A letter sent from NHS England to accountable emergency officers for trusts and integrated care boards outlines the emergency preparedness, resilience and response (EPRR) exercise programme for 2024 to 2030. Seven themes are set out for NHS organisations to exercise in turn on a yearly basis from October 2024, including […]
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North West London ICS shares data on digital reach and access challenges
North West London Integrated Care System has started to publish monthly summaries identifying involvement with local residents and communities, including data on digital reach and health survey responses. Starting the initiative with data from June 2024, the ICS highlights the “digital reach and impressions” of four channels used to engage […]
South Central Ambulance Service opens engagement around electronic medicines tracking system procurement
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust has opened an opportunity for early engagement around the procurement of an electronic medicines tracking system hoped to eliminate reliance on paper-based processes, reduce corporate risk, generate cost savings and enhance efficiency. Through market research, the trust aims to explore software and systems […]
Panel discussion: will the reality of AI live up to current hype and how do you manage bias in healthcare data?
For a HTN Now panel discussion this month we were joined by panellists including Puja Myles, director at MHRA Clinical Practice Research Datalink; Shanker Vijayadeva, GP lead and digital transformation for the London region at NHS England; and Ricardo Baptista Leite, M.D., CEO at HealthAI, the global agency for responsible […]
Report from South London Listens highlights digital in work with local communities to improve access
South London Listens, an initiative bringing together two integrated care systems across the capital as well as three NHS mental health trusts and a range of other partners, has recently published a report highlighting the role of digital in driving change to tackle health inequalities. Beginning as an initiative to […]
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust maternity EPR goes live
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust has announced the launch of online hub My Pregnancy Notes at Lister Hospital’s maternity unit, facilitating delivery of a maternity electronic patient record system. Through My Pregnancy Notes, care will be digitally tracked from the first presentation for maternity care right through to the postnatal […]
South Yorkshire ICS publishes data and insights strategy for 2024-2026, sharing plans for data platform and alliance
South Yorkshire has published its data and insights strategy for 2024-2026, setting out ambitions to build an intelligence-led system using data to improve health and wellbeing outcomes and experiences, with focus on evaluating care pathways, improving population understanding and tackling health inequalities. The strategy sets out a number of key […]
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals selects AGFA HealthCare radiology system
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has selected AGFA HealthCare’s enterprise imaging radiology information system (RIS) to replace existing systems across five sites, with AGFA’s solution to support the full end-to-end medical imaging pathway. The RIS will work alongside the trust’s existing third-party patient administration system, with functionalities […]
Interview: Martin Sadler, executive director of IT and digital, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust
We caught up with Martin Sadler, executive director of information technology and digital at Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, for a chat about some of the trust’s recent digital projects and priorities, including considerations for launching a new hospital; how AI is used in radiology at the trust; and […]
£10k in funding available for innovations impacting patient care in Herefordshire and Worcestershire
Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICS has shared an opportunity for innovators to receive up to £10,000 in funding for projects making a positive impact on patient care in the region through the Dr Carl Ellson Clinical Innovation Fund, set up in memory of a local health leader. Applications for suggested projects, […]
