The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has published guidance to clarify how the medical devices regulations apply to ambient voice technology in health and care. MHRA notes that some AVT solutions qualify as a medical device and confirms some “AVT products that are intended solely for transcription, summarising of […]
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Humber Health digitises mental capacity assessments and progresses group-wide EPR
Humber Health Partnership, comprised of Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, has updated on a number of key digital programmes and priorities, noting the digitisation of mental capacity assessments, the use of VR in specialist rehabilitation, medication safety, and EPR progress. Digital […]
HTN Now panel discuss digital in supporting pathway redesign
HTN was joined by a panel of healthcare leaders for a discussion on digital in supporting pathway redesign, covering challenges, approaches, and examples of success. We considered what good looks like in this space, along with national guidance, what’s working and what isn’t, with an aim to share practical insight […]
Key leadership roles at Online NHS Trust open
Recruitment is now underway for key roles at the new Online NHS Trust, seeking “vision, experience and enthusiasm” to help shape the future of healthcare services. Leadership roles currently being advertised for ahead of the planned launch in 2027 include medical director, chief nurse, chief people officer, and chief financial […]
EPR upgrade at University Hospitals of Leicester, VR tool to support breast screening at Gateshead Health, West Hertfordshire command centre
For our latest news in brief we take a look at some of the health tech news stories to have caught our eye over the last few weeks. Major upgrade to EPR system and AVT roll out at University Hospitals of Leicester University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has made […]
East Cheshire ambition to increase direct care time by over ten percent by 2029 using digital
East Cheshire NHS Trust has published its latest quality and safety strategy to 2031, sharing ambitions to increase direct patient care time by more than ten percent, expand virtual appointments, reduce duplicate paper-digital documentation by 75 percent, and to support staff so that 90 percent achieve digital competency by 2028. […]
NHS App AI triage tool pilot highlights benefits ahead of national roll out by 2028
The NHS Transformation Directorate has shared details of the initial pilot of an AI triage tool integrated in the NHS App. The tool, trialled at Wealden Ridge Medical Partnership in Sussex, is said to have reduced phone queue volumes by 29 percent, according to the directorate. It will be rolled […]
£4.6 million funding for initiatives and interventions to reduce community MSK waiting times
NHS England is making £4.6 million of its Getting It Right First Time funding available for commissioned MSK teams with waiting times of over 18 weeks for appointments, to fund local initiatives and interventions. The funding follows national roll out of the MSK Community Delivery Programme in May 2026 with […]
Mid and South Essex ICB highlights shared care record, unified EPR, digital for integrated neighbourhood teams
Mid and South Essex (MSE) ICB’s annual report has highlighted uses of digital across the system, including the expansion of the shared care record, progress on the unified EPR programme, and the use of digital tools to support integrated neighbourhood teams. On the shift from analogue to digital, MSE chair […]
Government of Alberta uses Claude AI to locate and fix cyber security vulnerabilities
The government of Alberta has employed Claude AI to locate and fix cyber security vulnerabilities across government systems, said to assess 466 million lines of code, implement fixes, and run continuous security review. Claude Code’s Opus and Sonnet models have been used to analyse systems in all 27 provincial ministries, […]
