In remembrance of Paul Southern, CCIO Bradford Teaching Hospitals
Two close colleagues remember Paul Southern, consultant hepatologist and dynamic CCIO at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS FT, who died suddenly last month.
Feature 11
Acute trusts can now draw down GDE funds, almost
NHS England’s Paul Rice said that the long-awaited for acute £100 million GDE funds can now be drawn down by the 16 trusts.
Infrastructure
GDEs need ‘sustainable spread strategy’ says Rice
The success of the flagship GDE programme, channeling NHS IT investment into a small number of elite trusts, should be be judged by the extent to which knowledge is effectively spread across the whole NHS.
News
All 44 "initial" STPs now with NHS England
All 44 Sustainability and Transformation Plans have been lodged with NHS England, but what they mean for funding and IT projects could take months to untangle.
News
Digital roadmaps hunt for scalable tech
Digital roadmaps will be used to scout out promising technologies and upscale them for the rest country, NHS England’s head of digital strategy has said.
News
Focus on integration for ‘tech fund 2’
The second rounds the NHS’ two technology funds are due to be “promoted and launched” over the next two months and will focus on integration.
News
Treasury releases tech fund money
The Treasury has approved funding for the second tranche of projects in the first round of the ‘Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards: Technology Fund’.
News
Tech fund trusts still waiting
A significant number of trusts are still awaiting Treasury approval for their technology fund projects despite some of the money having to be spent within a month.
News
Tech fund money claimed retrospectively
NHS trusts can claim funding from the ‘Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards: Technology Fund’ for money spent on their projects since April last year.
News
Tech fund money released this week
The first release of money from the £260m ‘Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards: Technology Fund’ is expected this week.
News