Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has moved to a ‘digital by default’ approach with regards to outpatient letters, with director of transformation Phil Luke highlighting hopes that the move will “dramatically reduce the amount of paper waste and cut down on carbon emissions” as part of efforts to […]
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Government announces budget for long term growth including funding for NHS digital transformation
The ‘Budget for Long Term Growth’ has been announced today by the UK government, sharing plans for the NHS to receive a £2.5 billion day-to-day funding boost for 2024/25 along with £3.4 billion in capital investment over the forecast period “to invest in new tech and digital transformation”. The plan […]
Central and North West London NHS awards contract for digital neurodevelopment assessments
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a contract for digital neurodevelopment assessments with an estimated value of £749,000 to online mental health, autism and ADHD service provider Healios. Healios is described as offering a range of mental health assessments and treatments for children and young people […]
HTN Now: automation in primary care processes with Healthtech-1
For our recent webinar on automation in primary care processes, we were joined by Dr Lydia van Hamel-Parsons, GP and founding clinician at Healthtech-1, to discuss all things automation, with a specific focus on new patient registrations and lab report filing. Used in more than 493 practices to date, Lydia […]
News in brief: VR app for blood transfusion training, cyber security e-learning, online kidney donor education, and more
Welcome to our latest news in brief, where we take a look at some of the health tech news to have caught our eye over the last few weeks. NHS Blood and Transplant releases VR app for blood matching NHS Blood and Transplant has announced the release of a virtual […]
Panel discussion: driving patient outcomes through health tech “It’s about working with patients to work with demand”
For our latest thought leadership HTN Now panel discussion, we focused on driving patient outcomes through health tech, featuring panellists Dr Penny Kechagioglou (chief clinical information officer and deputy chief medical officer at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire); Chris Nortcliff (digital lead at Greater Manchester Primary Care Provider Board); and […]
22 NHS trusts receive funding for sickle cell tech in South East London
South East London ICS has shared that £1.5 million in funding for devices designed to automate red blood cell exchanges for patients with sickle cell disease has been distributed to 22 NHS trusts. The funding, sourced from NHS England Specialised Commissioning, will go to the implementation of Spectra Optia® Apheresis […]
HTN Now: learnings and insights from the virtual COPD service at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
At a recent webinar for our live event series, HTN Now, we were joined by Rachel Woodington, digital care hub manager at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, and Ruben de Neef, customer success lead at Luscii, to discuss the virtual COPD service launched at the trust including benefits, challenges and key […]
Norfolk and Waveney ICS plans new repeat prescription service for digitally excluded patients
Norfolk and Waveney ICS has announced plans to develop a new service to support digitally excluded patients across the system with their repeat prescription requests, following a survey launched in October 2023 on the current service, which garnered over 2,700 responses and highlighted key themes including the impact on people […]
Promptly Health secures £11m NHS Wales contract to manage national patient-centred outcomes data
Promptly Health has secured an £11 million three-year contract to manage national patient-centred outcomes data for NHS Wales, following a procurement process which focused on assessment of capabilities around patient accessibility, innovativeness, data security and interoperability. The new contract accompanies NHS Wales’ plans to expand outcomes collection capabilities within the […]
