NHSX has appointed Irina Bolychevsky as its Director of Standards and Interoperability. The role reports directly to the Chief Technology Officer, David Turner who was recently appointed to the role and will join the unit next month. The Director of Standards and Interoperability role has a salary over £100,000 and has responsibility […]
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HTN volunteer and jobs service now free
HTN is pleased to announce the HTN and Leading Healthcare jobs service is now free. For years the service has supported many organisations with their recruitment activities for specialist roles and now we are offering this service for free. If you are looking for a volunteer or have a vacancy, […]
NHS Digital publishes data on COVID-19 symptoms reported
NHS Digital has published a new dashboard that shows the total number of COVID-19 symptoms reported through NHS Pathways triages through 111 and 999, and online assessments in 111 online. NHS Digital said the data is based on potential COVID-19 symptoms reported and is not a count of people, where a […]
NHSX confirms successful primary care tech suppliers across 5 lots
NHSX has confirmed the successful suppliers available through the emergency Dynamic Purchasing System to support providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Only some suppliers were successful for the rapid procurement process, which includes systems for triage and online video consultations. The successful suppliers can now be called off immediately by commissioners […]
NHS Nightingale London to use Cerner
Cerner Millennium will be used at the new NHS Nightingale hospital in London, the 4,000 capacity bed temporary hospital to support the coronavirus pandemic. The Board of Barts Health NHS Trust will host NHS Nightingale, taking on ‘formal legal responsibility for the operation and governance’ of the new hospital. The hospital […]
EMIS, Uni of Oxford and RCGP launch COVID-19 GP data research initiative
A new research programme has been launched seeking GP practices to contribute patient data to help develop a deeper understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic in general practice. The Nuffield Department of Primary Care at the University of Oxford and the Royal College of General Practitioners are working with primary care […]
Video: Advice for the development and sale of your innovation into the NHS
Last month we caught up with Clinical Entrepreneur Philip Alton. He’s the founder of two early stage health tech startups Senti and Lister. During our catch-up we discussed some of the challenges he has faced, and the learnings and advice he has for those developing innovations with a view to selling […]
NHS Apps library sees jump in visits and mental health research survey launched
The NHS Apps Library, containing over 70 approved health apps, has seen unique visits to the website jump from 22,000 per week to 52,000 per week in March.Mental health apps in the month were the most searched for category, with an average of 6 visits per minute. Clearly, government-imposed self-isolating […]
Video: Paul Charnley, Director of IT and Information, Wirral University Teaching Hospital
In January, as part of HTN Digital Week, we heard from Paul Charnley, Director of IT and Information at Wirral University Teaching Hospital on population health management in the Wirral region. In this webinar Paul discusses the journey and experience that the Wirral team have been on as they have worked to […]
Trusts adopt COVID-19 impact assessment tool and new mental health module launched
The COVID-19 impact assessment tool launched just 2 weeks ago has been utilised by trusts across the country to support live hospital planning and demand assessment. The company behind the tool, Draper & Dash, developed the system to allow trusts to view and analyse national Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data, […]
