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Technology set to improve rural healthcare services across Wales
ASSISTIVE technologies such as telehealth and telecare solutions will be introduced across Wales as part of an innovation fund aimed at improving access to health services in rural areas.
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COMMENT: Achieving more for less in NHS procurement – the importance of negotiation skills in tough financial times
Cuts to the NHS budget means it is now more important than ever for procurement managers to be able to effectively negotiate the best deals for NHS spending. But negotiating is a tough skill and the appropriate training must be put in place to ensure money is not wasted and that the best deal is always secured on an ever-tightening budget. Here, Alison Morris, healthcare business director for sales training experts, Huthwaite International, looks at how negotiation training can be effectively implemented in the healthcare sector.
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News round-up (30 August 2010)
The latest news from the healthcare equipment and supplies marketplace
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Ministers tour country to get feedback on NHS White Paper
HEALTH Secretary, Andrew Lansley, and his ministerial team have started a tour of England in a bid to hear first-hand the views of staff, patients and local communities on the NHS White Paper, Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS.
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GPS ankle tag is deployed among mental health patients
VIOLENT mentally-ill patients, including murderers, rapists and paedophiles, are being fitted with satellite tracking devices to stop them escaping and re-offending.
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IT NEWS: Industry White Paper explores why disaster recovery is different in the healthcare sector
HEALTHCARE IT managers are being offered support in ensuring disaster recovery systems are robust with the publication, this week, of a new White Paper.
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IT news: Find out how the change of government will affect the rollout of healthcare IT solutions
"The general idea of NHS Connecting for Health was good, but the problem was we were not all starting from the same clean sheet and while some trusts thought it was an advantage, for others it was a step back."
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IT News: News round-up (w/e 29 August 2010)
The latest deployment and solutions news from the healthcare IT sector
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Healthcare informatics group faces the axe as part of government crackdown on quangos
THE future of healthcare informatics provider, Dr Foster Intelligence, is hanging in the balance as the new coalition government continues its wide-reaching review of arm's length bodies.
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News round-up (23 August 2010)
The latest news from the healthcare equipment and supplies marketplace
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New low profile endovascular graft system revolutionises aneurysm repair for patients previously forced to have open surgery
VASCULAR surgeons across the UK will be able to treat more patients and improve outcomes and life expectancy following the launch of an innovative new device.
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COMING UP: HES forward features - can you help
AS WELL as bringing you the very latest news on the MedTech marketplace and developments in healthcare procurement across the UK, Healthcare Equipment & Supplies regularly produces indepth features exploring key issues affecting the sector. But, to ensure they are as detailed and informative as possible, we need your help.
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IT News: News round-up (w/e 22 August 2010)
The latest deployment and solutions news from the healthcare IT sector
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Nurses’ input needed for NHS product selection
NHS nurses are being invited to join a national taskforce which will help evaluate emerging medical devices and technologies and make it easier for them to be adopted into hospitals across the country.
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Big society boost for NHS enterprises
A SCHEME that puts NHS staff in the driving seat of innovative projects to transform patient care was given a boost by Care Services Minister, Paul Burstow, this week.
