NHS England has published its business plan for 2023-2024, setting out plans to address challenges including health inequalities, access to primary care services, elective long waits and ambulance response, as well as highlighting the intention to “transform care through harnessing data, information and technology”. The new business plan incorporates actions […]
Tag: virtual care
NHSE publishes guidance on point of care testing for virtual wards and urgent community response
New NHS England guidance on point of care testing (PoCT) has been published for those looking to integrate PoCT into their urgent community response or virtual ward services “to aid clinical decision-making, avoid unnecessary hospital admission and improve outcomes”. The guidance focuses on in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) PoCT device diagnostics, with […]
Guy’s and St Thomas’ data tool identifies risk-factors to support prioritisation
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has developed a new IT platform capable of identifying “high risk” diabetes patients from waiting lists, with the trust sharing how the platform is “enabling them to be prioritised for urgent care and contributing to a reduction in health inequalities”. A data informatics […]
Health tech assessment recommends virtual ward technologies for acute respiratory infections
The Health Technology Assessment Innovation Laboratory programme at NICE has conducted an early value assessment to support and inform the expansion of virtual ward provision and other intermediate care areas. The draft guidance highlights recommendations on virtual ward technologies for monitoring patients with an acute respiratory infection (ARI) from their own […]
Health Foundation survey finds UK public “overall supportive” of virtual wards but support is “finely balanced”
The Health Foundation has released results from a survey of 7,100 members of the public and 1,250 NHS staff members which focused on exploring opinions on virtual wards and “what factors will be important for making sure they work well”, with findings revealing that the UK public “is, overall, supportive […]
Digital primary care panel: “Getting the basics right and keeping it simple are the underpinning principles”
For our recent panel discussion on digital primary care, we were joined by Nikki Mallinder (director of primary care at Surrey Heartlands ICS); Dr Paul Wright, (GP, deputy clinical director/IT clinical lead at NHS Greater Manchester and CCIO at Manchester and Trafford Local Care Organisation); Jamie Innes (product director at Inhealthcare); […]
South West London’s new mental health strategy looks to “better co-ordinate digital initiatives across the ICS”
A new mental health strategy from South West London ICB has been released, highlighting plans to utilise digital tools and services to meet the needs of local communities and “better co-ordinate digital initiatives across the ICS to ensure a joined-up approach”. The mental health strategy will link with the wider […]
Amazon Clinic expands virtual consultations across the United States
Amazon has expanded their “virtual health care marketplace” Amazon Clinic across the United States, supporting customers to access virtual consultations for more than 30 common health concerns through Amazon’s website or app. Video visits are now supported nationwide, in addition to message-based consultations which are available in 34 states. According […]
HealthTrust Europe to establish framework agreement for additional capacity planning services including remote monitoring and virtual care
HealthTrust Europe LLP, on behalf on Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, is looking to establish a framework agreement worth an estimated £8,250 million, for the supply of additional capacity planning services including virtual consultations and remote patient monitoring. The virtual consultation lot highlights a need for tenderers to […]
Deep dive: digital transformation and change in Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Sussex
Let’s take a look at the role that digital transformation and change take in three recently released strategies from integrated care systems. We’ll explore key areas of focus in the integrated care strategy from Derby and Derbyshire ICS along with Northamptonshire ICS’s five-year forward plan, both released last month, along […]
