NHSX is leading the largest digital health and social care transformation programme in the world. With investment of more than £1 billion pounds a year nationally and a significant additional spend locally, NHSX has been created to give staff and citizens the technology they need. NHSX brings together the Department […]
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Industry View Part Two: Better tech is not a ‘nice to have’ but vital to have for the NHS
In this, part two of our feature sponsored by CCube Solutions we asked industry experts for their opinion, reaction and comments on some of the key themes following a speech delivered last week by Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock. In the speech Hancock said “better tech is not a ‘nice […]
NHS Digital set for real time exemption checking national roll-out
NHS Digital has announced a real time exemption checking system is to be rolled-out nationally. The system enables pharmacies to immediately check in real time if a patient is eligible for free prescriptions. Alison O’Brien, Head of Exemption Checking Services, NHS Business Services Authority “Customers and pharmacists have told us they […]
NHSX plans to set minimum tech spend for trusts regulators reveal
NHSX, with NHS England and NHS Improvement will be exploring setting a minimum level of tech spend for NHS trusts. Included within the NHS Operational Planning and Contracting Guidance 2020/2021 the organisations will be exploring the level of funding required so the NHS achieves digital transformation by 2024. NHSX will […]
NHS Wales partners with AdviseInc for spend analytics
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP) Procurement Services has partnered with AdviseInc to implement advanced spend analytics across NHS Wales. The analytics tool will support NWSSP have visibility of all non-pay spend, including analysis and insight into product switching, supply route switching, EU exit analysis and price variation tracking. The […]
NHS App users now over 200,000
In the past 3 months over 100,000 people have registered for the NHS App, NHS Digital has announced. Since the launch of a new scheme, 645 App Ambassadors, NHS frontline staff have been recruited to support the campaign. In September there were 91,000 registered users of the NHS App, with […]
NHSX to support trusts buy and deliver standards compliant technology
NHSX, the body responsible for delivering the Health Secretary’s Tech Vision is to develop an assurance service to support trusts buy standard compliant tech. On Twitter NHSX said “We want to understand how to make sure trusts buy tech that supports interoperability in the NHS.” It will initially focus on […]
BT signs deal with NHS Blood and Transplant
BT is partnering with NHS Blood and Transplant to help improve communication for the NHS blood donor network. The NHS organisation that looks after blood donation in England and transplant services across the UK will be provided with communication technology to support service improvements for donors. NHS Blood and Transplant currently […]
HTN 100: ActNow launched by NHSE, KLAS Research success for InterSystems, NHS App hits one million and Graphnet hires new Customer Director
ActNow, an e-learning tool launched by NHS England and Health Education England NHS England and Health Education England have today launched ActNow, an e-learning tool developed for health service and care staff to help them reduce hospital delays for patients. The new resources aim to help staff take prompt practical […]
78 NHS trusts to receive new cancer screening machines
The Department of Health and Social Care has today announced 78 trusts will benefit from funding for new cancer testing and detection technology. The new machines will improve screening and early diagnosis of cancer, with an aim to save over 55,000 lives. The news of the 78 NHS trusts confirmed follows last […]
