1 November 2019

Movers and shakers news round up

Movers and shakers this month include appointments at Virgin Care and Google's health division, meanwhile NHS X loses its head
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The exterior of one of Amazon's buildings, complete with the Amazon logo
29 October 2019

Amazon acquires symptom triaging platform Health Navigator

Health Navigator will join Amazon's new Amazon Care Group, a digital health clinic for Amazon employees launched by the company
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A nurse at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust speaking to a care home resident via Immedicare's telemedicine service
28 October 2019

Liverpool rolls out city-wide telemedicine service to care homes

Immedicare's telemedicine platform provides care home residents with 24-hour access to clinicians based at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust in Yorkshire.
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25 October 2019

‘Unacceptable delays’ see Microtest lose NHS Wales GP contract

Microtest had been contracted to deliver its clinical systems to Welsh GPs after being awarded onto Wales’s primary care IT
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25 October 2019

Digital leaders debate best of breed approach to NHS IT

The event sought to determine whether 'best of breed' approaches could deliver the same level of digital maturity as 'big
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A smoke stack billows smoke over a city
23 October 2019

ESA signs Spirit Digital for air quality monitoring platform

CliniTouch Vie 2 will use air quality data from satellites and mobile sensors to provide a warning system for people
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A view of the elegant Eastgate Clock in the historic city of Chester in Cheshire, UK
23 October 2019

Cheshire CCGs receive approval to merge in April 2020

NHS Eastern Cheshire, NHS South Cheshire, NHS Vale Royal and NHS West Cheshire will become the first CCGs in Cheshire
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Meadow House patient Joy Pilgrim uses a virtual reality headset
22 October 2019

Virtual reality used to help manage pain at London hospice

Meadow House, a 15-bed inpatient unit and day hospice located at Ealing Hospital in London, has been trialling the use
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21 October 2019

56 newcomers awarded agreements under GP IT Futures

NHS Digital has notified 69 suppliers of the intention to award them contracts under the new, £484 million general practice
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Dame Gill Morgan, Chair of NHS Providers
18 October 2019

NHS Providers chair commends digital overhaul of Chase Farm

Dame Gill Morgan said the North London hospital was “making the best of all the technology they’ve got" to transform
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