Accurx news and insights

With an already overstretched workforce heading into the pressures of winter, we're focusing on supporting GPs by reducing the administrative burden and opening up patient access to care.

How can technology help improve the flow of patient discharge to free up space in hospitals, so that they can move through the backlog faster?

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Foundation Trust has been using Accurx to send SMS messages to patients to understand if they still require the service, leading to a reduction of up to 10% of patients from their waiting lists.

Accurx’s Policy Lead Matt Honeyman shares thoughts on the challenges facing the UK’s new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Thérèse Coffey.

Last year, our team embarked on an exciting pilot with the Skin Integrity team at Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospital (DBTH) to streamline and speed up the process of sharing wound care plans with their patients’ GPs.

Today, it's commonplace to talk about 'empowering' patients with PIFU. But why do we talk about 'empowerment'? What does real 'empowerment' look like? And how do we avoid this becoming a buzzword found in our health policy?