NHS Digital has launched a pilot use of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) in selected integrated urgent care settings. This will mean that patients seeking care out of hours or in urgent care settings can have their prescriptions sent directly to a pharmacy of their choice, rather than relying on paper prescriptions. The service will […]
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Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust electronic outcomes project commended
Lord Patrick Carter of Coles, who was charged by the Government in 2016 with helping to improve efficiency in the NHS, has commended Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust’s implementation of a digital appointment outcomes project designed to replace paper outcome forms and improve clinic efficiency. He visited Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust […]
More organisations connect to Health and Social Care Network
The first primary care provider and third sector organisation have successfully connected to the new Health and Social Care Network (HSCN). Devon Doctors, which provides primary care across the county, and Earl Mountbatten Hospice on the Isle of Wight have successfully joined the HSCN in the past month. HSCN has […]
Health Enterprise East launches Medovate to boost NHS medtech innovation
NHS Innovation Hub Health Enterprise East (HEE) has launched a separate medtech innovation development company called Medovate Ltd to boost the financial and technical support available to NHS medtech innovators. Backed by £9 million of investment capital from NVM Private Equity and a private US investor, Medovate is the first […]
New technology framework provides innovative patient-centred care at best value
A new framework agreement that enables health and social care providers to access cutting-edge technology to support direct patient care has been launched by NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS). The Technology Enabled Care Services (TECS) framework is one of the first of its kind for the public sector and […]
Surgeon carries out first operations using new “intuitive” surgical robot
Mr Sri Kadirkamanathan, consultant upper GI surgeon at Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, has carried out his first operations using the new “intuitive” surgical robot, the da Vinci Xi. The patients were two women in their 20s who suffer from gastroparesis. This condition led to them being unable to […]
Funding announced to drive interoperability between NHS and social care
NHS Digital has announced £1.4m funding for local authorities and their NHS partners to digitise patient discharge from hospital into local authority social care, to help reduce delayed discharges. Applications are now open for local authorities to integrate their systems with at least one of their NHS partners, to create […]
Chris Parsons, Valuing Care, asks why isn’t more effort being made to control increasing continuing healthcare (CHC) costs?
The National Audit office study into Continuing Health Care in 2017 illustrates some startling figures on the growing cost of CHC to the NHS. There has been a 16% increase in spending from 2013-14 to 2015-16 and this is due to continue rising. The £3.6bn pa spend in 2016-17 is […]
Medtech Accelerator awards £500k to ground-breaking medical technology projects
Medtech Accelerator, a joint venture with innovation hub Health Enterprise East (HEE), has unveiled its latest round of successfully funded projects, with financial awards totalling nearly half a million pounds. Awards of between £80,000 and £125,000 each were given to four separate medical technology innovations. Launched at the end of […]
Kingsley Manning appointed to the Silverlink Software board
Silverlink Software Ltd has announced the appointment of Kingsley Manning to the company’s board as a non-executive director. Kingsley has worked with and for the NHS and the wider healthcare industry for more than 30 years. He has been particularly involved in the digital agenda, having been Chair of NHS Digital, Executive […]
