NHS England has created a £100 million fund, in order to promote innovative technology to improve patient care.

The fund known as the Nursing Technology Fund, will be used to support the development of mobile and digital services, with a focus on increasing the flexibility and mobility of technology available to health staff.

The funding for technology is seen as a way to increase efficiencies by reducing administration including the amount of paperwork that NHS employees have to complete, and improve the quality of care services.

Jane Cummings, chief nursing officer for England, said: “Demands on the NHS have changed dramatically over the years and it is vital that as a health service we change and modernise so our patients get the best possible care”.

The health secretary, MP Jeremy Hunt, said: “Nurses and midwives chose their profession because they wanted to spend time caring for patients, not filling out paperwork. New technology can make that happen. It’s better for patients too, who will get swifter information, safer care and more face-to-face time with NHS staff”.

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