NHS app to help cut waiting lists by allowing patients to choose where they receive care
Patients will be able to choose where they receive NHS care using the NHS app or website under new plans to help cut waiting lists.…
Guest article: Therapy staff could monitor patients at home by working closely with local care providers
Proposing steps that can be taken to help to reform health and social care, Max Parmentier, co-founder and CEO of birdie, says by working closely…
Innovative companies to trial new health products in clinical settings across the country
A link-up between the Scottish Government’s £42 million Techscaler programme and the NHS will enable innovative companies to trial new health products in clinical settings…
NHS England and Health Education England merge to accelerate collaborations through the use of ICSs
NHS England and Health Education England have legally merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England to support and accelerate…
Homeowners invited to take part in short-term care initiative to help free up hospital beds
Centre for Ageing Better Images - Pictures Peter Kindersley House owners in Stockport, Greater Manchester, are being invited to open their doors and offer short-term…
New report reveals project saves NHS Wales over 62,000 bed days due to adaptations
A new evaluation report has been published by Care & Repair Cymru, which highlights the successes of a project that has worked to ensure that…
What the NHS can learn from the public’s experiences with using remote health monitoring tech
Healthwatch England has published a new report that explores people’s experiences with using technology to monitor their health conditions at home and how NHS services…
The role tech will play in NHS’ COVID-19 elective care backlog recovery plan
A new plan to address backlogs built up during the COVID pandemic and tackle long waits for care has been published by the UK Government…
NHS agrees new deal with independent sector as part of national COVID response
Local hospitals will be able to quickly activate surge capacity in the independent sector as part of the national COVID response, under a new deal…
Over one in 10 NHS England beds blocked in November as patients unable to be discharged
NHS staff answered the highest number of 999 calls for any November on record, an average of around one every three seconds, according to the…