Helen Bevan

Digital competence is becoming as fundamental to clinical practice as communication or teamwork. Yet, many NHS staff still begin their careers without the confidence or skills to use the systems that underpin modern healthcare. James Freed, our Deputy Director for the NHS Digital Academy at NHS England, explains why digital literacy must now be recognised as a core clinical competency, essential for patient safety, workforce wellbeing, and the NHS’ long-term success. https://lnkd.in/eqT7_TmT

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NHS England has published the Patient Safety Healthcare Inequalities Reduction Framework, outlining five principles to reduce patient safety healthcare inequalities across the NHS. The framework provides practical guidance for NHS teams to create inclusive, safe care environments through improved communication, staff training, better data collection, community involvement, and targeted research. https://orlo.uk/NeFec

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🚀 Driving the digital shift in health: what to watch in the 10-year health plan https://ow.ly/EVa350WkgMe The NHS is undergoing a foundational transformation - not just patching the roof, but rebuilding from the ground up. The 10-year health plan (10YHP) is about more than tech upgrades. It’s about empowering patients, supporting front-line care, and making the NHS smarter, stronger, and more sustainable. 🔍 Key shifts to watch: - Digital by default: from analogue to digital, putting power in patients’ hands. - AI & Data: freeing up time to care, improving outcomes, and driving innovation. - Tech package: single patient record, evolved NHS App, and streamlined health data research. - Neighbourhood health: care closer to home, powered by interoperable systems. - Empowered front line: local teams leading transformation with central support. 🌟 What’s promising: - True preventative care - Smarter resource allocation - Public-private data partnerships 📌 Bottom line: This isn’t just a plan. It’s a blueprint for a healthier, more resilient NHS that stays true to its founding values. If we get this right, we don’t just improve care - we improve lives. https://ow.ly/EVa350WkgMe #10YHP #DigitalHealth #NHSFuture #HealthInnovation #AIinHealthcare #NeighbourhoodHealth #NHSApp #HealthTech #PatientEmpowerment

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A new guide described as “game changing” has been launched by the Health Innovation Network to help primary care and integrated care boards understand and address problematic polypharmacy. With the Government and the NHS prioritising prevention and moving care from hospitals to communities, tackling polypharmacy is a key approach to encouraging safer, more effective medication use, especially in our older population. Developed in response to a clear need identified by primary care and prescribing colleagues, this essential resource provides practical, evidence-based strategies to help organisations and healthcare professionals help to reduce overprescribing and improve patient outcomes. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e5MmrScY  

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Three national clinical leaders driving the NHS’s digital ambitions will take the main stage at #Rewired26, offering frontline insight into the 10 Year Health Plan. 🔴 Dr Minal Bakhai, national director for primary care and SRO for the National Neighbourhood Implementation Programme, will share how neighbourhood teams are using digital tools to transform local care delivery. 🔴 Dr Alec Price-Forbes, national clinical lead for digital productivity, will set out how data, AI, and shared care records are being embedded to support clinical teams and improve patient outcomes. 🔴 Helen Balsdon, England’s Chief Nursing Information Officer, will explore the future of digital nursing – from genomics champions to workforce readiness in a more connected, personalised NHS. #Rewired26 takes place 18–19 March at the NEC Birmingham. Free for NHS, public sector, charities, education and research. Register now to be part of the conversation shaping the future of health and care: https://lnkd.in/duU6KcU5

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Do you know about NHS England's Framework for Action on Digital Inclusion? Its purpose is to help NHS staff enable and encourage greater access to - and improved experience of - healthcare, and increased adoption of digital approaches where appropriate. Under the Health and Care Act 2022, NHS England and Integrated Care Boards have to consider how to reduce inequalities in access to and outcomes from health services. This includes addressing the barriers to digital health faced by some groups. Find out more about the five domains for NHS action below ⬇️ [Image descriptions: All images feature a notification-style illustration in the centre. All also feature the Good Things logo at the top right. All slides apart from slide 6 feature a white arrow in a white circle pointing right to the bottom right. [1: Navy blue background. Bold navy blue text in a white and light grey notification-style illustration reads: "What are the five domains for NHS action in NHS England's Framework for Action on Digital Inclusion?" Further navy blue text below reads: "Swipe to find out!" [2: Red background. Bold navy blue text in a white and red notification-style illustration reads: "Access to devices and data." Further navy blue text below reads: "...so that everyone can access digital healthcare if they choose to and experience the benefits." [3: Purple background. Bold navy blue text in a white and purple notification-style illustration reads: "Accessibility and ease of using technology." Further navy blue text below reads: "...so that user-centered digital content and products are co-designed and deliver excellent patient outcomes." [4: Teal background. Bold navy blue text in a white and teal notification-style illustration reads: "Skills and capability." Further navy blue text below reads: "...so that everyone has the skills to use digital approaches and health services respond to the capabilities of all." [5: Orange background. Bold navy blue text in a white and orange notification-style illustration reads: "Beliefs and trust." Further navy blue text below reads: "...so that people understand and feel confident using digital health approaches." [6: Yellow background. Bold navy blue text in a white and yellow notification-style illustration reads: "Leadership and partnerships." Further navy blue text below reads: "...so that digital inclusion efforts are coordinated and help to reduce health inequalities."]

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Increasing the size, scale and focus on community services can be the key to unlocking the challenges facing the #NHS, and that needs to start with the 10-year health plan. In this new long read from the Community Network, which we host with NHS Confederation, we ask if the time has time finally come for community services.  Drawing from insights from our members, including new network chair Richard Kirby, it looks at: 🔷 The challenges facing the country, the NHS and the community services sector.  🔷 How community providers are already innovating to meet these challenges.  🔷 The four priorities community provider leaders need the 10-year health plan to address to enable them to go further. Read it now 👉 https://bit.ly/3I7NblQ #NHSProviders

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