The Australian Digital Health Agency has published its National Framework for Digital Health Standards aiming to advance interoperability, collaboration, and support secure information sharing across the Australian health sector. “Digital health standards are foundational to enabling safe, secure, and meaningful exchange of health information across care settings,” the Agency states. […]
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Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber AI policy outlines acceptable uses, practical guidance, and responsibility
An AI policy from Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust has outlined its acceptable uses, practical guidance, and responsibility for the use of AI tools and systems. “The trust is committed to fostering a culture of innovation across all levels of the organisation, encouraging staff to explore new […]
NHS Blood and Transplant awards £342k information system contract
NHS Blood and Transplant has awarded a contract worth £342,000 to London-based Caci Limited for the provision of a geographic information system (GIS) solution and geodemographic data. Caci Limited will supply the GIS system under the contract, along with associated geodemographic datasets to support donor insight, mapping, catchment analysis, and […]
Croydon Health Services awards £380k contract for ambient voice implementation
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust has awarded a five month contract with a value of £379,743 for support with its implementation of ambient voice technology across multiple departments. The contract, starting on 20 May and due to end on 31 October 2026, has been awarded to Keystream Group Limited. According […]
NHSE publishes best practice guide for frailty pathways with emphasis on data, risk stratification, and proactive identification
NHS England has published a best practice guide for NHS frailty pathways, intended to inform ICBs and providers on the actions that should be taken to commission and drive improvements in performance, ahead of the publication of the modern service framework for frailty and dementia later in 2026. Key enablers […]
DHSC publishes equality impact assessment for the single patient record
The DHSC has conducted an impact assessment designed to support proposed legislation for the Single Patient Record (SPR) contained in the recent Health Bill, and assess impact across nine protected characteristics including disability, sex, race, and sexual orientation. The department reiterates current policy aims for the SPR around giving patients […]
South Tyneside and Sunderland highlights RPA for GP referrals
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust has noted the impact of robotic process automation to process GP referrals. According to the latest national figures for March 2026, 77 percent of people at the trust are now receiving planned treatment within 18 weeks following a GP referral, South Tyneside and […]
East of England Adult Critical Care Network partners with Mela Solutions on analytics project
East of England Adult Critical Care Network is partnering with Mela Solutions on a shared analytics project to deepen data-driven understanding of the region’s critical care services which has already, according to the company, helped to highlight a “significant improvement in admission delay” from the 2024 to 2025 time period. […]
Interweave procurements for infrastructure, portal, care planning, data aggregation and messaging
Interweave has announced a number of selected suppliers for procurements across infrastructure, portal, care planning, data aggregation, and messaging. The procurements are reportedly hoped to help toward Interweave’s ambition of providing a “vendor agnostic” technology platform, with preferred bidders selected for four different lots covering specialised areas of the platform. […]
£2 million awarded to 20 international teams harnessing AI to develop treatments for ALS
£2 million has been awarded to 20 international teams harnessing AI to develop new treatments for ALS using “the largest ALS patient data set of its kind”. The Longitude Prize on ALS is awarding £100,000 each to 20 winners of its international “Discovery Award”, including teams spanning 70 organisations. 100 […]
