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Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust has set out plans for 2026/27 in its annual digital plan, with an “ambitious roadmap” intended to help the trust leverage digital technology as a primary enabler to achieve its wider goals.

Applications for funding can be made using the expression of interest form.11 September 2026 is the deadline for applications. Wider trend: Digitally-enabled care HTN was joined by a panel of healthcare leaders for a discussion on digital in supporting pathway redesign, covering challenges, approaches, and examples of success. We considered what good looks like in this space, along with national guidance, what’s working and what isn’t, with an aim to share practical insight and learnings.

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust has shared plans for its intelligent automation programme, noting progress around outpatient admin automation, ambient voice tech, Copilot, robotic process automation, and the development of a trust automation support offer. A market engagement has been completed with potential suppliers for the automation of outpatients administration, the trust notes, with a procurement lead time estimated at three-to-six months.

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group has published its digital and data strategy to 2030, covering what it refers to as “a critical point in its development as a single, integrated organisation”.

Radar Healthcare has acquired patient experience and patient-reported outcomes platform, Cemplicity. Cemplicity, founded in 2013, supports over 3,000 health and care facilities with patient-reported experience measures, patient-reported outcome measures, real-time patient feedback, and shared decision-making insights. The deal follows the acquisition of EIDO Healthcare, a provider of digital consent and patient information solutions, made earlier in the year.

Health Innovation West of England has launched a primary care accelerator, in partnership with One Care, the GP federation for general practice in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. The programme looks to attract innovators and digital solutions that address pressures in primary care, workforce efficiency, neighbourhood working, and the management of long-term conditions and frailty.

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has highlighted a targeted EPR tender publication in September, ahead of business case approval in 2027, as well progress on ambient voice pilots and its patient portal programme. The partnership is running two pilots of AVT tools, with Heidi and Anatham, set to run to October 2026, the partnership shares, with an evaluation due to commence in November 2026.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has opened a procurement valued up to £400k for a fully managed digital MSK service, to offer a “complete alternative” to traditional community physio pathways. The solution is to incorporate 24/7 digital triage and remote treatment, according to the trust, to deliver personalised, preventative, and multidisciplinary care whilst maintaining safety and governance arrangements.

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust has published its digital strategy to 2031, highlighting plans for an EPR go-live in 2027, the roll out of ambient voice technology, AI-assisted diagnosis, and automation. Over the last five years, significant upgrades have been made to core network infrastructure, along with investments in cyber security, and the introduction of clinical systems such as EPMA, bed management, and a new patient portal with NHS App connectivity, the trust shares.

Pathology tech developed by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is set to be deployed internationally to support the adoption of AI-enabled pathology for cancer diagnostics, following a commercial agreement with Epredia.