NHS digitisation expected to cost up to £13bn – report
Officials developing NHS England’s long term plan have estimated it will cost between £10.9bn and £12.9bn to support digitisation across 15 areas included within it.
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Virtual reality for stroke patients one step closer thanks to £400k funding
The Countess of Chester Hospital and University of Chester will explore how VR can help patients practice and relearn daily activities following a stroke.
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Health innovation prizewinners to receive £17m funding
Successful projects this year include a GPS app designed to track the availability of hospital beds and an AI-based support system for surgeons.
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EPR divergence in a local area ‘will not be supported’ under HSLI
STPs will be expected to support a move to a standard electronic patient record system across all regional organisations under the HSLI programme.
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Exclusive: £412.5m allocated to STPs for provider digitisation
A prospectus for the £412.5 million Health System Led Investment (HSLI) programme was issued on 10 August to all STP leaders, but while spending plans will be developed across a local health economy, funding will go to individual providers.
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Hunt announces £215m cash injection into NHS research and development
The Department of Health and Social Care has released an additional £215 million to help tackle some of the biggest health challenges facing the NHS.
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NHS Digital incentivises firms to bridge info gap between health and social care
Local authorities, adult social care providers, researchers and academic institutions have been invited to apply for a share of £1.58m split into three “streams” to fund new means of digitising the flow of information between adult social care and health settings.
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NHS digital programme to benefit from £760m government funding
The government has announced it is releasing £760 million into the NHS, which includes money to improve the use of its digital programme as part of the national health body’s 70th birthday.
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Six UK sites to share £54m funding to unleash power of data science
Six sites across the UK are to be given a share of £54million funding to address challenging healthcare issues through the use of data science.
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Digital healthcare accelerator programme extended outside of London
Digital health businesses from across the country are to be given the opportunity to take part in a programme which aims to solve challenges facing the NHS through digital innovations.
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