User research: putting people at the heart of technology
Photo credit: @byrawpixel NHSX cares about people and their experience in health and social care. That’s patients, staff and clinicians. Technology has the potential to improve experiences, but we need...
View ArticleWe want to make screening better for patients and NHS staff
The NHS has an international reputation for the quality of our national screening programmes. From screening for newborn babies to screening for a range of different cancers, screening has the...
View ArticleWe’re learning about cervical screening
NHSX has been working with Public Health England (PHE), NHS Digital, NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care to understand the challenges patients and health professionals experience...
View ArticleChildren and young people’s mental health services: can you help?
Mental health is one of NHSX’s priority areas. Our team have started a discovery focusing on children and young people (CYP). It’s recently been reported that children and young people are waiting up...
View ArticleUnderstanding cervical screening
Over the past few weeks we have been speaking to all those involved with providing the cervical screening service to over 4 million participants a year in England. Throughout this blog post I'm going...
View ArticleNHSX is streamlining the assurance of digital health technologies
Over the past year, we’ve been listening to the many developers who want to build great technology for the NHS. We have heard loud and clear the frustration with the current centralised way the NHS...
View ArticleWe’re looking for two NHSXpert Patient Advisors
NHSX and NHS Digital's patient involvement workshop, September 2019 Today we’re announcing a call for two part-time Patient Voice Advisors for NHSX, as part of a big push to make sure the patient voice...
View ArticleThe power of user research as a team
A user researcher's tools of the trade As a researcher, it can sometimes feel like a challenge getting the whole team on board with user research and practising it as a ‘team sport’. I’ve recently...
View ArticleWhat’s next for Children and Young People’s Mental Health?
Context NHSX and NHS England collaborated on a discovery to explore: “What are the opportunities to support children and young people in preparation for their first visit or subsequent treatment from...
View ArticleLessons learnt from COVID-19
Context In the Digital Transformation team at NHSX, we’re made up of about 20 Digital, Data and Technology (DDAT) professionals and 10 contractors. We usually embed into policy teams to help to...
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