Andy Kinnear is to join Ethical Healthcare Consulting, a growing community interest company that is proud to be the only not-for-profit digital health consultancy in the UK.
The former chair of BCS Health and Care and director of digital transformation at NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit, will become partnerships director at Ethical, which is expanding by bringing together high calibre like-minded experts.
The Institute of Healthcare Management and the Academy of Fabulous Stuff have appointed Highland Marketing as an exclusive strategic communications partner, the organisations have announced.
Highland Marketing, which is known for generating media coverage for how technology is creating positive impact in healthcare, will now help to raise awareness of important events, services and channels provided by the IHM and the academy - channels that are dedicated to sharing excellence and positive change in the NHS and social care.
Teenagers starting their GCSE and A level studies are being treated for depression through a new digital mental health therapy programme for young people that reflects the increasing education pressures they are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.
SilverCloud Health, the leading digital mental health platform, is extending its existing digital therapy programmes for young people to also incorporate an online module for tackling depression, based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).
Healthcare Communications, the market-leading patient communications provider, is assisting King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KCHT) to implement a suite of solutions purpose-built to improve patient experience and increase staff efficiency. The new technology will allow the trust to advance its 'digital by default' patient engagement strategy, whilst also helping to reduce any backlogs caused by the Coronavirus pandemic before a second spike takes hold and ahead of this year's winter pressures. 
Eight NHS hospital trusts in Greater Manchester are to benefit from medical imaging technology that will transform how doctors and other NHS healthcare professionals access and review images from patient scans that are crucial to identifying illnesses and delivering effective care. 
Hospitals face new demand for virtual visiting, and more patients are confident they don't always need to see a doctor in person, as the use of remote technologies rise. But concerns around data security and privacy are voiced, and people with lower incomes are more likely to express anxieties about the virtual shift, new research commissioned by health tech company Visionable has revealed. 
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust has renewed its contract with Silverlink Software, to retain the use of one of the country's leading patient administration systems (PAS), supporting the trust’s strategy to deliver flexible and affordable digital innovation using a 'best-of-breed' approach.