Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
19 November 2024
11:30 AM
Today’s news roundup covers a ChatGPT-based surgical robot trained on surgical videos and an NHS tech recycling initiative in Staffordshire.
News
NHSE CIO calls for trusts to stop developing their own data centres
19 November 2024
11:00 AM
NHS England CIO John Quinn has urged trusts to stop investing in developing their own local data centres and instead move to cloud solutions.
NICE recommends two technologies for tics and Tourette syndrome
19 November 2024
8:30 AM
NICE has recommend two technologies that could reduce the severity of the symptoms of chronic tic disorders and Tourette syndrome.
SLAM awarded £1.3m for new VR and neurotherapeutics hubs
18 November 2024
1:30 PM
NIHR has awarded £1.3 million to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to fund new research technology and equipment.
Trust reverses £65m EPR procurement decision after court claim
18 November 2024
11:00 AM
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has withdrawn its decision to award a £65m EPR contract following a legal challenge.
NHSE announces digital eye screening plans for diabetes patients
18 November 2024
8:30 AM
NHS England has announced plans to provide digital eye scans in the community for diabetes patients, helping to prevent sight loss.
Drones deliver urgent blood samples for Guy’s and St Thomas’
15 November 2024
1:30 PM
The first drones have successfully delivered patient blood samples as part of a six-month trial at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
Leeds CCG seeks feedback on GPs via text
11 March 2014
NHS Leeds West Clinical Commissioning Group is piloting a Friends and Family Test feedback text
Nottingham reduces heart patient visits
11 March 2014
A new clinic at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has helped to halve the number
EHI Intelligence forecasts IT growth
10 March 2014
NHS spending on IT will increase over the next five years in response to pressures
Four South trusts tender for ePMA
10 March 2014
Four southern acute trusts have tendered for an electronic prescribing and medicines administration system worth
Rotherham asks Monitor to back off
10 March 2014
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust is to ask Monitor to relax its oversight of its
