Senior GP resigns after posting views anonymously online
Arvind Madan, NHS England’s director of primary care, admitted posting anonymous comments on the website of GP magazine Pulse.
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Start4Life expands digital breastfeeding programme to Google Assistant
The Breastfeeding Friend service provides new parents with access to NHS-approved breastfeeding advice at any time of day or night.
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Mobile health and apps news in brief
Our latest mobile health and apps round-up includes a new self-help tool for lower back pain and a collaboration between King’s College London and UK charity Autistica.
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CCG objects to extended roll-out of GP at Hand in Birmingham
Hammersmith and Fulham Clinical Commissioning Group board papers state that ‘further information’ is needed before the extended roll-out can be approved.
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NHS England ‘to publish AI code of conduct later this year’
Harpreet Sood from NHS England said the documents will help provide ‘principles’, ‘guidance’ and ‘transparency’ for the use of AI within the NHS.
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NHS hospitals accused of being ‘stubbornly attached’ to fax machines
FOI requests made by the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) show that NHS hospital trusts in England own a total of 8,946 fax machines.
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Patient-centred care dominates day two of King’s Fund congress
One of the early sessions focused on ‘What makes implementation of digital innovations a success?’ and involved leaders of national bodies.
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Birmingham digital GP centre rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC
The virtual centre allows patients to book telephone and video consultations with a GP, nurse practitioner or prescribing pharmacist seven days a week.
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The CNIO interview: Jacqui Cooper, Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Jacqui talks about why she believes networking is an important skill for CNIOs and why she’s after Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s job.
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Royal Free help organise ‘hackathon’ to develop VR tools for patients
Researchers from the trust worked together to coordinate the UK Hackathon on 4 and 5 July 2018 at Brunel University in London.
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