Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) ICB is inviting the public to have their say on its draft Primary Care Strategy, which has the aim of transforming general practice, community pharmacy, optometry and dentistry. The strategy tackles challenges facing primary care including high demand, reduced access to services, ageing populations, […]
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NHS England £16 million opportunity for “Tiger Teams” to support EPR delivery
NHS England has published a £16 million prior information notice for the provision of “Tiger Teams” to support electronic patient record delivery. Defined as “a partner to create an experienced, multi-skilled, rapid response intervention service”, it aims to support the Frontline Digitisation programme, enabling healthcare providers to implement an EPR […]
Digital-first provider Livi launches “all-in-one primary care solution”
Digital-first healthcare provider Livi has announced the launch of a new ‘virtual practice partner’, described as an “all-in-one primary care solution” combining clinical resources and appointment support with digital tools such as a patient app, websites, smart messaging and remote monitoring. Bryony Henderson, associate medical director at Livi, shares that […]
Northumbria Healthcare’s action plan to tackle climate change shares “digital by default” target
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has published a sustainability action plan to support aims to reach net zero for carbon emissions by 2040, with “digital by default” listed as a key target. As an ongoing objective, the action plan sets out a pledge to monitor ongoing savings from the Digital […]
£7.5m in grant funding from Innovate UK for development of virtual regulation networks
£7.5 million in grant funding has been made available from Innovate UK for Scottish innovators and science collaborators looking to link up and support the development of new tools, data sets and “approaches that enhance regulatory decision making”, with InnoScot Health encouraging organisations to apply for funding of up to […]
News in brief: data survey launched in Norfolk, remote monitoring in Bedfordshire, digital fair in the Midlands, and more
Here we share some of the health tech news that has caught our eye over the last few weeks. Survey launched in Norfolk and Waveney on data in health and care A new survey has been launched in Norfolk and Waveney to help identify how much people understand about data […]
UK National Screening Committee says digital pathology can support quality assurance and flexibility for pathologists
The government has accepted the UK National Screening Committee’s finding that the use of digital pathology to examine body tissues is a “safe option to complement or replace light microscopy”, with further use of digital pathology encouraged across the NHS. The recommendation follows up on action taken in 2020, when […]
23 suppliers named on NHS SBS framework agreement for audio visual solutions and integrated operating theatres
NHS Shared Business Services has awarded a contract for a framework agreement around the supply and maintenance of audio-visual solutions and integrated operating theatres, aiming to help connect operating theatres with multi-disciplinary teams for specialist collaboration across multiple sites as well as providing provision for patient check-in, patient entertainment and […]
Digital platform to link recently-retired consultants with providers in need
NHS England has announced the development of a cloud-based platform designed to link recently-retired consultants who still hold a license to practise with secondary care providers requiring additional help for their waiting lists, as part of the Emeritus pilot scheme. Through the platform, consultants will be able to express interest […]
Poll: which area should be the 2024 priority for an ICS and digital across a system?
We’ve been taking a focus on digital integrated care systems over the last week; we chatted with Eleanor Rollason and Chris Tack from Channel 3 Consulting about how how NHS organisations and ICSs can better deliver value through digital, and we also spoke with North West London ICB’s Clare Gallagher […]
