The Unified Tech Fund prospectus, a guide which was created to help simplify funding for NHS digital transformation projects and act as a template on how to bid for funds, has launched new investment rounds. NHSX’s prospectus was updated on 18 October 2021 to include a number of new or […]
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Video: Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS FT’s learnings from its ‘big bang’ EPR roll-out
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) presented at our most recent HTN Now event in September, sharing the learnings and experiences that the trust gained from its Cerner ‘big bang’ Electronic Patient Record (EPR) roll-out. For this webcast we were joined by Mr Graham Walsh, CHFT’s Chief Clinical Information […]
Midlands Partnership NHS FT releases new digital strategy
The Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) has published a new digital strategy to cover the next five years, from 2021 to 2026. The publication explains how the strategy will enhance care for service users, staff and partners, before delving into its priorities and how they will be achieved, as […]
Edinburgh University submits full independent GDE report to NHSX
The University of Edinburgh has submitted its independent report on the Global Digital Exemplar Programme (GDE) to NHSX. NHSX recently published a summary of the document, which the university had completed earlier this summer, to share the findings on the outcomes from the project, to date. Entitled ‘The Full Report […]
Digital Clinical Safety Strategy published by NHSX
NHSX has released a new Digital Clinical Safety Strategy. A joint work from all of NHSX, NHS Digital, and NHS England and NHS Improvement, the document is related to the new NHS Patient Safety Strategy, which was also published recently. As well as sharing the strategy itself and its aims, […]
Interview Series: Niamh McKenna, CIO at NHS Resolution shares her leadership learnings
As part of HTN Now September 2021, as well as sharing live webcast sessions from health tech experts and industry voices, we’re also releasing a three-part series formed from interviews with leaders within the NHS. Here, we chat to Niamh McKenna, Chief Information Officer (CIO) at NHS Resolution about how […]
What Good Looks Like: NHSX’s seven measures of success
Earlier this week, NHSX published its much-anticipated ‘What Good Looks Like’ framework for NHS leaders, to support organisations with ‘best practice’ guidance on digital transformation. HTN covered the release of the guidance, as well as the simultaneous publication of the ‘Who Pays for What’ strategy and the new Unified Tech […]
NHSX publishes new digital guidelines on ‘What Good Looks Like’ for NHS trusts
NHSX has launched a new framework called ‘What Good Looks Like’ (WGLL), with the set of fresh guidelines intended to support NHS trusts with digital transformation journeys. The guidance includes calls for patients to be able to digitally access care plans and test results, the need for new ways of […]
Coventry and Warwickshire’s Integrated Care Record roll-out begins
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust has announced that the roll-out of the Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Record (ICR), a consolidated electronic record of patients’ care, will begin this month. The first phase of the ICR programme will see GP practice medical records and secondary care and mental health data […]
NICE opens consultation on proposed changes to health technology appraisal
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has opened a public consultation on its planned changes for health technology appraisal, following a consultation review into its processes that closed in April 2021. An initial draft health technology evaluations manual has been shared, as well as a survey to seek […]
