Liverpool University Hospitals Announces 10-Year EPR Supplier
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has inked a 10‑year, £53 million (~$68 million) agreement with Nervecentre to deploy its electronic patient record (EPR) across Aintree, Broadgreen and Royal Liverpool hospitals. The deal brings roughly 1,600 beds onto a single, integrated digital platform, joining 15 trusts already using Nervecentre. The rollout aims to replace a fragmented suite of legacy systems and pave the way for a shared EPR across specialist sites such as Liverpool Women’s Hospital and the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre. Executives stress the contract as a "once‑in‑a‑generation" opportunity to transform care delivery.
Neighbourhood Oncology Programme at The Christie Makes Move to Digitally-Enabled and Neighbourhood-Based System of Care
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust unveiled a neighbourhood oncology programme that shifts cancer treatment toward digitally‑enabled, home‑ and community‑based care. The initiative plans to expand systemic anti‑cancer therapy at home from the current 1,300 patients to over 5,000, using opt‑out...
Kent Community Health NHS to Procure MSK Physiotherapy AI Service
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust announced plans to procure a UK‑based musculoskeletal (MSK) physiotherapy service powered by artificial intelligence. The hybrid solution will blend AI‑driven triage and assessment with virtual appointments from HCPC‑registered physiotherapists, and must be a Class IIa...
Feature: Why Quality of Care Still Depends on Robust Print Security
HP highlights that printer downtime during cyber incidents can cripple NHS clinical workflows, as seen in the Synnovis attack that delayed over 11,000 appointments. Because many trusts acquire printers piecemeal, firmware and security settings become inconsistent, making devices easy entry...
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT Sets Out Digital Delivery Goals and Priorities for 2026/27
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust outlined its 2026/27 digital delivery roadmap, emphasizing data‑driven community health, home‑based technology, and staff productivity. The plan pivots on an electronic patient record, a federated data platform, and positioning the NHS App as...
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB Awards Contract for Digital MSK Self-Management
The Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB) has awarded a two‑year, £206,692 (≈ $263,000) contract to getUBetter for a digital musculoskeletal (MSK) self‑management platform. The app, a Class 1 medical device certified by DTAC, will be embedded across...
DHSC Outlines Future of Fingertips Health Data Repository in £1.25m Contract
The UK Department of Health and Social Care has awarded a £1.25 million (≈ $1.59 million) contract to Marvell Consulting to build a public‑beta "Find Public Health Data" service that will replace the aging Fingertips platform. Hosted on Microsoft Azure, the new service...
NHS Grampian Highlights 12 Digital Priority Programmes for Delivery in 2026/27
NHS Grampian has mapped out twelve digital priority programmes for 2026/27, spanning the MyCare.scot front‑door portal, a national child health record, Microsoft 365, Windows 10 replacement, PACS and RIS imaging platforms, INFIX theatre scheduling, LIMS, GP IT and core infrastructure upgrades....
Volunteer Responder App Piloted Across 46 Community First Responder Schemes in Scotland
The Scottish Ambulance Service piloted a new volunteer responder app across 46 Community First Responder schemes from November 2025 to February 2026. The trial delivered a 36% increase in volunteer incident responses, equating to 786 more patients assisted, and saw...
Roll-Out of Digital Eye Care Programme Continues Across Wales
The Welsh Government has completed the rollout of the OpenEyes electronic patient record and OPERAi electronic referral systems across all health boards, enabling real‑time clinical data sharing and standardized referral pathways. Glaucoma modules are now live in several boards, with...
NHS England on Digital-by-Default, EPR Adoption, Optimisation, Improving Workflows
NHS England reports steady progress toward a digital‑by‑default NHS, with most trusts now running electronic patient records (EPRs) and central data repositories. High‑performing trusts are 8% more productive per pound, achieve a 4% shorter length of stay, and meet referral...
£1.5 Million NIHR Funds Innovations at Leeds Teaching Hospitals
The National Institute for Health and Care Research has awarded Leeds Teaching Hospitals £1.5 million (about $1.9 million) to accelerate four priority projects, including AI‑driven imaging algorithms, a non‑invasive histotripsy platform for cancer therapy, a simulated surgical suite for greener operations, and...
Patients Know Best and Heartfelt Technologies Collaborate to Accelerate Clinical Trial Recruitment
Patients Know Best teamed with Heartfelt Technologies to automate recruitment for the Innovate UK‑funded HF‑TRACK trial, enrolling 16 participants in just four weeks—a 135% increase over the trial’s average rate. The partnership leveraged PKB’s coded health‑record data to display a...
Noveva Selected as Electronic Document Management Partner for Velindre’s New Cancer Centre
Velindre University NHS Trust has chosen Noveva Software Group’s CCube Cloud to power the electronic document management system for Wales’ new flagship cancer centre, slated to open in spring 2027. The cloud‑based platform will replace on‑site paper storage, integrating with...
Latest Digital Maturity Assessment Data Reveals Trusts Reporting Lowest Digital Maturity
The NHS Digital Maturity Assessment 2025 released scores for 47 digital domains, revealing the lowest‑performing trusts. Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trusts (acute and community) sit at the bottom with a 1.5 rating, a slight rise from 1.4 in...
