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.
News
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.
NHS SBS plans healthcare AI solutions framework
16 January 2025
NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) is planning the formation of a new framework agreement
CQC says 500 inspection reports are stuck in IT platform
16 January 2025
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) revealed that it has around 500 reports which are “stuck”
Robeauté raises £23m to develop rice-sized neurosurgical robots
15 January 2025
Robeauté has raised $28m (£23m) to develop its microrobots which enter the brain to diagnose,
Royal Bolton Hospital opens digital autopsy suite
15 January 2025
Royal Bolton Hospital is carrying out digital autopsies that reduce invasive post-mortems and release bodies
Cera secures more than £123m to roll out AI-led home healthcare
15 January 2025
UK health tech firm Cera has completed a transaction in excess of $150m (£123m) to
