Data from 500,000 UK Biobank participants is to be made available to support scientists tackle COVID-19. Primary care data containing COVID-19 tests and confirmed cases from a dataset of over 503,000 consented participants will be extracted on a monthly basis for COVID-19 research purposes. The programme is being provided through Public […]
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From Academia to the NHS: Thoughts from a Data Scientist in this time of crisis
By Benjamin Taylor, Lead Data Scientist, Blackpool Teaching Hospital NHS FT for HTN. Ben, the first ever data scientist at the trust started on 23rd March 2020. Here Ben covers some of his experiences so far, the predictive modelling he has done and his challenges and ambitions. Having spent all but one of the last 20 […]
Health Tech Heroes part three
Each week as part of our Health Tech Heroes series we recognise and say thank you to those in health tech making a real difference. Here in the third part in the series, we cover some of the amazing work this week where teams across the country have been working […]
Hancock confirms contact tracing app
Matt Hancock has today confirmed a new app for contact tracing to support measures to contain the spread of COVID-19. Should you get symptoms, then it could anonymously alert anyone you may have been in close contact with and then advise them to self-isolate. Hancock said “As we ramp up our […]
Health app in China to control citizen movements after relaxing lockdown measures
Two of the most popular apps in China are hosting a new health survey app to control the movements of Chinese citizens, following cities relaxing lockdown measures this week. To travel, a user must complete the quick survey. The software issues them with a coloured health code, green, yellow, or […]
Industrial modelling techniques used by Cambridge engineers at Addenbrooke’s Hospital
Originally designed modelling tools to improve efficiency within factories are now being used by Cambridge engineers to support processes within Addenbrooke’s Hospital. The modelling techniques have been implemented to manage COVID-19 care. The hospital’s own modelling has been enhanced by the new modelling tools in providing insights into ‘how day-to-day’ […]
NHS Nightingale London to use Cerner
Cerner Millennium will be used at the new NHS Nightingale hospital in London, the 4,000 capacity bed temporary hospital to support the coronavirus pandemic. The Board of Barts Health NHS Trust will host NHS Nightingale, taking on ‘formal legal responsibility for the operation and governance’ of the new hospital. The hospital […]
EMIS, Uni of Oxford and RCGP launch COVID-19 GP data research initiative
A new research programme has been launched seeking GP practices to contribute patient data to help develop a deeper understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic in general practice. The Nuffield Department of Primary Care at the University of Oxford and the Royal College of General Practitioners are working with primary care […]
Video: Paul Charnley, Director of IT and Information, Wirral University Teaching Hospital
In January, as part of HTN Digital Week, we heard from Paul Charnley, Director of IT and Information at Wirral University Teaching Hospital on population health management in the Wirral region. In this webinar Paul discusses the journey and experience that the Wirral team have been on as they have worked to […]
NHS England works with GoodSam app to recruit volunteers
NHS England is working with the GoodSam app to recruit hundreds of thousands of volunteers, with the latest volunteer target set to 1.4 million. GoodSAM is the platform powering the on boarding and deployment of the volunteers for the NHS during the Coronavirus crisis. To sign up, please visit: http://goodsamapp.org/NHS […]
