In a blog post published on Friday, Matthew Gould the CEO of NHSX focused on the intentions for the NHS App and NHSX. Matthew Gould said: “You might have thought that my first blog as CEO of NHSX should be about something general – NHSX’s objectives, or our plans, or […]
Other News
Birmingham launches single maternity record
A single maternity record system has been launched in Birmingham and Solihull to benefit more than 18,000 women across the region. The single maternity record will enable clinical information to be shared between the four hospitals run by Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Foundation Trust (BWC) and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS […]
Interview Series: Tom Whicher, Co-Founder, DrDoctor
In our latest interview we caught up with Tom Whicher the co-founder of DrDoctor and asked Tom a few questions. Could you tell me a bit about yourself and your organisation? I’m one of the three founders of DrDoctor, a digital healthcare company based in Waterloo. Our company exists because […]
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care selects Civica
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust has selected Civica’s cloud-based CostMaster solution. The software, a patient level and reference costing solution will provide the ICFT with a clearer view of its cost data to better inform the board of the ICFT’s finances and identify where cost savings can be implemented. Dawn […]
Northern Cancer Alliance signs 5 year deal with Sectra
The Northern Cancer Alliance has signed a five year deal with Sectra to deliver a ground-breaking digital pathology solution across the North East of England and North Cumbria. The solution aims to improve cancer care workflows through enabling pathologists to instantly access and share images and information between departments and […]
HTN 100: NHS WiFi roll-out, new NHSA CEO and Dewsbury picks Carestream
HTN 100 is sponsored by CCube Solutions. To participate and be included in our HTN 100 news in brief every Friday email news@thehtn.co.uk. NHS WiFi is now available in 6,749 GP practices and 212 acute, mental health and community NHS Trusts 95% of GP practices and 98% of NHS trusts […]
Interview Series: Avril Chester, Founder & CEO, Cancer Central
In our latest interview series we caught up with Avril Chester the Founder & CEO of a new start-up called Cancer Central. Could you tell me a bit about your organisation? Cancer Central is a concept born from my own personal experience of breast cancer and launched in October 2018, […]
UK healthtech startup raises £1.1 million for AI-powered disease diagnosis
UK healthtech startup Feebris has announced a successful seed investment raise of £1.1 million. The funding enables the company to continue its innovation in AI for precision diagnosis of respiratory conditions in elderly patients in the UK and young children in India. The company founded by Elina Naydenova and Adam Bacon […]
South East Essex CCGs roll-out workforce engagement platform
NHS Southend and NHS Castle Point & Rochford CCGs is utilising a mobile application to empower staff to share their innovative ideas for quality improvements directly with senior management. The CCGs were the first nationally to be selected to carry out a 12-week pilot of the ImproveWell platform. The platform was introduced […]
eGPlearning interviews Nikki Kanani, Director of Primary Care
A new podcast sponsored by HTN has been published where the eGPlearning team interview Nikki Kanani the Director of Primary Care for NHS England and GP in South West London. The podcast discusses Primary Care Networks, social media, tech in healthcare, digital consultations, NHSX and integrated care systems impacting primary care. […]
