Former NHS IT director jailed for corruption
6 January 2017
In return for signing off a million-dollar IT contract his trust didn’t need, Peter Lewis was secretly paid more £90,000.
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Babylon Health to power NHS 111 with ‘AI triage’ bot
5 January 2017
An a chatbot app will field less serious health complaints from 1.2 million NHS patients in North Central London as part of a NHS 111 pilot.
UCLH outsources ICT to Atos in deal worth at least £150m
5 January 2017
The big London NHS trust makes another big IT investment, hinting at ambitions to become an “exemplar”.
Exclusive: Health data breaches on the rise
5 January 2017
Since April 2015, UK health providers have reported more than 1300 “data security incidents”, including hundreds of cyber-attacks.
NHS barcode project aimed at improving patient safety
4 January 2017
The humble barcode has been ubiquitous in retail for decades. Now the NHS is trying to use the technology to track faulty devices and improve patient safety.
London Ambulance IT down for five hours on NYD
3 January 2017
Ambulance dispatchers in the capital were reduced to using pen and paper on one of the busiest nights of the year.
Frimley Health achieves HIMSS EMRAM Stage 6
26 June 2026
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has become one of only seven NHS organisations in the
NHS hospitals declare critical incidents as heat causes IT failures
26 June 2026
NHS hospitals have declared critical incidents and reported failures affecting cooling systems, diagnostic equipment and
Omega 365 platform selected for Frimley hospital programme
25 June 2026
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has selected Omega 365’s system to support its major hospital
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
25 June 2026
Today’s briefing features a rise in the use of translation services driven by high petrol
Oxford AI studies secure NIHR funding to tackle NHS waiting times
25 June 2026
Two studies have received funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research as
