A new policy and strategy document for Wales has been published to provide a direction and vision for the country to fully embrace digital. The strategy outlines how the country will use digital, data and technology to improve the lives of people in Wales. It is aimed at anyone creating, designing, providing […]
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Wales to invest over £8.5m in new national digital eye care patient record
Wales is set to invest over £8.5 million in its first national Electronic Patient Record and digital Electronic Referral system for eye care. As part of wider plans surrounding Wales’ future approach to optometry services, the nation is focusing on preventative measures, along with management and treatment by primary care […]
Confidence in data published on PHE COVID-19 dashboard increases from 47% to 90%
In March 2020, Public Health England (PHE) published an interactive dashboard to highlight the spread of COVID-19 and an overview of the pandemic situation as it changed. More recently, it also provided the ability to track vaccination-related data. The dashboard has been widely used, PHE said, highlighting that ‘during the […]
University College London Hospitals announces collaboration with Microsoft
University College London Hospitals (UCLH) NHS FT has announced a research and innovation collaboration with Microsoft to develop and apply advances in artificial intelligence and digital technologies. The partnership will see the two organisations develop AI algorithms and applications to help improve patient flow, support medical imaging and automate time […]
Dr Nicola Byrne announced as the next National Data Guardian
Dr Nicola Byrne has been officially announced as the next National Data Guardian for health and social care in England. Dr Byrne becomes the second person to take up the role of National Data Guardian (NDG), following Dame Fiona Caldicott who sadly passed away last month and was instrumental in […]
News in brief: NHS Digital Academy applications, ORCHA makes long COVID call
Health tech has been hitting the headlines again this week as 32 trusts joined the NHS Digital Aspirant programme, six more SMES won funding through the MedTech NAVIGATOR Innovation Grant Scheme, and The Royal College of Midwives called for a Digital Midwife in every maternity service. Here are some of […]
32 trusts join Digital Aspirant programme
The second wave of NHS trusts to receive funding as part of the NHS Digital Aspirant programme have been announced. 32 trusts are set to join the initiative; seven are to receive up to £6 million over the next three years and 25 are to receive funding of £250,000 to […]
Community diagnostic centres to mental health – tech leaders tell us their biggest challenges
Three months into the year seemed like an appropriate time to catch up with health tech industry leaders, to find out about what they believe are the biggest current challenges facing healthcare. Of course, the COVID-19 pandemic continues – but with some reason for optimism on that front, we asked […]
“The core goal is to make our staff more efficient” – Darren Atkins of the Royal Free talks RPA
Darren Atkins, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in Automation at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, recently held court in a UCLPartners Innovation Network Meeting, presenting his team’s work in RPA (robotic process automation). In a session screened on YouTube, entitled ‘NHS Robotic process automation’, Darren shared case studies and […]
Royal College of Midwives calls for a Digital Midwife in every maternity service
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has launched a new positioning statement to call for a Digital Midwife in every maternity service in the next 12 months. The trade union, which represents the majority of practising midwives, has called for every trust to recruit or train Digital Midwives to lead […]
