GP practices across Kent and Medway are facing disruption following a major IT failure which led to online services being suspended.
The outage left clinicians and administration teams at the majority of surgeries unable to…
Digital tools, including a patient optimisation eForm and a hospice data feed, have been launched in Kent to help improve prehabilitation and elective recovery.
The patient optimisation eForm was introduced in March 2025 to provide…
An integrated model of care delivery is transforming health management in care homes and could save the NHS £14 million per integrated care board (ICB) annually, according to a report published in March 2025.
Led…
Speakers at the session on ‘How digital can support mental health nursing’ at Rewired 2025 (Credit: Thelma Agnew)
Mental health nursing students are coming out of universities lacking even basic digital skills, said speakers…
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Fordcombe Hospital in Kent has gone live with an electronic patient record (EPR) with integrated patient administration system from Altera Digital Health.
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust acquired the hospital from private provider Spire…
East Kent Health and Care Partnership (EKHCP) is extending its remote monitoring pilot for patients living with frailty and complex needs, to patients living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
EKHCP began the pilot in May…
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has carried out the first robotic-assisted hysterectomy in Kent and Medway at Darent Valley Hospital, using the da Vinci robotic assisted surgery (RAS) system.
“This is a significant milestone for…
Following a national patient safety alert cautioning trusts about Euroking’s maternity EPR and a June deadline to ensure configurations are safe, more than a dozen NHS trusts have confirmed they are moving or planning…
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW) has signed a three-and-a-half year contract to deploy Patients Know Best’s (PKB) personal health record solution across the trust, serving its 1.9 million citizen population.MTW becomes the…
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This news summary of digital apps includes Cinapsis helping GPs with skin cancer referrals, the Apex Analytics automated toolset helping to track Strep A outbreaks and Heyr partnering with Imperial College to research tools…
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