GP practices across London have successfully made the switch to using the Electronic Prescription Service. A total of 1,311 eligible GP practices across London now use the service that means patients’ prescription can be sent directly from their doctor’s surgery to their pharmacist – without the need for paper prescriptions. GP […]
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New cancer reminder service to be rolled out across 32 CCGs
Women in London will benefit from a new text messaging service for cervical cancer screening that could potentially be life-saving. The service will be deployed across all 32 CCGs in London and will be rolled out next month. While regular screening has been shown to improve the chances of detecting cervical […]
SBRI Healthcare latest funding to support mental health
SBRI Healthcare, the NHS England funded initiative championed by the AHSN Network, has announced the programme’s latest round of funding is supporting companies to develop novel solutions to tackle the challenges of mental illness. Sharing in £700K investment, the seven successful companies have all demonstrated the potential of their innovations […]
SBRI Healthcare supports surgeons with novel technology
SBRI Healthcare, the NHS England funded initiative championed by the AHSN Network has announced five companies will receive funding to develop novel technologies with potential to help complete surgical procedures more effectively and with higher efficiency. Under the overall theme of Technology in Surgery, innovations were sought in two categories; […]
Leading healthcare conference grows to two days and moves to ExCeL London
The UK Health Show returns for two days on 25-26 September as it grows into its new home of ExCeL London for 2018. The UK Health Show connects senior healthcare decision makers, influencers and buyers from across the NHS and the entire UK healthcare sector. Its mission is to connect […]
HTN Monthly Newsletter
In June we featured an opinion piece focusing on the trend for surgeries to become part of wider networks or federations of practices and how this has created a great opportunity for them to use technology to work more effectively with their patients and peers. Also in primary care Microtest […]
Digital Care Home prevents emergency hospital admissions
Care home workers are playing a vital role in an exciting new partnership between care homes and the NHS aiming to improve the quality of life of residents and reduce emergency hospital admissions in Sheffield. The Digital Care Home is piloting a new model of collaborative working between health and […]
Thames Valley and Yorkshire and Humber join Local Health and Care Record Exemplars
Last month NHS England announced three areas, covering 14 million people, had been chosen to become ‘Local Health and Care Record Exemplars’ (LHCRE). New partnerships that will each receive up to £7.5 million over two years to put in place an electronic shared local health and care record that makes […]
GPs urged to make most of cancer screening dashboard
GPs and health organisations are being urged to help to improve rates of potentially lifesaving cervical screening by making the most of an innovative online data tool. The interactive data dashboard provides in-depth information on screening levels and shows where they could be improved. It was launched a year ago […]
Novosco wins seven year contract with Cambridge University Hospitals
Managed cloud provider Novosco has been awarded the contract to manage IT infrastructure and support services for Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Trust runs Addenbrooke’s and The Rosie maternity hospital and is one of the largest and most digitised Trusts in the UK. CUH is one of the […]
