NHS England has announced the national rollout of the average waiting time feature to be introduced in the NHS App, for patients referred into a speciality at NHS acute trusts. The rollout follows a trial with Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, where the introduction of the feature was viewed as a […]
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HTN International: exploring digital health in Canada, South Africa, Switzerland, Portugal and more
What is happening in health tech across the globe? Back in November, we launched HTN International, a website dedicated to health tech on a global scale. We share news, research, insights, interviews and more, with a view to keeping you updated on the health tech space – and ensuring that […]
Study into training around remote services highlights value of “on-the-job” experience
An article published in the British Journal of General Practice has explored the training needs for staff providing remote services in general practice, finding that current training tends to be didactic in nature although participants say they value experience, informal discussion and on-the-job learning methods such as shadowing. For the […]
£98k contract awarded for review of London’s virtual wards and remote monitoring programme
NHS England has awarded a contract with a reported value of £98,237.70 to Health Innovation Network (previously AHSN), for a review of the London region’s virtual ward and remote monitoring programme. The review was set to identify key features of “optimal” virtual ward models across clinical and digital domains, with […]
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership issues prior information notice for digital therapy programme
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership has published a prior information notice for a digital therapy programme for Powys Teaching Health Board, worth an estimated £1,221,032, with the notice intended to help the Health Board learn what is possible and available in the market as it shapes strategy and requirements. The […]
Scotland Excel opens £25 million technology enabled care goods framework for 32 local authorities
Scotland Excel has opened an opportunity for tech-enabled care goods and services on behalf of the 32 local authorities in Scotland. The estimated total value of the framework is £25 million, to initially run for 24 months, with the potential to be extended for two further periods of 12 months […]
November virtual ward data: capacity and occupancy across ICBs
NHS England has published its latest data on virtual ward services across ICBs in England, indicating that as of November, four ICBs were meeting the target for services to include 40-50 virtual ward beds per 100,000 adults by the end of 2023. Noting that the statistics are “classified as experimental”, […]
Lincolnshire Community Health Services shares virtual ward approach and benefits
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) has shared an update on its virtual ward programme, detailing its approach and some of the benefits it has noted, including a frailty virtual ward with just under 500 admissions in its first year, supporting a reported saving of “more than 2,000 hospital […]
Surrey Heartlands ICS awards contract for virtual care digital platform solution
An award notice has revealed that a £2.975 million contract for a virtual care digital platform solution across Surrey Heartlands ICS has been awarded to Doccla UK Limited, after a procurement process which saw a total of ten tenders submitted. According to the award notice, the virtual care digital platform […]
North Lancashire and South Cumbria pilots AI and teledermoscopy tech
A pilot programme combining AI and teledermoscopy with the aim of diagnosing and treating people with skin cancer earlier is underway in North Lancashire and South Cumbria, and is hoped to enable clinicians to “review more suspected cancer cases in a shorter space of time”. In partnership with medical technology company […]
