According to recent NHS stats, West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals has risen from 102nd place in trust rankings for A&E waiting times to seventh place in two years, citing its “virtual hospital” approach as helping to free up “thousands of beds”. The latest figures indicate that 82.6 percent of over 17,000 […]
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Telehealth provider chosen for digital prehab trial in Devon, Cornwall, and Somerset
University Hospitals Plymouth has signed a contract with Kent-based SME, QuestPrehab, for year-long trial of digital prehabilitation (prehab) services for patients on the liver transplant list across Devon, Cornwall, and Somerset. Patients participating in the trial will have the ability to access an individualised programme spanning physical activity support, anxiety […]
Healthtech-1 raises £2.7 million in seed funding for tech in primary care
Healthtech-1 has announced that it has raised £2.7 million in seed funding with plans to expand their automation solutions for primary care, aiming to reduce the admin burden and to help “fix” primary care with tech. The platform currently automates new patient registrations and lab report filings, which Healthtech-1 refers […]
Scottish Government commits £3.6 million to Hospital at Home programme
The Scottish Government has announced an additional £3.6 million in funding for 2024/25 to support the Hospital at Home service for older people. This latest announcement brings the total funding allocated to Hospital at Home to more than £15 million since 2020, with the health secretary, Neil Gray, commenting on […]
Leeds Teaching Hospitals shares impact of virtual wards since November launch
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Inhealthcare have shared the impact of the trust’s virtual wards programme, launched in November 2023, to support six pathways within abdominal medicine and surgery and oncology. Introduced as an alternative to admission, or to support earlier discharge for patients requiring daily monitoring, the project […]
Cheshire and Merseyside to launch tender for new telehealth platform
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside, working with Health Innovation North West Coast, is preparing to launch a tender for a new telehealth platform, with the aim of procuring a flexible system capable of connecting with “more existing and future applications and hardware – such as novel remote monitoring equipment or consumer […]
NHSE to incentivise and increase virtual ward use and support front door services and flow through emergency departments
NHS England has shared plans to increase virtual ward use with NHSE correspondence sent to every local hospital and health system setting out actions hoped to increase urgent and emergency care performance, including plans for a new virtual wards operational framework and funding incentives to support front door services and […]
Interview: Alcidion’s chief medical officer Paul Deffley and healthcare consultant Amanda Thornton on success with patient flow
For our latest interview, we spoke with Alcidion’s chief medical officer Paul Deffley and Amanda Thornton, healthcare consultant and previous portfolio director for Lancashire and South Cumbria Health and Care Partnership. Paul and Amanda shared their thoughts on patient flow, including examples of successful projects, practical tips for NHS organisations […]
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICS launches digital pilot to support COPD patients in their own homes
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICS has launched a digital scheme designed to support patients with COPD in their own homes, with the Living Well with COPD pilot programme aiming to support remote monitoring of the condition alongside providing health coaching to improve education. The programme utilises remote monitoring […]
NHSE guidance on access to diagnostics on virtual wards recommends priority tests, measures and assessments
NHS England’s recently published guidance on access to diagnostics on virtual wards highlights the main requirements “for the delivery of effective virtual wards” and shares recommended priority tests, measures and assessments that “all virtual wards should consider making available to their patients”. The guidance notes that all patients on virtual wards […]
