The Data Alliance Partnership Board (DAPB) has given approval to NHS Digital’s new set of pathology information standards. According to NHS Digital, this is a ‘positive step’ for the future of pathology and contributes to the ‘overall objective’ of improving patient care. It’s hoped the new standards will ‘enable clinicians […]
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New interactive dashboard shows local GP inequalities across England
The Primary Care Unit at the University of Cambridge has created a new, interactive dashboard which allows local health systems to view the inequalities in the distribution of the general practice workforce, across individual practices and areas. Hosted on the Primary Care Unit website, the dashboard shows data from across all […]
NHSX opens funding applications for digital perioperative pathways
NHSX has opened up applications for digital perioperative pathway support, through a new fund, with the aim of helping Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) to streamline services. The Perioperative Care Adoption Fund, part of a wider collaboration between NHSX, NHS England and NHS Improvement, and Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT), […]
Feature: Eva Health Technologies’ eVacc platform piloted to support Phase 3 NHS vaccine workflows
Ahead of Eva Health Technologies’ live talk at the HTN Digital Primary Care event on 4 August 2021, we decided to find out more about the company, its CEO, and eVacc, the health tech provider’s new co-admin, point-of-care vaccination platform. Eva Health will be joining us in August to discuss […]
News in brief: menopause app piloted for staff at NHS trust, HSBC backs GenesisCare cancer tech, first Turing AI research fellows
August has arrived, which means only one thing for us at HTN – it’s time for our first ever Digital Primary Care Conference. Find out more about the agenda for Wednesday – which features keynotes from Dr Nikki Kanani, Medical Director for Primary Care for NHS England and NHS Improvement, and […]
NHS Digital commits to new workforce diversity targets
NHS Digital has set itself a number of new targets to improve the diversity of its workforce at all levels, in areas such as tech and data, and particularly in senior roles. According to the organisation, around one in five NHS staff are from Black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds, […]
NHSX asks healthcare professionals to send in challenges that could be solved by tech
NHSX has put out a direct request to health and social care professionals, asking them to send in information about workplace challenges they are facing that they think could be addressed with a digital or tech solution. Posted through the NHSX Innovation Lab, the call is asking for assistance from […]
NHS Digital announces new plans for GP data collection service
NHS Digital has announced new plans for the GP Data for Planning and Research programme, a primary care data collection service which will make near-real-time information available to clinicians and researchers. Originally challenged for a planned launch on 1 July 2021, the programme was later pushed back and set to begin […]
News in Brief: leadership programme for digital nurses, NHS apprenticeships, innovation ‘surgery’
Amid all of last week’s sporting action, HTN hit its own hat-tick of features with a focus on technologies supporting ICSs, including an article on the role of data and analytics, a how-to guide for choosing health tech partners, and a piece on the importance of change management. As for […]
2000 free NHS tickets available for HTN Now September
HTN is delighted to announce 2,000 free tickets have been made available for NHS employees to attend any of the sessions at our next Health Tech for the Now event. Taking place virtually between 20-23 September, the fourth in our 2021 series, we’re set to explore ICS digital strategies, change […]
