Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, together with Leeds City Council and West Yorkshire Combined Authority, have announced plans for a market engagement exercise as part of the development of the city’s innovation village and new hospital. The trust is looking to collaborate with investors, developers and leading suppliers on new […]
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SBRI Healthcare and NIHR Invention for Innovation Investment Readiness programme welcomes first cohort of female founders
SBRI Healthcare, in partnership with Lifted Ventures, has launched its first cohort of female founders and CEOs, joining its Innovation Investment Readiness programme. The six-month programme, expected to run from May to October 2025, has been introduced as an avenue for supplying female-led startups with the “tools, knowledge and networks […]
HTN Now: Automation meets infection control: Reducing SSIs in surgery
HTN was joined by a panel of leading experts in surgical site infection (SSI) care for an insightful discussion on how digital innovation is reshaping clinical practice and improving patient outcomes. The session shared practical advice on reducing SSIs with digital pathways, ensuring effective surveillance, how a digital approach to […]
South Western Ambulance Service opens opportunity for EPR solution
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust has published a prior information notice for an electronic patient care record (ePCR) solution for its ambulance services. As part of the procurement process, the trust aims to “consider the advantages of open tendering versus the use of different procurement routes”, which includes the […]
Google launches new open model for health app developers
Google Health has launched a new open model for health app developers, described as its “most capable open model for multimodal medical text and image comprehension”, built on Gemma 3. Potential use cases include medical image classification, medical image interpretation, and medical text comprehension and clinical reasoning. In a LinkedIn […]
Health Innovation Hub Ireland announces new national AI initiative, HIHI.AI Call 2025
Health Innovation Hub Ireland (HIHI) has announced the launch of a new national initiative called HIHI.AI Call 2025, said to support the “development and testing of AI solutions that can make a real impact in Ireland’s healthcare system”. As part of the initiative, HIHI is looking for input from companies, […]
The future of EPR optimisation is bright with identity and access management
We recently spoke with Andrew Harrison, principal product manager, international, at Imprivata about the future of EPRs. Andrew shared some key examples of best practices and gave his own insights into secure access for clinicians. Balancing security and usability in EPR adoption To kick things off, Andrew gave an overview […]
West of England Pathology Network publishes £50m opportunity for digital histopathology pathway
The West of England Pathology Network (WoEPN) has published a prior information notice for the procurement of an end-to-end digital histopathology pathway. The group is looking for a single supplier to provide a solution that comes with an image management system, scanners, monitors and associated hardware, while also offering storage […]
Norfolk and Waveney ICB awards £1.2 million contract for population health management
Norfolk and Waveney NHS Integrated Care Board has awarded a £1.2 million contract to Prescribing Services (Norwich) for their population health management and risk stratification digital services. The contract is to September 2027, with the ICB noting bespoke data analysis through technical solutions and digital platforms as a key requirement […]
HTN ICS digital and data region series: South East
Digital and data across ICS regions: South East For the next instalment of our ICS regions series, we’re heading over to the South East region, to take a deep dive into some of the latest developments, insights, strategies, and more around digital and data. The South East region is home […]
