NHS Digital boss hails ‘opportunity to put digital at the heart of the NHS’ as merger concludes
Parliament signs off abolishment of technology unit and transfer of duties and data sets to overarching national body
NHS App to include 111 service
Plans announced to expand remit and availability of the non-emergency advice system
Number of virtual wards tops 100 as government aims to treat 50,000 patients a month at home
A new plan to ease pressures on emergency care aims to ramp up the use of technology that can...
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NHS picks suppliers for £200m voice recognition and digital dictation framework
A total of 12 firms feature across four lots on deal that runs for an initial term of two years
NHS to build £3m digital platform to manage national volunteer force
Nationwide roster of citizens offering support was created at start of the pandemic
Legislation finalising merger of NHS Digital aims to ‘ensure good practice continues’
Duties are due to be formally transferred to NHS England in a week’s time
EXCL: Home Office and Motorola terminate £400m ESN contract as search for replacement supplier begins
Tech firm will continue to support Airwave system but its deal to develop the replacement has been mutually ended two years early
NHS bodies asked for ‘action plans’ to ensure tech suppliers meet standards
Recent audit exercise will also be used to help create a public database of compliant products
NHS health-inequalities body flags up potential of apps and digital services
Technology could help address ethnic inequality – but better collection of data is needed, report finds
Seven million people signed up for NHS app last year
Number of prescriptions ordered via app doubles as new features are rolled out
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UK to build new national database of poisoning cases
Public health agency signs contract for rapid development of revamped application
NHS signs £9m delivery partner for digital patient records programme
National body awards contract to support rollout of scheme to implement electronic patient records
NHS trials digital GP health check-ups that patients can complete remotely
Thousands of patients in Cornwall will be the first to online system for delivering checks to patients aged over 40
Public covid probe seeks data leader to take on ‘critical role for the inquiry’s reputation’
Post comes with £70,000-plus salary and responsibility for data protection
‘Poor and misleading’ – statistics chief criticises DHSC over post concerning nurses’ pay
Chair of UKSA Robert Chote responds to concerns raised about update posted by department’s Twitter account
NHS Digital cites transformation ‘turning point’ after £750m investment in FY22
Annual report of tech agency – which will shortly be wholly merged into NHS England – details progress in many areas
NHS hunts £150k leader to oversee cybersecurity across health and care sector
Role comes with remit to lead incident response and rollout of three-year strategy
NHS offers bionic arms to all amputees
Technology has previously only been available to those injured in military service
Recruitment opens for next national statistician
Candidates sought to replace Sir Ian Diamond
NHS launches £10m framework to support web-based GP IT systems
Eight suppliers picked for new procurement vehicle that aims to deliver cloud platforms that can accessed through any device
Regulator warns statisticians over risk of data misuse
Watchdog urges stats professionals to be ‘proactive’ in ensuring information they publish is not used inappropriately
Half of social-care providers yet to adopt digital records
Minister provides progress update on plan to increase use of technology systems
Integration of NHS Digital brought forward to January
Government claims merger will improve data sharing across health service