With the formation of Keir Starmer’s government, the Department of Health and Social Care has seen the appointment of two new ministers with responsibility for key areas of NHS transformation including the federated data platform, technology and innovation, and cyber security. Karin Smyth, MP for Bristol South, was appointed minister […]
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General election, what does it mean for the NHS: Focus on waiting times, timely diagnosis and treatment, innovation, adoption, modernising, a new ‘Fit for the Future’ fund…
With the results of the 2024 general election handing Labour a majority and placing Keir Starmer as Prime Minister, let’s take a look at what this might mean for the NHS. We previously reported on the highlights of Labour’s manifesto when it came to the national health service, along with […]
NHSE shares update around new GP Connect Update Record functionality
Dr Amanda Doyle, NHS England national director for primary care and community services, has written to GPs and practice managers to clarify information around enhancements to the GP Connect Update Record. The letter references the new enhancement to GP Connect functionality enabling information from secondary and community care, such as […]
NHS Trusts Index
Welcome to HTN’s NHS Trusts Index Here, HTN track health tech projects and programmes for each NHS trust in England. A Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Airedale General Hospital goes live with geospatial system for RAAC management Airedale NHS FT launches Careology app for cancer patients Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation […]
NHS Dumfries & Galloway CEO updates local citizens on cyber attack published data
NHS Dumfries & Galloway chief executive Julie White has shared an update with every citizen in Dumfries and Galloway on the cyber attack earlier this year, stating to residents to “assume that some data relating to you is likely to have been copied and published”. The letter adds that “the criminals […]
Proposed MedTech pathway from NHSE and NICE emphasises need for evidence-based advice and lifecycle approach
NHS England and the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have set out a proposed new route for MedTech developers to access NHS funding, revolving around the development of “an integrated, rules-based medical technology pathway” to help “create the right conditions for innovators to thrive, with the health […]
Interview: “The digital genie is out of the bottle, there’s no going back” Henrietta Mbeah-Bankas, NHSE, on digital education in the NHS
In a recent interview, we got chance to catch up with Henrietta Mbeah-Bankas, head of portfolio at NHSE, to find out more about her projects, programmes and priorities for 2024, a year after she joined us for a discussion at HTN: Now on innovation and training in the health workforce. […]
Digital health and data across the ICS regions in 2024: East of England
Digital health and data across the ICS regions in 2024: East of England Our regions series continues with a deep dive into what’s happening with digital and data across the East of England, covering Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICS; Hertfordshire and West Essex ICS; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICS; Mid […]
40 suppliers named on NHS SBS digital health advisory framework agreement
NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) has awarded a contract for a framework agreement around the “provision of digital health advisory and related goods and services for healthcare”. The framework is set to cover specialist clinical and healthcare digital consultancy; clinical and digital health delivery and augmentation; clinical data science and […]
NHSE board discusses plans to improve productivity with the NHS to “embrace 21st century tech”
The NHS board meeting last week focused on a number of areas, including productivity in the NHS and the potential of technology to support this; operational actions for the second year of the primary care access recovery plan; and a review of progress in 2023/24 around equality, including achievements around […]
