GE3: Hand Hygiene Technology Evidence and Manufacturers for General schemes, which forms part of the 2016/17 Prescribed Specialised Services Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) schemes.
Innovation Technology Payment (ITP) – Call for Applications and Guidance document.
Requests to hold technology-assisted appraisals, using internet-based video conferencing, are increasing as the technology becomes more reliable and accessible. Guidance on this is already published in the NHS England Medical Appraisal Logistics Handbook (Topic 8: Technology-assisted appraisal). This remains valid, including the need to use a secure method. The following points are supplementary advice to […]
NHS England has today announced three ambulance trusts will share £10m to help improve patient care by developing into world class digital organisations. South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS), West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (WMAS) and North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (NEAS) are the first to join the ambulance […]
One of the CEO’s key innovation advisors has said the NHS needs to work more creatively with industry to meet the efficiency challenges facing the healthcare system and improve quality of services. NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) co-founder, Dr Mahiben Maruthappu, told WIRED health the NHS needs to be more flexible and develop new ways of […]
NHS England patients in the Midlands with Type 1 diabetes will now be eligible for life-changing continuous glucose monitors after the health service secured a new cut-price deal. The wearable arm gadget sends information to a mobile app and allows diabetes patients to keep track of their glucose levels at all times without having to […]
Plans to ensure that everyone using the NHS can access free Wi-Fi are among recommendations made today by Martha Lane Fox. Martha Lane Fox has made the recommendations in a bid to increase take-up of internet enabled services in health and care. This follows a commission from Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt who asked the former […]
More than 2.7 million people have already used a new prescription feature in the NHS App since its launch two months ago. The convenient new feature, which was launched in January, allows patients in England to see when their prescriptions have been issued and view their prescribed medication. Since the launch, there have been 18.4 […]
Hundreds of people with type 1 diabetes in the Midlands benefit from life altering NHS pilot of artificial pancreases Over 250 adults and children with type 1 diabetes in the Midlands have been given the opportunity to use the life-altering ‘artificial pancreas’ by the NHS as part of the first nationwide pilot to assess the […]
A practice serving 7,500 patients introduced an online consultation system in November 2020 to help manage triage and develop more efficient communications between patients and the practice team. In 2022 the practice receives about 530 online consultation requests each week – well above the national general practice average. So why did they change and how did they make it a success?