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…
Trials explore how wireless assistive technologies support the delivery of better health and care
NHS Digital is running a series of trials to explore how cutting-edge wireless assistive technologies can support the delivery of better health and care to…
Major reforms to NHS workforce planning and tech agenda unveiled by Sajid Javid
Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid Recruitment, training and retention of NHS staff and digital transformation will be put at the heart of the…
More than 178,000 people used their own money to buy social care in 2019-20
NHS Digital has published findings from the Personal Social Services Adult Social Care Survey for 2019-2020, which explores social care service users’ experiences and trends…
NHS Digital announces new social care standards to support more person-centred care
New standards for integrating key health and social care information will ensure services can work together better to provide more personalised care, according to NHS…
Dementia project shows digital tech can bring about “huge benefits” to patients
Through the Leeds Dementia Pathfinder, technology such as iPads and Alexa devices were brought to support groups and Memory Cafes, as well as loaned to…
New risk assessment tool to help clinicians provide more tailored coronavirus shielding advice
Clinicians and GPs will soon be able to better identify patients who are at a higher risk of serious illness from COVID-19 infection based on a new data-driven…
NHS IT chiefs set the stage for a year of digital transformation as Digital Health Rewired returns
NHS technology leaders are to kick off the second Digital Health Rewired Conference and Exhibition on the 3rd-4th March at the Olympia National, London. The…
£4.5 million awarded to 16 digital adult social care projects to help avoid unnecessary hospital admissions
Sixteen organisations that provide and commission adult social care services are to receive a share of £ million to enable them to roll out their…
NHS uses innovative digital solutions to help patients with sensory impairments access healthcare more easily
Over 750 people with hearing and sight loss in West Yorkshire and Harrogate have been given the knowledge to use digital health tools to make…