Inhealthcare has been awarded an NHS contract to scale up virtual wards across West Yorkshire. The new contract will see the company working with NHS West Yorkshire ICB to roll out a range of clinical services, with an aim to make improvements in areas including early discharge, reducing avoidable hospital […]
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Medway Council Public Health opens tender for NHS Health Check software
Medway Council Public Health has opened a tender for digital software for NHS Health Checks to be delivered in GP surgeries in Medway. The procurement notice states that the software provider will need to be able to demonstrate previous experience of successfully delivering NHS Health Check software, and is required […]
Amanda Pritchard highlights role of digital and tech in speech to NHS Providers Annual Conference
In last week’s speech to the NHS Providers Annual Conference, Amanda Pritchard, chief executive of NHS England, highlighted the role of virtual infrastructure, digital platforms and data architecture as “increasingly important” in the health service for their potential to “support patients to get what they need more easily”. Referring to […]
Manchester University NHS FT appoints new CDIO
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust has announced that it will be welcoming a new chief digital & information officer (CDIO). David Walliker, who is currently chief digital and partnership officer at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, will be joining the team at Manchester at the end of April 2024. David […]
NHSE issues prior information notice for dental digital referral solution for the South West
NHS England has published a prior information notice stating its intention to procure a digital solution for end-to-end dental referrals for ICBs in the South West, with the initial scope of the procurement covering Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire; Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire; Cornwall and […]
HTN Now: NHSE blueprinting team and Manchester NHS FT on their journey with EMIS migration
At one of our latest webinars for HTN Now, we welcomed Paul Charnley, digital lead and chair of the national blueprinting steering group; Saj Kahrod, assistant director of programmes – blueprinting, NHS England; Anne-Marie Redford, senior programme manager for community and apps at Hive Clinical for Manchester University NHS FT; […]
NIHR grants £42m to 14 new HealthTech Research Centres across England
The National Institute for Health and Care Research has granted £42 million to the development of 14 new centres in England to drive health tech research, with the aim of working with businesses to support development of medical devices, diagnostics and technologies for use in hospitals, general practice, the community, […]
HTN Now: Misbah Mahmood, deputy chief midwifery information officer, on the digital maternity journey at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
At a recent webinar for HTN Now, we welcomed Misbah Mahmood, deputy chief midwifery information officer at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Misbah shared with us her insight and experience on the role of the digital midwife and the implementation of an end-to-end maternity EPR in Leeds. Misbah began by offering […]
NHSE begins national roll-out of Paediatric Early Warning System
NHS England has announced the national roll-out of the Paediatric Early Warning System process following a three-year pilot across 15 sites, as the result of collaboration between NHSE, the Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health, and the Royal College of Nursing. With many hospitals using systems already for paediatric […]
Four ICBs currently meeting NHSE’s virtual wards target for end of 2023
NHS England has published the latest batch of information on virtual ward services in each integrated care board in England and at national level, with the data indicating that four ICBs are currently meeting the target for services to include 40-50 virtual ward beds per 100,000 adults by the end […]
