Barnsley Hospital launches smartphone app offering animated tour for children having surgery

A new skin cancer pilot has been launched in Tameside and Glossop, featuring an AI platform to help triage and assess skin lesions for suspected cancer.

Teledermatology pilot at Barts Health leads to reduction in skin cancer waiting list

The Scottish Government has announced £1 million of funding for the Inclusion Health and General Practice (IHAGP) programme's second year.

Golden Jubilee University National Hospital introduces new accessibility tool across clinical services

NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB and Herefordshire Council share £2.2 million opportunity for Tech Enabled Care Service.

Sussex ICS launches digital discharge planner to improve information sharing across teams

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Patient portal goes live across pilot specialties at George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

NHS England has published a five-year implementation strategy for hybrid closed loop (HCL) technologies.

NHS rolls out “artificial pancreas” tech for diabetes patients following “successful” pilot scheme

Sussex Health and Care shares update on digital progress from the past year

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has launched a new Virtual Autism Hub, which will help to bolster support for autistic people and their families across Lincolnshire.

Lincolnshire Partnership launches Virtual Autism Hub with up to £100,000 in grants for autism support groups

92 percent of GP practices in England have cloud-based telephony in place, says NHSE

NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly ICB plans improvements to dental services informed by local engagement and Healthwatch report highlighting "missed opportunity for practices to embrace technology" in appointment management process.

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust awards contract for dental patient management software service

NICE publishes early guidance assessment for three technologies to manage symptoms of psychosis and prevent relapse in adults and young people

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Tech to support social care: expansion of 4D imaging to detect falls, medicine monitoring system and more

News in brief: anxiety app for children in Gloucestershire, mental health support website in Portsmouth, ‘DadPad’ app in Coventry, and more

Open opportunity for advice and training to tackle digital exclusion in North East Derbyshire

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Universal Care Plan for London expands to include people with sickle cell disease

The role of digital in NHS South West London ICB's board updates on winter planning, urgent and emergency care, and progress around the Board Assurance Framework

NHS England plans to roll out AI to help reduce non-attendance

SBRI Healthcare and the Health Innovation Network have awarded £885,000 to nine innovations with a focus on improving children and young people's health.

SBRI Healthcare and the Health Innovation Network award £885,000 to nine innovations around young people’s health

In a speech at the Royal College of GPs last week, Wes Streeting confirmed that women with breast concerns in Somerset will be offered "faster diagnosis" thanks to direct referrals from the NHS app through 111 online. 

HTN at Rewired 2024: what does the future hold for the NHS App?

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust has published an open early engagement notice for the procurement of digital tech for the clinical management of lower back pain.

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust opens early engagement for digital tech for clinical management of low back pain

A study led by the University of Surrey and funded by the NIHR, has looked at the potential for technology to enable "video live streaming" of trauma incidents, to help support decision-making from the emergency services around response. 

Study explores potential for 999 calls to be “video live streamed” to aid response decision-making

West Yorkshire Joint forward plan

Dr Dan Bunstone on utilising digital tech for a population health management approach to hypertension

Teledermatology service supporting waiting list reductions in Cornwall

Digital phone services for healthcare

Royal Devon University Healthcare moves to ‘digital by default’ approach for outpatient letters

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Government announces budget for long term growth including funding for NHS digital transformation

Central and North West London NHS awards contract for digital neurodevelopment assessments

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HTN Now: automation in primary care processes with Healthtech-1

News in brief: VR app for blood transfusion training, cyber security e-learning, online kidney donor education, and more

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Panel discussion: driving patient outcomes through health tech “It’s about working with patients to work with demand”

Work is underway to expand the London Care Record, connecting Oxford University Hospitals and areas in Bedfordshire, Luton, Suffolk and North East Essex, so that healthcare staff in these areas can view it through their existing electronic record systems.

22 NHS trusts receive funding for sickle cell tech in South East London

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HTN Now: learnings and insights from the virtual COPD service at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust