🚀 Survey of 191 NHS trusts:
🩺 84% have digital dev teams
💻 But only 5.1% use Python despite it being NHS England’s preferred open-source standard.

Adopting Python could boost apps, collaboration & AI innovation.

🔗 humanfactors.jmir.org/2025/1/e6639...

#NHS #Python #DigitalHealth

NHS digital innovation is alive and well but it’s being underused.
We ran the first national snapshot of in-house NHS software development teams across England. Here’s what we found 👇

Reading Labour’s 10-year NHS plan, one moment hit hard:
Page 65 highlights the success of the NHS Digital Weight Management Programme with plans to expand access to another 125,000 people a year.

I can't emphasise this enough after the announcement today of Labour's NHS 10 year plan.

I’ve been reflecting on the Health Secretary’s recent comments about wanting “more doers and fewer checkers” in the NHS.

I couldn't fit it into one post so here's a screen cap of my LinkedIn version.

#NHS #DigitalHealth #Innovation #CSU #DoersNotCheckers

It’s that time again where NHS annual leave resets and we have the mundane task of entering the bank holidays into ESR. If you're a bit tech-savvy, I’ve got something to save you that time! My script imports all the bank holidays from the gov API straight into ESR. GitHub: github.com/mlcsu-digita...

I'd be keen to find out NHS staff and academic researcher perceptions, thoughts and feelings towards the new NHS Federal Data Platform run by US company Palantir.

@dr-know.bsky.social brilliant name change for Xmas 😂

Hello, BlueSky! I work for the NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU, with a PhD in digital mental health therapies. My research explored chatbot therapy and the impact of digital tools on the therapeutic relationship. I’m passionate about improving mental health care accessibility through technology.

E-therapies in England for stress, anxiety or depression: what is being used in the NHS? A survey of mental health services. BMJ Open. bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/1/...

A Virtual Agent to Support Individuals Living With Physical and Mental Comorbidities: Co-Design and Acceptability Testing. Journal of Medical Internet Research. www.jmir.org/2019/5/e12996/

Technology for Healthy Aging and Wellbeing: Co-producing Solutions. Frontiers in Psychology. frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

Acceptability and Effectiveness of NHS-Recommended e-Therapies for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress: Meta-Analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research. www.jmir.org/2020/10/e170...

Usability, Acceptability, and Effectiveness of Web-Based Conversational Agents to Facilitate Problem Solving in Older Adults: Controlled Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. www.jmir.org/2020/5/e16794/

E-Therapies in England for stress, anxiety or depression: how are apps developed? A survey of NHS e-therapy developers. BMJ Health & Care Informatics. informatics.bmj.com/content/26/1...

An Unguided Web-Based Resilience Training Programme for NHS Keyworkers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Usability Study. link.springer.com/article/10.1...