Isle of Wight NHS Trust has gone live with its patient portal for digital outpatient appointment letters. The trust noted they join “82 other trusts across the country offering a patient engagement portal” providing access to appointment letters and the ability to make changes to their upcoming care. The trust […]
Other News
Scottish Government commits £1m to tackling health inequalities in Greater Glasgow and Clyde
The Scottish Government has announced £1 million of funding for the Inclusion Health and General Practice (IHAGP) programme’s second year, aiming to support tackling inequalities in Greater Glasgow and Clyde through extended consultations, links with community groups, and training in health equity for staff. IHAGP has reportedly already delivered more […]
Sussex Community NHS contracts £6m TPP EPR until 2034
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a 10-year contract extension for an electronic patient record system from The Phoenix Partnership (TPP), set to run for 10 years and worth an estimated £6,294,780. The contract is described as a “collaboration” between Sussex Community alongside East Sussex Healthcare, Surrey and Borders […]
Coventry University PhD students develop digital solutions to improve access to healthcare in low-to-middle income countries
PhD students from Coventry University are developing digital solutions aiming to help improve healthcare access in low to middle income countries, supported by researchers from the university’s Centre for Intelligent Healthcare and its digital health social enterprise spinout Hope 4 The Community CIC (H4C). Using a combination of data and software […]
HTN Now: NEC Rego on simplifying the referral process to support the right care, first time
At HTN Now, our live virtual event series, we were joined by David East, commercial lead at NEC Rego, for a discussion on their platform and a demonstration of its capabilities. What is NEC Rego? David described NEC Rego as a “referral optimisation solution – an intelligent system designed to […]
Digital health checks to increase cyber awareness for social care in the North East and Yorkshire
NHS England has partnered with the North East Business Resilience Centre on a pilot project designed to tackle cyber threats by delivering ‘digital health checks’ for small and medium businesses in the social care sector in the North East and Yorkshire, including free cyber services and training. The North East […]
NHS Greater Manchester Board shares update on primary care blueprint, including digital telephony and access
NHS Greater Manchester (GM) Board has shared an update on progress made around its primary care blueprint, which focuses on developing a “unified” primary care strategy supported by the four disciplines of general practice, community pharmacy, dentistry, and optometry; in particular, the board highlights “positive progress” around the adoption of […]
Hull University Teaching Hospitals trials pre-hospital video triage scheme for stroke patients
Hull University Teaching Hospitals is trialling a pre-hospital video triage scheme enabling stroke coordinators to connect to Yorkshire Ambulance Service crews via video technology, to enable visual checks and digital evaluations. Where suspected stroke is identified through the video assessment, ambulances will transport patients to Hull Royal Infirmary on an […]
Blog: “Unlocking the insights that our data can provide us is central to our ambition” Mark Cubbon, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Mark Cubbon, group chief executive at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, shares his insights on the digital focuses at his trust in this blog for HTN, as well as MFT’s EPR journey and their efforts to tackle health inequalities. Digital focus at MFT I joined Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust […]
Health Innovation KSS shares equity guide with data and digital goals and recommendations
Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) has published a guide for innovators designed to support consideration of how the design, development and implementation of innovations can help in achieving health equity. The guide builds on Health Innovation KSS’s ‘ten principles of health equity’, which set out considerations to take including […]
