NHS Digital has released an update on the GP Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) programme, publishing findings from its ‘listening report’, ahead of moving onto an engagement phase of developing ‘an effective communications campaign’. The listening report highlights that “it is crucial that patients and the public understand how […]
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Industry View: healthcare professionals react to the new digital health plan
Last week at HTN we focused on the Department of Health and Social Care’s new digital health plan. You can read our summary of the plan here. We wanted to know what healthcare experts thought of the plan, so we sent out a call for comment to share some of […]
NHS England opens Adoption Fund for ICSs
NHS England has opened the latest round of its Adoption Fund to support integrated care systems (ICS) introduce or scale digital innovations that support people at home. Across three clinical work workstreams including gastroenterology, musculoskeletal and respiratory, ICSs can bid for up to £200,000 per ICS, per priority area. Projects must […]
Two Cheshire trusts to share electronic patient record system
Two NHS trusts in Cheshire have revealed plans to share an electronic patient record system. East Cheshire NHS Trust and Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS FT plan to introduce one system, known as the Digital Clinical System (DCS), across the two trusts. The trusts have signed a contract with electronic patient record […]
In focus, the new plan for digital health and social care published
The Department of Health and Social Care has published “A plan for digital health and social care”, setting out their vision for a digitally-enabled health and social care system, collating existing digital strategies, plans and guidance into a single action plan. In the foreword Secretary for Health and Social Care Sajid […]
North East and North Cumbria ICS outline sustainability focus
North East and North Cumbria ICS (NENC) has published its first green plan, sharing an ambition to become the greenest region in England by 2030. In their strategy, they outline the action they are taking to reduce their environmental footprint by reducing waste, using electric vehicles, converting to more sustainable […]
Optum set to buy EMIS for £1.2billion
Optum UK, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, is set to acquire healthcare technology company EMIS for £1.2billion. The deal represents 1,925 pence in cash per share, 49 per cent to the closing price of 1,292 pence per share on 16 June 2022, the last business day before the commencement of […]
NHS England opens expressions of interest for Discharge Integration Frontrunner sites
NHS England and NHS Improvement are inviting expressions of interest from local systems to become Discharge Integration Frontrunner sites. The aim of the programme is to develop, design and test new approaches and service models for discharging people from acute care, which could include new funding models, workforce models, or […]
Industry View: healthcare experts react to the new health and social care data strategy
In our latest HTN industry view, we sent out a call for comment to explore wider views on the Department of Health and Social Care’s new data strategy entitled ‘Data saves lives: Reshaping health and social care with data’. We received a broad range of replies from healthcare and technology […]
Frimley Health starts EPR go live
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) are in the process of launching their new electronic patient record (EPR) system this week, with the EPR set to officially go live on 11 June. Epic EPR will replace over 200 paper and computer systems currently in place at the trust. FHFT say […]
