Healthcare / NHS
Devon NHS hospital installs 1MW solar array and battery storage system
Langdon Hospital’s new solar and battery installation is expected to meet more than 60% of its annual electricity demand and save Devon Partnership NHS Trust nearly £185,000 a year
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals reports on successful completion of EPR second tranche
James Hawkins, CDIO at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has reported that the second tranche of the trust’s Nervecentre EPR has been successfully delivered. Following a deferred go-live due to delays with NHSE approval, the trust launched first tranche functionality back in May, covering observations, clinical documentation […]
Somerset NHS Trust secures £54.8m in national estate funding for fire safety and refurbishment
The trust will use its £54.8m allocation from the £1.5bn national hospital infrastructure investment programme for works across four hospital sites, including a £49m upgrade of Yeovil District Hospital’s tower block
Feature: Cyber resilience in the NHS, why recovery is becoming as important as prevention
By Rackspace Technology As part of Cyber Security Awareness Month, it is becoming increasingly clear that cybersecurity across the NHS can no longer focus solely on prevention. As more healthcare services become digitally enabled, the operational impact of disruption continues to grow. EPR platforms, connected care systems, cloud environments and […]
St Mary’s unveils latest designs for 800-bed hospital and expanded life sciences campus
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has unveiled updated designs for an 800-bed hospital in Paddington, with a third public consultation now underway ahead of a planned planning application in spring 2027
Barts Health continues to roll out ambient voice technology
Barts Health NHS Trust is continuing to roll out ambient voice technology to capture clinic conversations and generate patient letters automatically, as part of a national trial. Over 2,000 clinicians now have access to Oracle’s Clinical AI Agent tool across the trust, it states, with 1,350 having used it to […]
NHS England announces crackdown on staff who ‘snoop’ on patient records
Trusts are instructed to immediately suspend any doctors, nurses or other employees who access sensitive patient information without good reason – and urged to remove their access to NHS computer […]
NHS England on increased digital risk, pace of delivery for key digital programmes, vision for AI
In its latest meeting, the NHS England board discussed upcoming programmes and priorities, including concerns about slow pace of delivery for key digital programmes such as the Federated Data Platform, increased cyber, tech and innovation risk, and the development of an IT system to support delivery of the NHS Genomics […]
Gloucestershire Hospitals to cut energy use and increase renewable generation under new Green Plan
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has launched a four-year Green Plan covering energy efficiency, renewable generation and the modernisation of its hospital estate through to 2030
East and West Midlands Ambulance Services collaboration agreement looks to emerging opportunities and next steps
East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust has outlined progress, emerging opportunities, and next steps from its digital collaboration agreement with West Midlands Ambulance Service. Having undertaken a review of IT contracts at both trusts, the board acknowledges immediate savings from major services are “likely to be limited” as a result […]