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“Did you know…” SCRIPT elearning supports safer prescribing practices.

Rachel-Gowland Rachel Gowland, 21 September 2023

Rachel Gowland, Stakeholder Manager for TEL (Technology Enhanced Learning), explains how SCRIPT elearning supports safer prescribing practices. Designed for training and qualified doctors, dentists, nurses and midwives, general practitioners, pharmacists, ambulance services and non-medical prescribers, the SCRIPT elearning programme strengthens knowledge in prescribing, therapeutics, and medicines management. What can I expect from the SCRIPT elearning…

“Did you know…” email verifications for DLS 

Katherine Marland, 4 September 2023

Katherine Marland, Stakeholder Manager for TEL (Technology Enhanced Learning) explains the introduction of email verification on the Digital Learning Solutions platform. In spring 2023, the DLS registration process changed. These changes included the introduction of email verification, as a safe and secure way of confirming account details in the DLS platform.   Self-registering and pre-registered users…

Learning Hub launches new design and layout

Vanessa Bassnett, 22 August 2023

Users and contributors of the Learning Hub will notice some changes to the design and layout of the platform which have launched this month making it more responsive, intuitive and improving the compatibility to work with a range of tools for users with accessibility needs. The core Learning Hub functionality has not changed but the…

Did you know… assessments on the Learning Hub.

Rebecca Williams-Lock, 8 August 2023

Rebecca Williams-Lock, Stakeholder Manager for TEL, explains how catalogue editors are enjoying the assessment functionality in the Learning Hub. Assessment questions can be used to assess learners’ knowledge and there are several options available:  Whether you are interested in formulating informal quizzes with feedback for your learners, or more structured assessment pathways with a set…

Navigating the Coffee Shop of Learning Technologies: Choosing the right blend

Alice Denham, 31 July 2023

Choosing the most suitable authoring tools is an essential component of delivering a successful elearning project. Alice Denham, Senior Lead Learning Designer for the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) team at NHS England, provides insights on selecting the most appropriate supplier in a busy marketplace. Stepping into a coffee shop with an array of blends can be…

New Learning Hub catalogue dashboards

Avatar photo Chris Cammack, 17 July 2023

Chris Cammack, Service Desk Lead for TEL, provides an overview of the recently introduced catalogue dashboards on the Learning Hub platform. To support catalogue owners and project stakeholders, we have just released two new dashboards. The first displays information about the structure of the catalogue whilst the second shows a number of metrics around the…

Colleagues at work with computers and headsets

The act of prescribing and the deliveries of learning – a project underway

Sofia Kitromili, 6 July 2023

New research aims to investigate effective learning delivery methods for trainee prescribers. Dr Sofia Kitromili, TEL User Researcher, and Dr David James, Former Director of British Pharmacological Society explain the impact of training on healthcare delivery. Prescribing medicines is the major tool used by the NHS to treat illness, alleviate symptoms, and prevent future disease….

Singapore Visits London

Avatar photo Richard Price, 20 June 2023

In May 2023, NHS England (NHSE) welcomed a delegation from the Singapore Ministry of Health to London, to share learning and knowledge on our respective health systems. As upper income countries, the UK and Singapore are dealing with similar challenges around implementation of technology in our health services, alongside demographic challenges of an ageing population…

Global health isn’t ‘500 Miles or more’ away

Avatar photo Richard Price, 23 May 2023

I have often looked at the Scottish NHS with some envy as they appear to have the agility to implement national solutions quickly and efficiently, due to the smaller population and smaller, more nimble government. However, Scotland often look to England with similar envy when it comes to scale of implementation due to the considerably…

Time to Act on Health Workforce

Avatar photo Richard Price, 11 April 2023

Those of us working in health and care know that health workers are at the heart of any health system. Despite advances in digital health, diagnostics and other health technologies, the human remains firmly at the centre of care for patients. After all, vaccines cannot administer themselves, C-sections cannot perform themselves, and computers cannot provide…

NHS health professionals cheering

Elfh hits 100 million session launches

Louise Garrahan, 7 March 2023

Just 69 seconds into the start of the new year, a student nurse from Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust logged on to elearning for healthcare to access the Living Well with Dementia and Promoting Independence session. Fast forward 6 weeks to 18 February at 3pm and a dental receptionist from Barrow in…