Push Doctor announces founder and CEO has stepped down
The online GP service confirmed CEO Eren Ozagir’s departure, adding that the company’s COO, Wais Shaifta, has assumed the role of acting CEO.
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Potentially life-saving digital defibrillator map to be piloted
West Midlands Ambulance Service and the Scottish Ambulance Service will be the first trusts to trial the network before its national rollout.
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NHS England to have a say on GP at Hand Birmingham rollout objection
Members of Hammersmith and Fulham Clinical Commissioning Group’s (CCG) Primary Commissioning Committee (PCC) have concerns regarding patient safety.
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Digital ‘early warning system’ trialled at Sheffield care homes
Nursing staff are using an app to record care home residents’ vital signs and share them with clinicians at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.
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Doc on demand service ZoomDoc extends offering to mental health care
The paid-for service has partnered up with mental health care app Dr. Julian to provide online mental health appointments for patients.
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Virtual advice app trialled at St Bartholomew’s Hospital
Ortus-iHealth helps patients and their clinicians to connect through virtual appointments by computer or mobile phone, rather than face-to-face.
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Echo gives carers a helping hand with new medication management tool
The new feature on the app enables friends, family members or other carers to oversee a person’s medication and order repeat prescriptions on their behalf.
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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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Babylon threatened to sue CQC, emails reveal
A series of emails chronicling the legal spat between Babylon and the Care Quality Commission has been made public, revealing the firm threatened to sue the regulator for any damages arising from an inspection report.
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Bold Babylon starts recruitment drive in Brum despite CCG block
Babylon Health is reported to have started recruiting GPs in Birmingham despite being currently blocked from expanding into the city.
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