The pharmaceutical company GSK has allocated £45 million in funding to the Fleming Initiative to develop six new research programmes focused on how AI and other advanced technologies can be used to accelerate antimicrobial resistance (AMR) research. The Fleming Initiative was founded by Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare […]
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Royal Surrey NHS sets research, development and innovation plans to 2030
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust has outlined plans to become a “nationally-recognised centre of excellence for clinical research”, utilising AI and data as part of its innovation strategy. By 2030, the trust plans to ensure that it is delivering “high-impact, patient-focused research” to inform the best possible future care for […]
Cambridge University Hospitals introduces care command centre and urgent care digital triage
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is transforming its urgent and emergency care by implementing a digital registration and triage tool to help deal with winter pressures, improve patient experience, and reduce waiting times. Upon arriving at the emergency department, children’s emergency department, or urgent care centre, patients are prompted […]
Oxford Health shares updates on Frontline Digitisation programme, patient records, EPR rollout, and EPMA
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has shared updates on its Frontline Digitisation programme, including key work on patient records, EMIS rollout, and EPMA. “Following the cyber attack in 2022, the trust made the decision to move to Rio and EMIS, initially with basic system configurations but with an agreed programme […]
Mersey and West Lancashire outlines priorities, EPR procurement, AI, automation
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals (MWL) NHS Trust has outlined progress to date on the trust’s digital strategy, and priorities for 2026 including a collaborative EPR procurement, EPR readiness, AI, and automation. The trust’s digital strategy was published in March 2024, following the merger of St Helens and Knowsley […]
Researchers in Cambridgeshire lead £2.3m data platform project to improve mental health research
Researchers at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Cambridge are to lead on a project to create a “publicly accessible platform for exploring how genes and molecules influence mental health”. The Open Psychiatry Project, has been provided with £2.3 million funding from the UK Research and […]
Kingston and Richmond NHS launches digital frailty pathway pilot
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust has launched a project to explore how digital information systems can be better integrated across health and care to help improve frailty services for both patients and clinicians. The trust will be working alongside South West London ICB to “explore how systems can be […]
AI pilot outcomes and future initiatives at London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
London Ambulance Service (LAS) NHS Trust has shared outcomes from AI pilots including ambient voice and AI training simulation for staff, along with future ambitions for digital and data, and planned collaborations with the Southern Ambulance Services Collaboration (SASC) on shared infrastructure, cyber security, and more. A one-year pilot of […]
“Brilliant, informative, insightful” HTN Live, an event focused on participation
HTN Live 2025 was a huge success, an event where delegates participated, debated challenge questions, and deep dived into discussion, through a varied thought provoking agenda. We had the pleasure to deliver an engaging, insightful, and informative event, thanks to the help of the brilliant speakers joining the agenda, a […]
Digital Strategy from Isle of Wight and Portsmouth Hospitals: OneEPR, AI pilots, smart hospital operations
Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT) and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU) have published their latest Digital Strategy, setting out a roadmap to 2031, with year one focuses including OneEPR design, infrastructure design and virtual hospital; before moving into AI integration, EPR optimisation, data platform deployment, AI-driven pathways, and […]
