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Covid-19: NHS to trial digital passports to free up staff movement

The smartphone-based passports will contain a basic set of credentials that will allow staff to be quickly deployed to different
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Exclusive: 11 suppliers chosen to provide video consults during Covid-19

Suppliers have been told they will be working with a number of CCGs, but exact regions are yet to be
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Coronavirus news round-up: Digital Health debrief

This week saw a number of important developments concerning digital responses to coronavirus. Here’s a recap of our coverage on
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Microsoft Teams to be rolled out across NHS in response to coronavirus

The roll-out of Microsoft Teams, the software giant’s workplace collaboration platform, is expected to play a prominent role in the
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The Plug-In: Delivering on digital health commitments

The latest edition of the Plug-In examines the progress of the 'digital milestones' in NHS England's Long Term Plan, and
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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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Patient data sent to global drug companies ‘may not be anonymous’

Patients whose medical information is of particular interest to international companies have already been identified, senior NHS officials claimed.
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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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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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NHS England re-opens HSSF to LHCR and population health suppliers

The update to the framework, published in October, includes a separate lot for suppliers of technologies that fall within a
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