NHS England has shared that 50,000 eligible adults living with bipolar, schizophrenia, psychosis, or major depression in England and Wales have been invited to the “world’s largest” mental health study looking to promote personalised treatment for severe mental illness. The GlobalMinds study, led by mental health data science company Akrivia […]
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North Central London ICB to award £400k contract extension for online counselling and digital support for children and young people
North Central London (NCL) ICB has shared its intention to award a contract worth £405k to Kooth Digital Health Limited, for the supply of an early intervention online counselling and digital support service for children and young people aged 11-25. The two-year contract is set to run until 31 March […]
MHRA shares guidance on safe and effective use of digital mental health apps
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued new guidance for the public and healthcare professionals on the use of apps and digital tools for mental health support, aiming to help people make more informed choices and “know what to do if something doesn’t feel right”. Anthony Harnden, […]
Market engagement opens for patient flow system spanning seven mental health providers
Thames Valley and Wessex Adult Secure Provider Collaborative has opened a preliminary market engagement exercise for a patient flow clinical information system to be used across its low and medium adult mental health services, known as Shaped for Me. The collaborative, a partnership of seven mental health service providers including […]
Welsh government awards £17 million to two health boards for digitising patient records
The Welsh government has awarded £17 million to Betsi Cadwaladr (BCUHB) and Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTMUHB) University Health Boards following successful business cases for digitising mental health services patient record systems. The selection of a provider, in principle, is expected by the end of the financial year. BCUHB will receive […]
Over £1.7m in funding awarded for tackling workplace barriers for people with poor mental health
SBRI Healthcare and the Health Innovation Network have awarded more than £1.7m to nine digital innovation projects designed to offer workplace support for individuals with poor mental health. The initiative comes as a result of SBRI Healthcare’s Competition 27: Work-related digital innovations for individuals with poor mental health, which saw […]
Greater Manchester Mental Health awards £572,000 patient engagement portal contract
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a contract worth £572,000 to DrDoctor for the provision of a patient engagement portal. In a contract award notice published last week, the trust shared details of the contract award, described as the “provision of services for patient engagement tools, consumables, […]
NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB awards digital mental health tech contract
NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB has awarded a contract to the digital mental wellness programme myHappymind, an online educational resource aimed at supporting children and young people with their mental health and wellbeing. The procurement of the myHappymind platform, aims to provide children aged 3-11 with “interactive and pre-prepared […]
NHS England publishes eight principles for using digital technologies for mental health
NHS England has published eight principles for the “appropriate use” of digital technologies in mental health settings, aiming to provide a guide for procurement, implementation, data protection, policy, staff training and recording in patient care and treatment plans. Designed to help clinicians decide whether using digital technology is the “most […]
North Central London ICB awards Kooth Digital Health online counselling and support service contract
NHS North Central London ICB has awarded a contract valued at £386,600 to Kooth Digital Health for the procurement of an online counselling and support service for children and young people. The ICB will use the service to provide people aged 11-18 years and vulnerable people up to 25 years, […]
