NHS Digital and Public Health England for the first time have published summary data on the number of referrals and bookings made using the NHS e-Referral Service. The dashboard shows weekly data on referrals, bookings and appointment slot issues (where no slots are available for booking) performed through e-RS from […]
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Mid and South Essex NHS FT launches new remote digital monitoring platform
Mid and South Essex NHS FT has launched a new remote digital monitoring platform as part of a transformation of post-treatment care for patients recovering from cancer. The trust commissioned a portal to support the digital delivery of personalised care packages and for clinicians and GPs to keep track of and communicate with […]
Interview Series: Dr Gurkaran Samra, Clinical Informatician, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS FT
In this edition of our Interview Series we spoke with one of our long-standing judges in the Health Tech Awards, Dr Samra from Blackpool Teaching Hospitals. Could you tell me a bit about yourself? I work as a ‘clinical informatician’ within the Health Informatics (HI) team at Blackpool Teaching Hospital […]
Health Education England backs respiratory physiotherapist launch new app
A respiratory physiotherapist at the Royal Free London has launched a new app to help physiotherapists develop skills needed when treating patients with COVID-19. The app launch of oncallbuddy.co.uk is being supported by Health Education England and provides physiotherapists access to training and resources to help them manage COVID-19 positive patients […]
NHSX opens tender for clinical communication tools for NHS Trusts
A new open procurement has been launched by NHSX to potentially establish a framework for NHS Trusts to procure health tech communication services on a national basis. The procurement is inviting suppliers to express an interest in the process which is intended to commence in June 2020. The value of […]
HTN Voice: Covid-19 and health tech: building on the NHS pivot to digital
Highland Marketing’s advisory board met to discuss the health tech response to the coronavirus outbreak. In many areas, this has been hugely impressive: but there are gaps, and there will need to be serious discussions about data architecture, security, and funding when the crisis is over. The novel coronavirus has […]
Care providers using NHSmail doubles in 6 weeks
10,186 care providers are now using NHSmail, up from 4,141 providers six weeks ago. The NHS centrally-funded email service has been accelerated over the past 6 weeks to support care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. NHS Digital partnered with the Care Provider Alliance to increase the uptake of the email […]
NHS Scotland to roll-out Microsoft Teams
NHS Scotland has announced it will be rolling-out Microsoft Teams to all NHS staff in Scotland. The news comes one month after Microsoft Teams was made available for free for three months for NHS staff in England. Since then providers across the country have adopted the tool. At Calderdale and Huddersfield […]
How NHS hospitals are adapting their Allscripts systems to treat COVID-19 patients
As part of the HTN #HealthTechToShoutAbout feature series, we spoke to Allscripts to hear more about their work in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Anna Bayes, UK medical director, Allscripts said to HTN “In these unprecedented times, I’m in awe at what healthcare organisations and professionals are dealing with daily. So, […]
NHS Digital launches trial for machine learning to predict ICU beds and ventilator demand
NHS Digital has announced a new trial to use machine learning techniques to plan and manage COVID-19 treatment resources. The system developed by NHS Digital and University of Cambridge is to help predict the upcoming demand for intensive care (ICU) beds and ventilators needed to treat patients with COVID-19 at individual hospitals […]
