NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System has this month launched a winter control room to manage demand and capacity across the county. The control room is said to use multi-agency data to support the region’s response to pressures across the system, where it can match staff with demand to […]
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NHSE Digital Productivity programme shares roadmap for the future
The Digital Productivity programme from NHS England’s Transformation Directorate has shared its delivery plans going forward, along with the key areas of focus over the past year. Robot process automation (RPA) Overall, the programme aims to improve RPA capability across as many NHS services as possible by 2024. Present work […]
AI deployment engine goes open source
The Artificial Intelligence Centre for Value Based Healthcare, a programme led by King’s College London and Guy’s and Thomas’ NHS FT, has made the code for its AI Deployment Engine (AIDE) available through open source on GitHub. Formed in 2019, The AI Centre works alongside 10 NHS trusts, four universities, industry partners including Siemens Healthineers, NVIDIA, IBM, GSK, […]
HTN Now: Professor Ann John on DATAMIND and harnessing mental health data to transform lives
As part of HTN Now: Digital Social Care and Mental Health, we hosted a webinar with Professor Ann John from Swansea University, discussing DATAMIND, Health Data Research UK’s Hub for Mental Health Informatics Research Development. The session began with Ann explaining how a common way to communicate and express findings […]
New and improved successor to the Summary Care Record application launching
The “new and improved” successor to the Summary Care Record application is launching in the form of the National Care Records Service (NCRS), designed to provide secure access to national patient information in order to support decision making and healthcare outcomes. The NCRS is available for all authorised health and […]
NHS Digital Staff Passport alpha reassessment meets service standards
The government’s Central Digital and Data Office has released a report on the alpha reassessment of the NHS Digital Staff Passport. The purpose of the passport is to enable staff to carry a verified portfolio of their digital credentials for skills, training, abilities and employment checks, enabling them to move […]
National Data Guardian discusses the planned NHS federated data platform
The National Data Guardian, Dr Nicola Byrne, has shared a blog in which she discusses the planned NHS federated data platform along with the topic of public trust in data. Dr Byrne begins by highlighting how the NHS has amassed “comprehensive cradle-to-grave information about tens of millions of us, whatever […]
GOSH scientists engage with public on value of data
Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) has been engaging with the public on research, data and the environment as part of a local culture, arts and science festival with University College London (UCL). The festival’s theme was ‘breathe’, to investigate local and global environments, and to develop the […]
MHRA outlines roadmap for Software and AI as a Medical Device Change Programme
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has updated its ‘Software and AI as a Medical Device Change Programme’. The programme, originally published last year, aims to ensure regulatory requirements for software and AI are clear and that patients are protected. A new roadmap has been added including deliverables […]
AI used to find optimal placement schedules for nursing students
NHS England’s Transformation Directorate have published a resource exploring whether an artificial intelligence tool or approach can be developed to automatically generate student nurse placement schedules that adhere to a variety of stakeholder needs and constraints, whilst providing a more diverse range of placements for the students. The resource highlights […]
