Greater Manchester selects seven new suppliers for digital health platform

The suppliers will be responsible for delivering the Greater Manchester Digital Platform (GMDP) aimed at making it safer and quicker
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Superdrug partners with My Online Therapy for mental health services

It comes as a survey revealed 65% of Superdrug customers were concerned about their mental health during the Covid-19 lockdown.
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Calls for greater investment in GP telehealth following Covid-19

The RCGPs called for further commitments to digital technology to enable remote monitoring, digital consultations and better sharing of data.
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NHS stamp of approval ‘most important when prescribing apps’

The team found an NHS badge for digital health and apps was “overwhelmingly” the most important factor for take-up, followed
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Digital Health Unplugged: Breaking the Covid-19 backlog

Andrea Downey chats to Tom Whicher, founder of DrDoctor, and Graham Kendall, director of the Digital Healthcare Council about how
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Somerset goes live with National Records Locator powered by Servelec

As part of a working group run by NHS Digital, Servelec has been asked to contribute to four national programmes
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Locum’s Nest launches four new staff management products

The staff bank management platform said the platform could help save the health service £1.5 billion over the next five
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Industry news in brief

This months industry round-up features news that the use NHS Digital’s e-prescription service has increased during Covid-19.
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New £11m programme to explore AI in lung cancer diagnosis

Clinical, imaging and molecular data will be combined for the first time using AI with the aim of more accurately
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Doc and shop: Medicspot launches online GP consultations at Asda

Medicspot will provide access to a connected stethoscope, pulse oximeter, blood pressure monitor and other tools to allow GPs to
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