Error means 48,000 women have not received cervical cancer screening information
Capita has apologised after it was revealed thousands of women were not sent reminder letters for cervical cancer screening, and thousands more did not receive their results.
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Mobile health and apps news in brief
Our latest mobile health and apps round-up features news that a ‘brain training app’ could help people who suffer from OCD manage their symptoms.
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NHS England medical director calls for trusts and CCGs to embrace Skype
Stephen Powis is calling for the NHS to use technology to help the outpatient system and says now is the time to ‘grasp the nettle’.
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Digital guide for ‘pregnancy, birth and beyond’ launched for parents
Women across north west London now have access to an app which provides a single source of trusted NHS information for all their maternity needs.
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NHS Digital confirms end of patient data sharing with Home Office
The agreement meant the Home Office could access patient data – including non-clinical information – for the purpose of tracing immigration offenders.
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DeepMind’s Streams technology team to join Google
The app helps detect early signs of kidney failure and is currently being used at the Royal Free Hospital in north London.
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NHS Wales Informatics Service heavily criticised for focus on ‘outdated’ IT
The National Assembly for Wales’ Public Accounts Committee published a report which looked into IT systems being used in NHS Wales.
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Push Doctor confirms new CEO after founder’s summer departure
Wais Shaifta, who previously served as the company’s chief operating officer, assumed the role of acting chief executive in July.
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Four trusts to pilot respiratory rate mobile device
The selected trusts will all pilot RespiraSense during an eight-week set-up phase and then could have the chance of getting a six-week supply.
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East Kent deploys Allscripts’ Sunrise PAS
The trust switched to AllScripts’ system in a three-day operation at the start of October and migrating 42 million records from one system to the other.
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