NHS trust IT spend up more than £150m since WannaCry
Research by Parliament Street revealed that NHS trusts spent a collective £612m on IT in 2018/19, compared to £460m in the year directly preceding WannaCry.
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GP IT Futures: first stage of procurement process now complete
NHS Digital has completed the first phase of the GP IT Futures procurement process, with 73 suppliers submitting tenders for the new, £484m framework.
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Purging printers and swapping pens for PENS at Liverpool Women’s
Has going paperless fallen down the NHS agenda? Owen Hughes speaks to Jaki Allen, digital transformation programme director at Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust, to find out where the sticking points lie.
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NHS Digital expands cyber security toolkit with new free services for trusts
A range of free IT perimeter security tools are being made available to NHS organisations through a new contract between NHS Digital and Accenture.
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UK university first to embed digital therapeutics into curriculum
The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) will offer digital therapy training as part of its curriculum, marking the first offering of its kind from a UK university.
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North West Anglia NHS FT completes ‘massive’ PAS merger
The project saw 1.67 million current and archived patient records transferred from two separate legacy system into one bespoke Medway PAS supplied by System C.
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NHS e-obs provider Patientrack takes on Alcidion brand
The company, which supplies o-obs and vital signs tech to the NHS, has taken on the Alcidion branding, but the product itself remains Patientrack.
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Movers and shakers news round up
Digital Health looks at the latest round-up of movers and shakers in health and care, including appointments at Combined Healthcare and the RCGP.
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NHS Digital restructure to see Southampton office close next year
NHS Digital will withdraw from Southampton in 2020 under a new location strategy that will also have a big impact on remote workers.
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One London to begin ‘deliberative’ dialogue on data use, privacy and consent
The LHCRE partnership will consult Londoners to understand their expectations around data use in an effort to win public trust.
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