A new framework agreement that enables health and social care providers to access cutting-edge technology to support direct patient care has been launched by NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS). The Technology Enabled Care Services (TECS) framework is one of the first of its kind for the public sector and […]
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Opinion piece: Defusing healthcare’s data security ‘timebomb’
By Bill Mann, SVP of products and chief product officer, Centrify According to the National Audit Office (NAO), the NHS could have prevented the WannaCry ransomware attack that led to the cancellation of at least 6,900 appointments. The report found it had failed to follow cybersecurity recommendations made in 2014, […]
Surgeon carries out first operations using new “intuitive” surgical robot
Mr Sri Kadirkamanathan, consultant upper GI surgeon at Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, has carried out his first operations using the new “intuitive” surgical robot, the da Vinci Xi. The patients were two women in their 20s who suffer from gastroparesis. This condition led to them being unable to […]
British Skin Foundation goes digital
The British Skin Foundation has formed a partnership with leading skin checking app Miiskin – in an initiative to promote public health skin cancer awareness and digital self-tracking. The partnership will focus on public health education, with the British Skin Foundation also set to receive support in direct fundraising campaigns […]
‘HANDi’ Paediatric App Launched
Developed in collaboration between North West Surrey CCG and Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals, ‘HANDi’ is a new paediatric app that has been launched for Ashford and St Peter’s families, parents and carers living across North West Surrey to provide advice and support to if their children have symptoms of […]
North East Trust make agreement to collaborate on digital health
A number of NHS Trusts across the North East have made a formal agreement to collaborate on digital health services for the benefit of their patients. County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust has been effectively using digital solutions across a number of its services for several years, combining technology […]
Funding announced to drive interoperability between NHS and social care
NHS Digital has announced £1.4m funding for local authorities and their NHS partners to digitise patient discharge from hospital into local authority social care, to help reduce delayed discharges. Applications are now open for local authorities to integrate their systems with at least one of their NHS partners, to create […]
Chris Parsons, Valuing Care, asks why isn’t more effort being made to control increasing continuing healthcare (CHC) costs?
The National Audit office study into Continuing Health Care in 2017 illustrates some startling figures on the growing cost of CHC to the NHS. There has been a 16% increase in spending from 2013-14 to 2015-16 and this is due to continue rising. The £3.6bn pa spend in 2016-17 is […]
Medtech Accelerator awards £500k to ground-breaking medical technology projects
Medtech Accelerator, a joint venture with innovation hub Health Enterprise East (HEE), has unveiled its latest round of successfully funded projects, with financial awards totalling nearly half a million pounds. Awards of between £80,000 and £125,000 each were given to four separate medical technology innovations. Launched at the end of […]
Kingsley Manning appointed to the Silverlink Software board
Silverlink Software Ltd has announced the appointment of Kingsley Manning to the company’s board as a non-executive director. Kingsley has worked with and for the NHS and the wider healthcare industry for more than 30 years. He has been particularly involved in the digital agenda, having been Chair of NHS Digital, Executive […]
