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Cybersecurity news round-up

1 December 2017 12:05 AM

This month’s industry round-up takes a look at the 12-month anniversary of the The National Cyber Security Centre and the NHS’s new SMS-based alerts system.

Online consultations might not be ‘a silver bullet’ for GPs

30 November 2017 2:00 PM

The chief executive of eConsult has admitted that online consultations ‘may not be a silver bullet’ after research revealed low patient interaction.

NHS Digital Academy opens for applications

30 November 2017 10:42 AM

The NHS Digital Academy has opened its doors for applications. It intendeds to train 300 digital leaders over the next three years.

St Helens and Knowsley readies telehealth trials in bid to demonstrate tech’s potential

30 November 2017 12:05 AM

St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will pilot video consultation clinics in the hopes of establishing a business case for telehealth.

PCS Speaker Profile: Ed Tucker on bringing cyber back to basics

29 November 2017 2:00 PM

Ed Tucker, CIO at DP Governance, speaks to Digital Health about the need to remove the complexity from the GDPR debate and bring the issue back to basics.

Public Account Committee slams NHS for ‘shoddy handling’ of clinical correspondence

29 November 2017 10:30 AM

NHS England’s loss of clinical correspondence has been labelled “one of the biggest failures in the NHS in recent history” by the Public Accounts Committee.

Bolton introduces ‘virtual’ eye clinics to slash appointment times

29 November 2017 12:05 AM

The Royal Bolton Hospital in Greater Manchester has launched ‘virtual’ eye clinics to cut the time it takes for patients to undergo important eye tests.