Healthcare Improvement Scotland has shared that a new app-based service described as a “one-stop shop” is to be delivered to support clinical and care decision-making, marking the latest step in the roll-out of the Right Decision Service (RDS) – a programme designed to support professionals delivering care by providing access […]
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News in brief: virtual tours for patients with additional needs at Solent NHS, miniature pacemaker implanted in Southampton, and more
Let’s look into some of the health tech news stories which have caught our eye over the last few weeks. Virtual tours for patients with additional needs at Solent NHS Trust’s Special Care Dental Service Solent NHS Trust has partnered with Autek CIC, an “inclusive technology company”, to introduce virtual […]
Reflections from across the NHS: Primary care access, patient portals, EPRs, optimisation, data, emerging tech, digital inclusion and more…
As we approach the end of 2023, we’re taking a look back on the year’s progress and achievements by asking NHS professionals: reflecting on 2023, what digital projects and programmes are you most proud of? Morgan Daly, digital strategy transformation lead for One Care, the GP federation that represents and […]
Leeds Teaching Hospitals introduces 3D heart replicas to support surgical interventions
A biomedical engineer at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) has created 3D heart replicas with the aim to support surgical interventions for patients with congenital heart defects. Scans are taken of a patient’s heart and turned into a 3D replica using computer-aided design; these designs can then be studied […]
Eight community pharmacy suppliers awarded grants to develop electronic prescription service in Wales
Eight community pharmacy system suppliers have been awarded funding to develop an electronic prescription service (EPS) in Wales, with the grants intended to support suppliers to make the necessary changes to facilitate the delivery of prescriptions electronically, and to integrate with the new NHS Wales App when it is launched. […]
HTN Now: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals on the implementation of an integrated referral management platform
For a recent HTN Now webinar, we welcomed Rebecca Coughlan, therapy manager of outpatient services at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHR), to present how the North East London Musculoskeletal Alliance has improved the quality of referrals and significantly reduced waiting times using integrated referral management platform NEC […]
29 suppliers named in NHS SBS £250m framework for intelligent automation
NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) has formed a procurement framework worth £250 million including 25 suppliers in order to establish an agreement allowing NHS organisations and public sector bodies to purchase intelligent automation solutions. The framework “provides a contractual vehicle” to support adoption, development and implementation of intelligent automation, with NHS […]
Digital dashboard helping to analyse data on research activity in Newcastle
Research leaders at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are using a digital dashboard to analyse data on research activity, which is helping to “inform and embolden” their strategic thinking and planning. The digital dashboard was designed to “establish a robust way to capture accurate data which would underpin […]
Interview: Sarah Andersen, GP, on digital in primary care and sustainable digital transformation
In a recent interview, we spoke to Sarah Andersen, GP at Herstmonceux Integrative Health Centre in East Sussex. Sarah shared with us some of her recent insights and experiences on a range of digital health topics across primary care. To begin, we asked Sarah to share a little about herself […]
Focus on improving core systems and patient empowerment in new digital strategy from Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS FT
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust has published its new digital strategy, highlighting priorities around utilising technology to improve core clinical systems, empowering patients, advancing the use of information, promoting seamless system-wide working, improving efficiency, and developing safe and secure systems. The new strategy comes as CNTW […]
