Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid delivered a speech (8 March 2022) at the Royal College of Physicians, London, setting our his vision for the NHS. The speech set out priorities for health reform, including underlying principles, as well as the role of digital, and themes including the right to choose, […]
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Health Tech Trends Series 2022 part one: what makes a great digital champion?
It’s time for the first instalment of our Health Tech Trends Series 2022, in which we consider the latest topical issues and questions across the industry and ask experts from the sector for their perspectives and opinions. Our first foray into 2022’s trends takes us towards the role of a […]
Video: North East and North Cumbria ICS share their digital strategy
North East and North Cumbria (NENC) Integrated Care System (ICS) joined us at one of our HTN Now Focus events last year, sharing insights into how digital innovations and ideas can support ICSs, as the 42 new organisations develop across England and await their formal creation. As their example, the […]
DHSC publishes new proposals for health and care integration
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published a new set of government proposals for health and social care integration, including dedicated sections on digital and data. Entitled, ‘Health and social care integration: joining up care for people, places and populations‘, the white paper sets out wide ranging […]
NHS England publishes digital priorities for 2022/23
NHS England has published its digital priorities for the next 12 months, as part of a wider release on operational planning guidance across a number of areas. Entitled ‘2022/23 priorities and operational planning guidance’, the 40-page document was released on 24 December 2021 and sets out NHS objectives for the next […]
NHS tech priorities for 2022: “digital innovation will remain front and centre”
As the New Year approaches, HTN is keen to keep to looking forwards. So, to continue our festive features series, we asked health tech professionals from, or who work alongside, the NHS, to tell us about their priorities for 2022. Find out below, where you can read about some of […]
Video: Ideal Health on the importance of communications in digital transformation
The Ideal Health team joined HTN Now Focus to share a live presentation about the importance of communications in delivering successful digital transformation in healthcare. Gaelle Fertil, Ideal’s Change Practice Director, and Andrea Wilson, Change Communications Consultant, shared their strategies on utilising comms to enable change. Gaelle began the session […]
Video: Shuri Network, Somerset CCG and Dorset Hospital share thoughts on transforming care services
For the lunchtime session of our final HTN Now Focus event of 2021, we were joined by a panel of guests from across the NHS, who shared their experiences of digital transformation in social care and care in the community. As well as discussing learnings, best practice and practical approaches […]
Research study explores use of AI chatbots for health conditions
Researchers from the University of Westminster, with support from University College London (UCL), have published a new paper that explores the use of chatbots and virtual assistants for health conditions. The paper – entitled ‘Health chatbots acceptability moderated by perceived stigma and severity: a cross-sectional survey’ was published 8 December in […]
Video: Hampshire Hospitals share learnings from their digital journey
As part of our latest HTN Now event series, we were joined by a team from Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, who shared learnings and experiences from their digital journey, which included the implementation of virtual wards and new digital systems for their maternity and ITU [Intensive Therapy Unit] wards. […]
