Norfolk and Waveney ICS has announced plans to develop a new service to support digitally excluded patients across the system with their repeat prescription requests, following a survey launched in October 2023 on the current service, which garnered over 2,700 responses and highlighted key themes including the impact on people […]
Other News
Promptly Health secures £11m NHS Wales contract to manage national patient-centred outcomes data
Promptly Health has secured an £11 million three-year contract to manage national patient-centred outcomes data for NHS Wales, following a procurement process which focused on assessment of capabilities around patient accessibility, innovativeness, data security and interoperability. The new contract accompanies NHS Wales’ plans to expand outcomes collection capabilities within the […]
GP Connect integrated at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust has announced the successful integration of national service GP Connect with its existing technology systems including its EPR, allowing healthcare workers across a variety of settings to access patient records. Through GP Connect, staff are supported to view and update care records and manage appointments, […]
Pilot projects in Buckinghamshire to further develop community diagnostic centre care pathways
Clinical infrastructure specialist Feedback Medical has announced a series of pilot programmes to support community diagnostic centre (CDC) care pathways. £300k funding will support two pilot projects in Buckinghamshire to explore “multiple service lines and mutual aid delivery models for sharing workforce capacity at a regional basis” through Bleepa, a […]
Seer data platform in Scotland expands to utilise cloud tech
The Scottish Government has announced the expansion of data and analytics platform Seer, with the next phase (Seer 2) to see cloud technology utilised in addition to providing the healthcare workforce with a more “advanced” version of the platform to increase opportunities and flexibility around accessing new tools and technologies. […]
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS selects EPR
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has announced Nervecentre as its electronic patient record supplier, to form a “pivotal role in achieving the trust’s digital vision”. It follows recent news of the company being named the preferred EPR system provider by University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS FT and Chesterfield Royal […]
NHSE stats indicate three ICBs met virtual ward target for 2023
The January 2024 statistics on virtual ward capacity and occupancy are the latest to be released by NHS England, showing that three ICBs met the ambition to include 40-50 virtual ward beds per 100,000 adults by the end of 2023; those ICBs are Northamptonshire; Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes; and […]
Health tech for Parkinson’s: NHSE rolls out automatic pump and app receives funding for second phase
NHS England has announced the roll-out of an automatic pump for patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease which is capable of delivering drug infusions “around-the-clock” through a cannula inserted under the skin, with hopes that the treatment could offer those experiencing movement-related symptoms an easier way of managing their treatment throughout […]
Join us on 27 Feb for webinars sharing insights on digital primary care
Join us Tuesday, 27 February 2024, for our digital primary care event – a day of virtual discussion on various topics, with five webinars featuring expert panellists from across the health and care. Our HTN Now events are held on Microsoft Teams and provide an opportunity to hear about projects and […]
Panel discussion: achieving long-term outcomes with digital workforce systems
For our most recent panel discussion, we were joined by three health tech professionals including Matthew Hutton, digital lead for Northamptonshire ICS; Ramandeep Kaur, chief clinical information officer at NHS University Hospitals of Northamptonshire; and Dan Chilcott, client enablement director at Patchwork Health. Matthew, Ramandeep and Dan discussed how digital […]
