Opinion
Ewan Davis: working on the (block)chain gang
Some blockchain techs have great potential in healthcare. But the NHS needs to think carefully about which techs are useful and which are just hype.
31 August 2016
Smart Health
Opinion
Totes amazing: site visit to Pharmacy2U
A decade and a half after it became the UK’s first online chemist, Pharmacy2U has opened a ‘medication hub’ that can handle and dispatch a million prescriptions a month. Lyn Whitfield went to see transformation in action.
25 August 2016
News
NHSMail 2 rolled out to 200,000 NHS staff
More than 200,000 people have already been switched to NHSmail 2 and most will have barely noticed, the HSCIC says.
23 June 2016
News
Brexit: What it could mean for NHS data
The NHS has received plenty of attention during the EU Referendum debate but the implications for the data it holds offshore have barely been examined.
22 June 2016
News
Bitcoin tech applied to clinical trial documents
The blockchain technology that underpins the virtual currency Bitcoin has been applied to clinical trial documents, to see if it can stop them being altered to make it look as if medicines are more effective than they are.
12 May 2016
News
Pharmacy2U unveils massive prescription centre in Leeds
Pharmacy2U has unveiled a £3.5 million “state of the art prescription fulfilment facility” in Leeds, that will increase its capacity ten times and enable it to dispatch a million prescription items a month.
10 May 2016
