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 […]
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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 […]
Scotland publishes refreshed digital strategy and plans new data strategy
NHS Scotland has refreshed its digital strategy, with a renewed focus on digital inclusion being at the heart of its plans. The strategy has been updated in line with a recent refresh of the overall Digital Strategy for Scotland, which details how the country’s services and public can ‘adapt to change’ […]
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 […]
Joined Up Care Derbyshire ICS publishes digital and data strategy
Joined Up Care Derbyshire Integrated Care System (ICS), has published its digital and data strategy, outlining its vision and priorities for the region. The strategy has been produced as part of the ICSs ambition to be digital by default, moving from a “traditional reactive system to a proactive approach of working […]
Interview Series: Dr Osman Bhatti, GP and Chief Clinical Information Officer
For the latest instalment of our interview series, Dr Osman Bhatti, a GP and the Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO) for the North East London Clinical Commissioning Group, chats to HTN about upcoming projects, how tech and digital can be utilised across winter, and what’s on his wish list for […]
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. […]
Cambridge University Hospitals signs 5-year deal with AI and data company
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) and Sensyne Health, a clinical AI company, have announced a new five-year partnership which will focus on harnessing AI (artificial intelligence) and machine learning to ‘drive ethical research into better health care’. The partnership aims to utilise AI to search large de-identified datasets, […]
“Let me share why I think this change is important” – NHSD CEO takes to Twitter to discuss the merger
Simon Bolton, the current CEO of NHS Digital, has taken to Twitter to address the reaction to proposed plans that will see the organisation merged into NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI), along with NHSX, as part of a wider set of reforms announced by the UK Government for digital, […]
