Interoperability
10 September 2021

Patients wait longer for care under integrated care systems, analysis finds

The Centre for Policy Studies found that delayed transfers of care increased by an average of 24% acorss 13 integrated
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Clinician with iPad
9 September 2021

Industry: Technology has bigger part to play in health and care reforms

The reforms aim to address the record high of 5.5million people waiting for elective surgery in England and bring health
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8 September 2021

World Health Organisation reveals list of innovative Covid technologies

The 24 technologies are considered to have an “immediate and future impact” on Covid-19 preparedness, according to the World Health
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7 September 2021

NHS funding: £250m to boost access to ‘cutting edge technologies’

It comes as the government introduced a new health and social care tax to raise an extra £36billion for frontline
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7 September 2021

Digital Health Unplugged: A chat with Simon Bolton

Host Andrea Downey spoke to the interim CEO of NHS Digital about his goals for the organisation, building back after
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6 September 2021

Covid passports for events set to begin in England this month

Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said introducing Covid passports was the “right thing to
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6 September 2021

All health and social care bodies to appoint Caldicott Guardians by 2023

The new National Data Guardian rules impact all health and social care public bodies that “handle confidential information about patients
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Cyber Protection
3 September 2021

GCHQ powers to access NHS IT systems is extended

The powers allow GCHQ to request information held by or on behalf of the NHS for the purpose of “supporting
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2 September 2021

What Good Looks Like should ‘build on’ government’s data strategy

Healthcare IT suppliers have welcomed NHSX’s ‘What Good Looks Like’ guidance but said it could have “gone further” to set
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1 September 2021

Network chairs call for clearer framework on new digital maturity rating

Dr James Reed and Lisa Emery said the guidance “landed well” with leaders but needed more detail on how organisations
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