Universal Care Plan helping Londoners with a learning disability ‘to be seen’
To mark Learning Disability Week Sara Lewis, Universal Care Plan (UCP) Project and Communications Officer, explains how the UCP is helping to meet the care wishes and needs of Londoners with a learning disability (18 June 2025). Learning Disability Week Congratulations to Mencap and all their partners for running another fantastic campaign aimed at raising […]
Supporting safer, faster and more joined-up mental health care
One year on from the launch of the OneLondon eMHA programme we hear from Programme Lead, Nina Schmidt-Marino, about the progress made introducing the new eMHA by Thalamos system and the plans to maximise the benefits of the new system for both patients and staff over the year ahead (29 April 2025). Introduction This week […]
Five Trusts now using new OneLondon mental health digital tool
Five Mental Health Trusts in London have now introduced the new OneLondon digital tool to support safer, quicker and more joined-up care for people detained under the Mental Health Act (MHA) (27 March 2025). In the last week both South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) and Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust (Oxleas) launched the […]
Supporting effective and joined-up mental health care
Professor Elizabeth Sampson is a Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist based at the Royal London Hospital for East London NHS Foundation Trust and uses the London Care Record, Universal Care Plan and the new Mental Health Act digital system. We spoke to Professor Sampson about how these OneLondon tools support her to provide the best possible care […]
Three quarters of Londoners with sickle cell disease have a Universal Care Plan
Around three quarters of sickle cell patients who receive care in London now have a Universal Care Plan (UCP), helping to ensure they get the right care wherever they are in the Capital (19 March 2025). The UCP is an NHS service that digitally shares personalised care plans with health and care professionals across the […]
Meet Team OneLondon – Laura Cook
Supporting Londoners living with frailty and dementia “It is really exciting that for the first time there is a sharable care plan to support people living with frailty and dementia across London.” In our latest Meet Team OneLondon feature we are delighted to introduce Laura Cook who is the Ageing Well Programme Lead for the […]
NHS AI Framework launched to support safe and ethical use of AI in healthcare across London
Every day artificial intelligence (AI) is showing how important it is to the future of the NHS across the capital. From improving diagnosis rates to faster automation of patient registrations and more accurate patient referral support tools. The new AI Framework launched today (3 March 2025) will help the NHS to deliver safe and ethical […]
London Care Record supporting more patients than ever
The London Care Record was used over 24 million times by frontline health and care staff during 2024 helping them provide faster, safer and more effective care across the Capital and beyond. This is an increase of around 44 per cent compared to 2023 (30 January 2025). The London Care Record is a single and […]
More Trusts launch new OneLondon mental health digital tool
A new digital tool to support safer, quicker and more joined-up care for people detained under the Mental Health Act (MHA) has been introduced in two more Mental Health Trusts in London (29 January 2025). North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) and South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust (SWLStG) have […]
Joining up health and care between London and its neighbouring areas
Health and care information for Suffolk and North East Essex residents is now being securely shared through the London Care Record helping to improve joined-up care for those referred for treatment and care in the Capital and some of its neighbouring areas (27 January 2025). The London Care Record is a single and secure view […]