Applications have opened for the latest round of the CW Innovation Horizon Fellowship programme, which encourages staff across Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to share innovative project ideas.

Applications open for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital’s innovation fellowship

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Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals appoints new chief digital transformation officer

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier introduce app to support international nurses

Department of Health and Social Care publishes £475k tender for digital skills support in social care

Barking, Havering and Redbridge to launch new patient portal

NHSE board discusses plans to improve productivity with the NHS to “embrace 21st century tech”

Digital system for comfort checks shown to "improve quality" of end-of-life care in study at University Hospitals Sussex.

Digital system for comfort checks shown to “improve quality” of end-of-life care at University Hospitals Sussex

Albert King, NHS Scotland's chief data officer, has shared his insights into Scotland's ambitions and potential for digital and data across health and care.

Scottish Care in the Digital Age outlines delivery plans for 2024/25

NHS trusts join national innovation support scheme focusing on testing innovations

Kent and Medway primary care strategy focuses on improving access with digital front doors, increased use of NHS app, and digital appointment systems.

ICBs to pilot new ways of optimising primary care and further deliver on the Fuller Stocktake vision

Huma, a global company offering AI and digital health solutions, has announced its acquisition of eConsult, a digital-first triage and automated consultation platform.

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Digital Vision 2024 sets out initiatives including new shared care record

Green Earth - sustainability

North Bristol NHS Trust holds ‘green operating day’ including use of tech to minimise carbon footprint

Panel discussion: supporting the NHS workforce with digital skills and digital careers

NHS Medway clinical strategy highlights "digitally enabled care", AI in diagnostics, and tech and innovation in supporting clinical pathways.

NHS Medway clinical strategy highlights digital and data plans including frailty virtual ward and electronic pharmacy systems

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton holds ‘Paper2Pixels’ events to streamline digitisation of paper records

Digital transformation from a finance perspective: insights from Jonathan Lee, assistant director for business and finance at Digital Notts

The DHC Group, a portfolio of UK healthcare companies with the shared aim of supplying specialist outpatient pathways and diagnostic imaging services, has announced its acquisition of digital cardiology diagnostics provider ECG On-Demand. 

Panel discussion: engaging your board and workforce with digital buy-in

Research leaders at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are using a new digital dashboard to analyse data on research activity, which is helping to "inform and embolden" their strategic thinking and planning. 

NHSE on developing an infrastructure strategy highlights need to support “modern, digitally enabled patient care pathways”

A new pilot scheme at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH) has trialled the use of VR training for medical students.

Pilot scheme trials VR training for medical students at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals

The Black Country Local Maternity and Neonatal System (BCLMNS) has entered into a three-year partnership with ImproveWell.

Black Country Local Maternity and Neonatal System implements digital feedback platform

People on phones

NHSE board highlights planned development of digital workforce plan, digital maturity as a priority, and more

Work is underway to expand the London Care Record, connecting Oxford University Hospitals and areas in Bedfordshire, Luton, Suffolk and North East Essex, so that healthcare staff in these areas can view it through their existing electronic record systems.

Plans for increased digitalisation highlighted in South East London ICS estates and infrastructure strategy

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB's Digital Vision 2024 sets out the organisation's digital roadmap and digital initiatives including One Health and Care shared care record.

NHS Education for Scotland shares plans to update digital platform and review existing architecture

A new report developed by the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE) in partnership with NHS Providers and NHS Confederation, has called for the "radical re-design" of urgent and emergency care (UEC).

Ambulance services report highlights need to be “better prepared for the emerging impacts of advancing technologies”

supporting clinical decisions with health IT

Online guide from NHS Providers to serve as roadmap for tackling health inequalities

News in brief: anxiety app for children in Gloucestershire, mental health support website in Portsmouth, ‘DadPad’ app in Coventry, and more

Hywel Dda Local University Health Board publishes £75m tender for long-term digital transformation partner

A journal article published in The Lancet Digital Health, has set out recommendations to support data infrastructure transformation.

New systems introduced through digital transformation programme at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Innovate UK is working with West Yorkshire Combined Authority to offer a share of up to £500,000 to innovation projects from UK registered micro and small businesses in the West Yorkshire region. 

Norfolk and Waveney ICB among eight organisations joining InSites innovation programme

A hypnotherapy-based VR treatment is to be piloted at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust, with aims to help ease symptoms including hallucinations and delusions in patients with psychosis.

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare pilots VR tech to support staff wellbeing

A study led by the University of Surrey and funded by the NIHR, has looked at the potential for technology to enable "video live streaming" of trauma incidents, to help support decision-making from the emergency services around response. 

Study explores potential for 999 calls to be “video live streamed” to aid response decision-making