8 July 2021

‘Empowered patients here to stay’ – Liz O’Riordan on the patient journey

“Despite training all my life to become a breast surgeon I knew nothing of what it was like to be
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7 July 2021

UK medicines watchdog vows to boost interoperability with AI

The MHRA committed to building on established technology platforms to “improve interoperability across the UK health system and internationally”.
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6 July 2021

NHS overhaul: Health and Care Bill formally introduced to parliament

The government’s Health and Care Bill, which sets out plans to reform the NHS to deliver more joined up care,
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6 July 2021

Ready to rock and roll – The Walton Centre on being a Digital Aspirant

Head of IT at The Walton Centre Justin Griffiths said the Digital Aspirant programme had “dramatically” accelerated planned digitisation works.
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2 July 2021

Palantir appoints former Cerner boss to cement place in UK health sector

Dr Justin Whatling joins Palantir from Cerner. His main role will be to provide guidance to the tech giant's health
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2 July 2021

Covid-19 vaccine status added to personal health records in Scotland

The Scottish government has struck a deal with Orion Health to enable health and care workers to access a person’s
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1 July 2021

Former NHS IT manager jailed for 5 years for £800k fraud

Barry Stannard, of Chelmsford in Essex, defrauded Mid Essex Hospital Trust of £806,229 which came out of the trust's IT
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1 July 2021

Lincolnshire trust chooses patient portal from Healthcare Communications

Using Healthcare Communications patient engagement portal the trust can now deliver digital appointment letters to patients.
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1 July 2021

New £12m online platform launched to manage obesity-related illness

The NHS Digital Weight Management Programme will provide free online for people with obesity-related illnesses such as diabetes or high
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30 June 2021

Covid-19 passports to go live in Northern Ireland ‘from next week’

Northern Ireland’s Department of Health announced its Covid-19 passport could be live by Monday, July 5 – ahead of the
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