7 April 2020

Digital Health Unplugged: Digitally managing NHS pressure

Join the panel as we discuss how digital tools can be used to manage pressure on the NHS, the importance
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7 April 2020

Timeline: What happened with the NHS Covid-19 app

Digital Health's senior reporter, Andrea Downey, takes a look at the NHS Covid-19 app, what went wrong during development and
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7 April 2020

Government criticised for not collecting sex disaggregated Covid-19 data

A Coronavirus Status Checker will be used to collect informationinform the NHS's response to the virus, but it fails to
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6 April 2020

Demand for NHS tech soars during coronavirus outbreak

Since being made available across the entire NHS to support remote working during the Covid-19 outbreak use of Teams has
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6 April 2020

NHS partners with tech giants to develop Covid-19 data platform

The platform connects the Government and other national organisations responsible for coordinating the UK’s response to “secure, reliable and timely
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app round up
3 April 2020

Mobile health apps news in brief

This month's mobile health apps round-up features news Breast Cancer Support's end of treatment app, Becca, has been translated into
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1 April 2020

Further suppliers for online primary care services during Covid-19 revealed

NHS England has confirmed the successful bidders of further lots in a confidential 48-hour tender for the immediate provision of
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1 April 2020

NHS staff given free access to mental health apps amid Covid-19 outbreak

The apps, which include platforms to proactively improve mental health and sleep improvement programmes, will be freely available until December
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31 March 2020

Covid-19: NHS datasets ‘not sophisticated enough’ to flag high risk patients

Patients who have been contacted by NHS England can be identified through an “at high risk” indicator code applied to
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30 March 2020

Exc: Five areas to be examined by PRSB as it sets standards for social care

The PRSB will use information gathered in focus groups to develop standards for social care professionals to follow when developing
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