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Third NHS trust signs deal with Babylon for digital triage
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust joins two Midlands trusts in deploying the app-based service in a bid to keep unnecessary A&E visits down.
22 May 2020
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App provides on-the-spot mental health crisis support
A team of trained mental health professionals will offer direct video support to responders and patients in a bid to reduce unnecessary A&E attendances.
21 May 2020
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Centralised approach to contact-tracing app ‘based on shaky assumptions’
Privacy expert Polly Sanderson told Digital Health News there were âserious issuesâ associated with relying on the self-reporting of symptoms.
20 May 2020
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Seven NHS trusts using video calling platform for virtual visits
Seven NHS Trusts are using technology developed by WiFi SPARK in to help connect hospital patients with their loved ones during the coronavirus outbreak.
20 May 2020
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Government ‘cannot rely on contact-tracing app to ease lockdown’
It is âcriticalâ that capacity for contact-tracing is advanced for âfurther stages of managing the epidemicâ, according to a government committee.
19 May 2020
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Government roadmap hints at more use of tele-medicine and remote care
The government will look for âinnovative operating modelsâ for the NHS and other health and care settings as the country recovers from coronavirus.
18 May 2020
