Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital has tested out a ‘Bedside Intelligent Cabinet’ designed to store routine medicines, alert patients or guardians when medication is due, and update staff including notifying them if any medication is missed. Through the trial, families and staff teams have shared suggestions for now the Bedside Intelligent […]
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NHS DigiTrials initiative to recruit 150,000 volunteers for research on cancer and children’s surgery
The NHS DigiTrials initiative is looking to recruit 150,000 volunteers for four research projects around cancer diagnosis and treatment, and children’s surgery. 120,000 of those volunteers will be recruited for the BEST4 Heartburn Health trial, involving the testing of a new screening technique for oesophageal cancer which sees patients swallow […]
NHS England shares refreshed plans for current operating framework to support optimisation
NHS England has published a letter penned by NHSE’s chief delivery officer and national director for system development, highlighting a need for optimisation of the NHS system, “greater clarity” around what every part of the NHS is accountable for, and emphasising intentions to follow the Darzi report guidance to shift […]
Children’s health platform Little Journey raises £6 million to scale and enhance product
Health tech company Little Journey, aiming to support paediatric care delivery through personalised psychological support, has announced the raising of £6 million Series A funding with intent to accelerate work on a global scale. Created to support children undergoing elective surgery, Little Journey’s platform provides customised preparation and psychological support […]
Launching HTN’s cyber security professional network!
HTN is delighted to announce the launch of the HTN cyber security professional network, designed to facilitate the sharing of best practice and ideas, and discuss challenges, approaches, learning, reflections, and more around cyber security in the NHS. The network will be an extension of our current programmes on cyber […]
Industry view: what is holding the NHS back from innovation, and what is needed to break these barriers?
To gain insights and perspectives from across the industry, HTN asked a variety of NHS and health tech professionals: what is holding the NHS back from innovation, and what is needed to break these barriers? From NHS Norfolk and Waveney ICB and ICS, head of innovation Dr Tim Clarke said […]
Exploring smart tech: VR, IoT, wearable sensors, digital twins and more
Let’s take a look at what has been happening when it comes to emerging tech and smart tech for healthcare, from news in this area to innovative uses of this technology in the industry to research exploring the art of the possible. Emerging tech, innovations and smart tech In March, […]
NHS England highlights ICBs to assess information, digital maturity across sectors, progress on system wide digital plans, virtual ward capacity and usage
NHS England has published guidance for integrated care boards around assessing the effectiveness of information and using it insightfully to streamline performance and support continuous improvement. The guidance highlights the role of using information in this way to enable ICBs to meet statutory duties, detect early warning signs around quality […]
October 2024 virtual wards share insight into occupancy and capacity across the NHS
NHS England has published the latest figures for the capacity and occupancy of virtual wards across integrated care boards in October 2024, sharing data on capacity, occupancy percentage and capacity per 100,000 of the GP registered population whilst also noting that the stats are “experimental” and “undergoing evaluation”. Regarding the […]
Wes Streeting calls for modernisation of public services, citing opportunities offered by tech and data
Addressing the audience at the NHS Providers annual conference 2024, Wes Streeting spoke on ambitions to reform the NHS, citing “the Darzi diagnosis” of the health service, highlighting long waiting times as the “biggest barrier” to accessing care, and voicing the need to modernise to meet the needs of citizens […]
