12 councils selected by NHS Digital to run social care tech pilots
25 June 2018
12:05 AM
Twelve councils have been awarded £20,000 each by NHS Digital to explore how digital technologies can improve social care.
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Wirral University Teaching Hospital to feature in NHS 70 programme
22 June 2018
2:00 PM
The programme will highlight how the trust is using the digital Wirral Care Record, to overcome the health and social care challenges being faced.
Q Doctor selects Docman Connect for GP correspondence delivery
22 June 2018
11:00 AM
The solution from Docman will streamline the service’s document transfer and ensure that Q Doctor can send consultation summaries to GPs within 48 hours.
Cyber security news round-up
22 June 2018
12:05 AM
The latest Digital Health cyber security round-up includes news that Dixons Carphone has been hit by yet another cyber-attack, as well as a report from Symantec that suggests a Chinese espionage group may have breached the control systems of a satellite operator.
Leeds and York Partnership NHS FT selects CareWorks for new EPR
21 June 2018
2:00 PM
The trust issued a tender for a new EPR in September 2017 and currently runs Civica’s Paris EPR, which was deployed in 2011 on a seven-year-contract.
Doctor’s union chairman calls for GP at Hand to be “scrapped immediately”
21 June 2018
11:00 AM
Doctors in Unite (DiU) has accused the service of eroding the personal relationship between GP and patient, and of “hoovering up” younger patients.
NHS Digital incentivises firms to bridge info gap between health and social care
21 June 2018
12:05 AM
Local authorities, adult social care providers, researchers and academic institutions have been invited to apply for a share of £1.58m split into three “streams” to fund new means of digitising the flow of information between adult social care and health settings.
MHRA issues guidance on medical device surveillance regulation
22 January 2025
MHRA has issued fresh guidance to help medical device manufacturers prepare for upcoming regulatory changes.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
21 January 2025
Today’s coffee briefing covers the EU’s healthcare cyber security action plan and the UK’s approval
Digital Health sells to CloserStill
20 January 2025
Digital Health Intelligence has concluded a deal to sell its events, news and networks businesses
NHS trusts warned that ‘legacy debt’ could pose patient safety risk
20 January 2025
CSOs have warned that patient safety could be put at risk by NHS trusts historically
Cyber attack cost Synnovis estimated £32.7m in 2024
20 January 2025
The cyber attack on pathology provider Synnovis cost an estimated £32.7 million in 2024, company
