As part of our Health Tech Trends series, we put forward a survey to gather the thoughts and opinions of health and care professionals and industry on a variety of topics. Here’s what our respondents had to say on what digital success could look like for integrated care systems in the […]
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Video: Digital programmes, apps and systems at the Royal Free London
To introduce our April edition of HTN Now, The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust focussed on sharing key learnings and experiences gained from the development of digital programmes, apps and systems at the trust. For this webcast, we were joined by David Norton, Senior Innovation Consultant, Royal Free London, […]
Public consultation opened on NICE standards framework for health tech
A public consultation on an evidence standards framework (ESF) used by local evaluators to help identify digital health technologies and their benefits has opened. The updated framework is intended to make it easier for “innovators and commissioners to understand what good levels of evidence for digital health technologies look like”, […]
NHS Blood and Transplant launch new strategy
NHS Blood and Transplant has launched a new strategy covering the next four years, from 2022 to 2026. The strategy details how the organisation will modernise its operations, improve its use of data, as well as how it plans to respond to emerging technologies and consumer trends. It states plans […]
Barnsley Hospital focus on innovative working and new technology in five-year strategy
With the COVID-19 pandemic triggering change throughout the NHS and causing a need to reset and refocus, this week Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust published its new five-year strategy to capture the trust’s new vision, and how they will seek to achieve their aims. The strategy begins by stating, ‘We […]
Feature: how is immersive technology being used in healthcare?
After years of the technology growing, health and social care providers are making use of the rise in immersive technologies such as Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR). The use of immersive technologies have brought new possibilities and approaches, with use cases ranging from activities such […]
HTN’s online event series dates revealed
HTN is delighted to reveal the dates for HTN Now, our online event series that engages tens of thousands of people each year. Whether you join us live or catch-up when it’s the best time for you – the event doesn’t end on the day – our journalists focus in […]
Policy Exchange publishes proposal for digital general practice and redesigning ‘first-contact’
The Policy Exchange has published a set of proposals which focus on how general practice and digital healthcare should be reformed. Entitled ‘At Your Service: A proposal to reform general practice and enable digital healthcare at scale’, the 98-page document addresses integration, workforce, digital transformation, and scaled provision, as well […]
Sajid Javid sets out vision for the NHS underpinned by digital
Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid delivered a speech (8 March 2022) at the Royal College of Physicians, London, setting our his vision for the NHS. The speech set out priorities for health reform, including underlying principles, as well as the role of digital, and themes including the right to choose, […]
Video: Dr Minal Bakhai keynote, transforming the model of general practice
Dr Minal Bakhai, Clinical Director for General Practice Transformation and Digital First Primary Care at NHS England and NHS Improvement, delivered one of the two keynote speeches at HTN Digital Primary Care 2022. Focusing her talk on ‘transforming the model of general practice’, Dr Bakhai discussed the changes in access […]