Marking Global Accessibility Awareness Day, NHS England has announced the addition of new software to its website to open it up to more people. The NHS England website now features Texthelp’s ‘Browsealoud’ – an innovative and free-to-use support tool which will read aloud and translate webpage content to users, allowing for a better and easier […]
Would you like to help us with a user research project on our digital communications? We want to observe users performing tasks on the NHS England website and our other channels. You are invited to take part in these sessions (lasting just one hour) taking place in either Leeds on 8 June or London on […]
NHS England has set aside £55 million to reward GPs and hospitals to switching to making referrals digitally by 2018, calling time on the practice of referring patients to hospital by second class post. At the moment around 50% of patients are referred for hospital appointments electronically. It is intended this will increase rapidly to […]
As a new NHS England service specification is launched on diabetes transition, Newham’s DAWN scheme shows how the use of technology has led to successful results. A pilot scheme in Newham helping young people keep on top of their diabetes care has rolled out Skype appointments to all patients as part of a successful four year […]
Advice on using social media, texts and Skype to keep young people engaged in treatment for their diabetes has been published as part of wider information to help commissioners improve care transition. NHS England has produced a new service specification to help improve services for young people transferring from child to adult services or from one […]
Plans to ensure that everyone using the NHS can access free Wi-Fi are among recommendations made today by Martha Lane Fox. Martha Lane Fox has made the recommendations in a bid to increase take-up of internet enabled services in health and care. This follows a commission from Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt who asked the former […]
Doing nothing is no longer an option when it comes to clinicians embracing digital technology and information. That was the clear message from Beverley Bryant to the Sustainable Healthcare Conference staged at the King’s Fund. NHS England’s Director of Digital Technology told delegates: “There are two jobs: to put technology into the hands of patients […]
Patients in England are on course to use online services offered by their local GPs to arrange more than 10 million appointments and order more than 15 million prescriptions in this financial year, NHS England’s digital lead revealed today (2 December 2015). Based on HSCIC activity figures six months into the year, it is also […]
NHS England will begin gathering baseline data on providers’ technological capabilities for a digital maturity index. The digital maturity index will give a national picture of how far the NHS has come on its mission to make effective and meaningful use of technology and highlight areas for improvement. The digital maturity self-assessment guidance sets out […]
NHS England is supporting a campaign led by Tinder Foundation to help the 9.5 million people currently lacking basic digital skills in the UK to get online to improve their health. Get Online Week takes place this year from 12-18 October and aims to show tens of thousands of people how being online can benefit their […]