Sick notes to be automated through NHS 111 to prevent Covid-19 spread

People will be able to provide a note to their employer without having face-to-face contact with GP services, reducing the
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GDE blueprints ‘hit usual NHS problem of low adoption’, digital leaders say

One year on from the release of the first wave of blueprints, it’s unclear what the uptake has been and
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Coronavirus spread has ‘kicked NHS forward in adopting digital solutions’

Neil Paul, a Digital Health columnist and GP in Ashfields said practices “still in the stone ages” would be forced
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InterSystems and Imprivata partner for quicker access to patient data

Providers using InterSystems’ TrakCare will be able to select their preferred method of user authentication, including ‘tap and go’ or
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Exclusive: First wave of Digital Aspirants announced

The trusts will benefit from £28 million between them in the first year to deliver digital transformation programmes, NHSX confirmed.
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Pharmacies to share flu vaccine data with GPs after successful pilot

The programme was rolled out nationally following a pilot in Leeds involving 113 pharmacies using PharmOutcomes and 83 GP practices
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Digital Health Unplugged: Women at Rewired

Digital Health Unplugged hosted its first all-women panel discussion at Rewired 2020, where diversity, inclusion and representation were high on
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GPs urged to go digital to prevent spread of coronavirus

In a letter to GPs last week NHS England urged Britain’s 7,000 GP surgeries to reduce face-to-face appoints for patients
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Criado-Perez: Men are not a standard women fail to live up to

The first rule of the gender data gap, Criado-Perez tells us in a light-hearted and often funny talk on a
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The Shuri Network: Diversity ‘cannot be outsourced’

Dr Shera Chok, co-founder of the Network said the NHS was in “grave danger” of losing talented staff if the
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