code of Practice 2020, producing a draft that is now open for wider input and feedback. The draft Records Management Code of Practice 2020 sets out how records relating to health and care should be managed, created, maintained and disposed of appropriately. It builds […]
