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10 February 2020

Digital Health Champions Network to tackle distrust in online health

The network was established following research that found a lack of digital skills was preventing patients from engaging with online
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6 February 2020

NHS Digital appoints Pete Rose as its CISO and deputy CEO

NHS Digital has appointed Pete Rose as its new CISO deputy CEO. Rose will begin his new role on May
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5 February 2020

Calls for single database of consultants reignited after Ian Paterson inquiry

The Ian Paterson inquiry accused the NHS and private healthcare sector of “wilful blindness” and concluded more responsibility for safety
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27 January 2020

First nine faces of the NHS App revealed to promote uptake

Since September 2019, the number of registered NHS App users has risen from 91,000 to over 220,000, according to NHS
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24 January 2020

NHSmail wasn’t compliant with own secure email standards for six months

Information sent to Digital Health News reveals that NHSmail did not meet the requirements of NHS Digital’s DCB1596 standard until
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19 December 2019

NHS ‘risks repeat of care.data in talks to commercialise medical records’

Secretive NHS talks to discuss the potential to commercialise 65 million patients' records risked jeopardising patient trust, Professor Joe McDonald
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12 December 2019

NHS bosses meet with tech giants to discuss commercial patient database

A secretive meeting, held on 24 October, saw discussions around collecting patient data to improve healthcare services and potentially profit
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19 November 2019

Family heartbreak inspires career change for NHS Digital data director

The loss of his daughter Scarlett just days before her due date led Daniel Ray to change his career to
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6 November 2019

NHS staff unable to access NHSMail for an afternoon

NHS Digital tweeted at around 4pm on 5 November to say it was working with Accenture to restore the service
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