25 August 2020

Digital Health Unplugged: Technology in care homes

Join us as we take a look at the use of technology in care homes during the Covid-19 pandemic and
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25 August 2020

Ensure support for digital based patient-initiated follow ups, experts say

Graham Kendall, director of the Digital Healthcare Council, said evidence “overwhelmingly” suggests patients actively involved in their care do better.
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24 August 2020

Extra funding needed to support digital mental health services, report finds

The £2.3 billion for mental health funding announced in the NHS Long Term Plan is no longer enough to sustain
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18 August 2020

Dido Harding appointed interim chief of new health institute

Baroness Dido Harding, who heads NHS Test and Trace, said the new institute puts the UK in the “strongest position”
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17 August 2020

Applications now open for Digital Pioneer Fellowship to grow innovation

The 12-month Digital Pioneer Fellowship aims to support innovators employed by the health service to design and lead transformation projects.
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14 August 2020

Government seeks new national data guardian to oversee NHS

The data guardian is expected to act as an independent champion for patients and the public, ensuring people’s information is
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14 August 2020

New IT purchasing framework ‘could save NHS £75million’

The Digital Workplace Solutions Framework aims to help the NHS and public sector organisations procure cost-effective IT solutions.
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14 August 2020

Mobile health apps news in brief

This month’s mobile apps round-up features news about a trial of the revamped NHS contact-tracing app and NHS Tayside launching
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13 August 2020

Covid-19: New trial for England’s revamped NHS contact-tracing app

A trial for the new look NHS contact-tracing app has been launched today after NHSX abandoned its initial version in
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13 August 2020

Consortium of NHS trusts signs deal with Sectra for diagnostic imaging

Millions of images will be accessible through the Sectra's vendor neutral archive (VNA) system, freeing up resource and equipment from
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