First digital framework for allied health professionals sets out three ambitions

The ambitions; digitally ready services; digitally mature services; and data enabled services, provide a “structure to develop a local plan
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NHSE to roll out new digital portal to cut delays for care home beds

The tool can be used on any device and takes staff just 30 seconds to upload details of available beds.
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Salford harnesses robot technology to speed up medicine dispensing

PillTime is a dispensary, featuring a robot and optical checker which has been set up in the global digital exemplars
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ORCHA chief executive gives thoughts on problems facing medical apps

Speaking at a Royal Society of Medicine event, Liz Ashall-Payne said awareness, accessibility, trust and governance were among the challenges.
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Patient safety charity calls for regulatory standards for medical apps

There are “more questions than answers” surrounding the safety of medical apps, the cheif executive of Patient Safety Learning told
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Five digital healthcare projects share £9m innovation funding

The funding boost, through the government’s Digital Health Technology Catalyst, aims to accelerate the development of digital health innovation.
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New wearables trial allows COPD patients’ to be monitored at home

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde believes the trial will result in fewer hospital visits for COPD patients – which costs
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More than 2,600 patients sign up for NHS App in beta trial

Leanne Summers, digital strategy delivery lead for NHSE, also said that of the 2,650 only 270 (10%) had actually booked
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‘Unsatisfactory’ Capita to be stripped of cervical screening contract

NHS chief executive Simon Stevens said the health service had “not been satisfied” with the way Capita had handled the
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Industry news in brief

This month’s industry round up includes a new independent association for social care software providers and Portsmouth NHS saving hours
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