Digital Health and Care Wales has opened a market engagement exercise around the product availability for an integrated care record to be used across NHS Wales. DHCW aim to learn more information about the digital solutions that can help “to ensure that patients and citizens benefit from access to health […]
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NHS App roadmap outlines health records, appointments, prescriptions, integrated services, and messaging plans
NHS England has published its latest roadmap for the future of the NHS App, highlighting aims to increase users’ ability to self-serve, support operational efficiency and costs, and to design the app to support health system performance indicators. The roadmap covers health records, appointments, prescriptions, integrated services, messaging, design and […]
Alder Hey partners with Children’s Hospital 1 in Vietnam to develop innovation centre
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has signed a memorandum of understanding agreement with one of the oldest and largest hospitals in Vietnam, with the aim to “collaborate on enhancing specific clinical services” and expand their research portfolio. Part of the agreement with Children’s Hospital 1 of Ho Chi Minh […]
Pharmacy2U introduces healthcare app hub with ORCHA
Pharmacy2U has partnered with the digital health app assessment platform, ORCHA, to create the Pharmacy2U App Hub, aiming to “transform healthcare access” by putting patients in control of their health. The new hub reportedly provides access to multiple health apps all in one place, with each app having undergone “rigorous […]
NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board launches women’s health app
NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board have launched the women’s health app CONNECTPlus to offer advice and guidance to patients regarding women’s wellbeing. Developed by Health and Care Innovations Ltd, the CONNECTPlus app reportedly answers questions about contraception, the menopause and cervical screening, while offering general women’s health advice around pre-conception […]
Great Western Hospitals NHS FT introduces patient communication toolkit
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has launched a patient communication toolkit, with the aim to support patients with additional communication needs. The trust highlights the toolkit provides “a diverse collection of pictures and icons” to cover a range of everyday topics, designed to help patients when it comes to explaining […]
NHS Gloucestershire ICB exploring continuing healthcare digital system
NHS Gloucestershire ICB has published a prior information notice to explore procuring a continuing healthcare digital system, by opening a preliminary market engagement exercise. The ICB notes a number of key requirements for the system, including the ability to map the continuing care assessment process across all age groups, ongoing […]
Inspection rating system to launch for the care sector across Wales
Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) is to launch an inspection rating system for care services to help “better understand the quality of care provided” and support informed decisions. The new system launches on 1 April 2025 to evaluate four key areas: well-being; care and support; leadership and management; and the environment, […]
NHS Lanarkshire set to launch digital check-in and triage system in A&E
NHS Lanarkshire is to launch a digital check-in and triage system for patients arriving at its accident and emergency department, to gather key patient information at the point of arrival. Planned to roll-out over the upcoming weeks, first at University Hospital Monklands, and then followed by a phased roll-out to […]
NHS England announces Epic EPR integration with NHS App
At Digital Health Rewired 2025, HTN’s Emily Rodwell, senior writer, attended a panel discussion on the question, ‘can the NHS App finally become the digital front door?’. Talking as part of the digital transformation stage was Professor Joe Harrison, national director of NHS digital channels at NHS England and chief […]
