NHS England is making £4.6 million of its Getting It Right First Time funding available for commissioned MSK teams with waiting times of over 18 weeks for appointments, to fund local initiatives and interventions. The funding follows national roll out of the MSK Community Delivery Programme in May 2026 with […]
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Sheffield City Council awards £8.9 million contract for tech-enabled care
Sheffield City Council is awarding a contract [standstill period] with a value of £8.9 million to Devon-based Taking Care Personal Alarms Limited as a strategic delivery partner to support its tech-enabled care service. The delivery partner, the council states, will be involved in the transformation of the current service from […]
University College London Hospitals five-year strategy to 2031 details digital transformation plans
University College London Hospitals has shared a series of digital transformation plans and priorities in its five-year strategy to 2031, with plans to redesign care pathways with remote monitoring, digital tools to support care being delivered outside of hospitals, and to focus on information sharing via joined-up digital systems. UCLH […]
Cornwall Partnership digital stroke recovery, EPR updates, modernisation
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust board has highlighted digital in supporting its stroke recovery programme, recent EPR upgrades, progress with ambient voice technology, and a need for the trust to modernise systems going forward. The digital stroke recovery programme is in place as a result of a partnership with iCareiMove, […]
University Hospitals Plymouth July EPR go-live, digital inclusion focus, 182k virtual outpatient appointments
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has published its quality account for 2025/26, outlining successes over the last 12 months including its EPR programme. “Significant progress” has been made over 2025/26 in delivering the trust’s digital programme in support of safer, more efficient, and more integrated care, University Hospitals Plymouth states, […]
£11million funding to launch wearables and remote monitoring innovation cluster in Greater Manchester
A total of £11.1 million in funding has been committed to the launch of a wearables and remote monitoring innovation cluster in Greater Manchester; a partnership between Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, The University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University, and the NIHR Manchester Health Determinants Research Collaboration. £5,5 million of […]
Feature: The patient portal you can call: Why the future of patient communication is integrated, not just digital
Content authored by Think Healthcare. Written by Dave Mills, Head of Health and Care, Think Healthcare. Patient portals have changed how millions of people deal with the NHS. But the next step forward is not a better app. It is making every way a patient can reach NHS services, by […]
HTN Now panel discuss and share digital in community care
HTN was joined by an expert panel to discuss digital in community care innovation, taking a deep dive into best practice, approaches, challenges, and the 10-Year Plan. Our panel included Sheikh Mateen Ellahi (Mateen), GP partner, clinical director, and clinical safety officer at Elm Tree Medical Centre and Antonia Frost, […]
1.2 million increase in online and video GP appointments delivered in April 2026
GP appointment data in general practice has revealed that there were over 1.2 million more GP appointments via online or video means in April 2026 than the same month last year. Just under 3.5 million online or video appointments were recorded in April 2026, with 18.8 million face-to-face appointments held. […]
Study highlights potential for digitally-enabled support for people with MSK conditions
A study into the impact of a digital exercise programme designed to support adults managing MSK problems has found that it provides similar outcomes to face-to-face physiotherapy. The platform, Good Boost, provides digital personalised therapeutic exercises to support those living with long-term conditions. Data from 40,000 exercise sessions highlighted that […]
