For our latest interview, we sat down for a chat with Lorna Allan, chief digital and information officer at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. Hi Lorna, can you tell us about your role and its scope? My role is brand new within the trust, and it’s at board level; […]
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Interview: Paul Rice, CDIO, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS FT and Airedale NHS FT
Our latest interview features Paul Rice, chief digital information officer for Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. Paul talked to us about his experiences working in the digital landscape, the benefits and challenges of a developing and retaining a digital workforce and the importance of […]
NHS England plans £975 million tech framework
NHS England has released a prior information notice to inform the market of an upcoming opportunity for digital primary care technology and to initiate an information gathering exercise. The programme aims to introduce a framework of new solutions and capabilities, with NHS England planning to engage with potential suppliers to review, ask […]
Case Study: Delivering an electronic vaccination process for The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
Case Study OX.DH The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust is a combined acute and community trust providing services at a number of sites across the borough. As part of their vaccination programme, a team from Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust regularly visits local schools and holds clinics to vaccinate children of secondary […]
“Should we even be talking about interoperability anymore?” James Davis, CEO at inicio health
Next up in our interview series, we’re sharing our chat with James Davis, founder, CEO and chief innovation officer of inicio health and previous chief innovation officer at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. Hi James, can you tell us a bit about your career and some of the projects […]
NHS England board meeting focus on key opportunities for technology and innovation in the NHS
NHS England’s board meeting this month included a focus on technology and innovation, with an overview of the “greatest opportunities for the NHS in the future”. The paper acknowledges the three-year plan for the NHS to digitise, connect and transform, and splits key areas of opportunities according to these categories. […]
“We need to harness insights to become actionable” Tamara Everington, Dan Alton and Paula Ridd on digital integrated care systems
At HTN Now: Digital ICS, we hosted a panel discussion featuring Dr Tamara Everington (chief clinical information officer and haematology consultant at Hampshire Hospitals NHS), Dr Dan Alton (chief clinical information officer at Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICS); and Paula Ridd (strategy director, health and care at Civica). Tamara, Dan […]
Digital leaders on lessons learned and impact of patient portals
Following on from our deep dive into patient portals, in which we explored current statistics around coverage and functionality, a case study from a portal in practice, and recent research in the area, we’re examining the views of industry professionals. We asked NHS digital leaders for their views and experience […]
Kingston Hospital to introduce OX.DH to optimise the fertility pathway
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with OX.DH, a health tech start-up linked to the University of Oxford, to introduce its Assisted Reproduction (OX.ar) solution and healthcare platform. Cloud-native technology specialists OX.DH are to introduce OX.ar at Kingston Hospital in order to support patient-centric individualised care. The tech provides […]
What is the role of digital in the new GP access recovery plan?
NHS England has published the new GP access recovery plan, with a focus to develop a sustainable general practice, improve digital access and tools, support citizen remote care, build capacity and expand supporting services such as community pharmacies. The blueprint “sets out actions to improve access to care, better support patients […]
