The British Medical Association (BMA) has warned that allowing patients to book online GP appointments throughout the day could cause a spike in doctors’ workloads and create waiting lists.
Under changes to the GP contract…
NHS England confirmed that it has cancelled a £69 million investment programme for electronic bed capacity management systems (eBCMS) to put additional funds into electronic patient records (EPRs) instead.
In 2023, NHSE’s transformation unit earmarked…
At the end of 2024, around one in nine people in England were waiting for elective care, with more than two-fifths waiting for more than 18 weeks. Vin Diwakar, national director of transformation at…
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The government has announced plans to upgrade the NHS App to enable patients to choose providers, book appointments in more settings and receive test results, as part of its elective reform plan to reduce…
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NHS Highland says that it has avoided up to £1m of appointment costs by using a waiting list validation tool to discharge people from wait lists that no longer needed clinical time.
With waiting lists…
Every week, we shine a spotlight on one of our DigitalHealth.London companies, founders or NHS fellows. Today, we are excited to feature our current DigitalHealth.London Accelerator company Incision.What is the problem you are trying…
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Mental health service provider Southdown has chosen personalised digital mental wellbeing service Qwell to support adults as part of the UOK partnership.
UOK is a partnership of 19 community services working together to support good…
London-based health tech startup QuestPrehab has announced a partnership with NHS Providers to help NHS trusts learn about the benefits of digital prehabilitation.
Prehabilitation (prehab) focuses on improving the general health and activity of patients…
Socially assistive robot Ari in a Paris hospital. (Credit: Broca Living Lab APHP spring project)
With the right support, the UK’s world-leading healthcare robotics could ease pressure on the NHS and boost national prosperity,…
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced £1.5bn in capital funding for new surgical hubs and scanners to support the delivery of an extra two million NHS appointments a year in England.
Ahead of her budget on…
