Access Health, Support and Care (HSC) has partnered with consultancy firm BearingPoint to help integrated care systems (ICSs) deliver more integrated and sustainable virtual wards.
The partnership brings together Access HSC’s technology platform, Access Intelligent…
Scotland’s Hospital at Home service will be expanded to 2,000 beds by December 2026, supported by a £85 million investment targeted at frontline NHS frailty services.
The virtual ward service predominantly provides care for frail,…
Medway NHS Foundation Trust has implemented a new digital platform as part of its strategy to scale its virtual hospital initiative.
The trust partnered with health tech firm Feebris to launch the platform over a…
Remote patient monitoring provider Inhealthcare has partnered with Leeds Children’s Hospital to launch virtual wards for paediatric oncology patients, enabling children with cancer to receive care and monitoring at home.
The virtual ward began as…
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHS GGC) and digital health company Doccla have announced plans to launch “Scotland’s largest virtual hospital”.
The health board will use Doccla’s remote monitoring technology to establish 1,000 virtual ward…
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…
Digital health suppliers Inhealthcare and FibriCheck have expanded their partnership to bring hospital-grade heart monitoring into patients’ homes through NHS virtual ward pathways.
Through the collaboration, which was first announced in September 2023, clinicians can…
Virtual Wards for Heart Failure: Q&A with Dr Rajiv Sankaranarayanan, Consultant Cardiologist at Liverpool University Hospitals Dr Rajiv Sankaranarayanan, Consultant Heart Failure Cardiologist at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT), HF Lead at…
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NHS England has commissioned an evaluation to measure the impact of its national virtual wards initiative.
There are more than 12,000 virtual ‘beds’ operating nationwide and in May 2024, NHSE announced proposals to increase access…
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care System (LLR ICS) has collaborated with remote patient monitoring technology provider Clinitouch to integrate virtual ward data into the region’s shared care record.
The LLR Care Record allows all…
