12 councils selected by NHS Digital to run social care tech pilots
25 June 2018
Twelve councils have been awarded Ā£20,000 each by NHS Digital to explore how digital technologies can improve social care.
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Wirral University Teaching Hospital to feature in NHS 70 programme
22 June 2018
The programme will highlight how the trust is using the digital Wirral Care Record, to overcome the health and social care challenges being faced.
Q Doctor selects Docman Connect for GP correspondence delivery
22 June 2018
The solution from Docman will streamline the serviceās document transfer and ensure that Q Doctor can send consultation summaries to GPs within 48 hours.
Cyber security news round-up
22 June 2018
The latest Digital Health cyber security round-up includes news that Dixons Carphone has been hit by yet another cyber-attack, as well as a report from Symantec that suggests a Chinese espionage group may have breached the control systems of a satellite operator.
Leeds and York Partnership NHS FT selects CareWorks for new EPR
21 June 2018
The trust issued a tender for a new EPR in September 2017 and currently runs Civicaās Paris EPR, which was deployed in 2011 on a seven-year-contract.
Doctor’s union chairman calls for GP at Hand to be “scrapped immediately”
21 June 2018
Doctors in Unite (DiU) has accused the service of eroding the personal relationship between GP and patient, and of āhoovering upā younger patients.
NHS Digital incentivises firms to bridge info gap between health and social care
21 June 2018
Local authorities, adult social care providers, researchers and academicĀ institutions have been invited to apply for a share of Ā£1.58m split into three āstreamsā to fund new means of digitising the flow of information between adult social care and health settings.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā
11 June 2026
Today’s briefing features a 3D model for an eye centre in London and investment in
Govt pledges Ā£20m to roll out AI X-ray tools across NHS by 2029
11 June 2026
The government has announced Ā£20 million of funding to expand AI chest X-ray tools to
Pharmacy2U launches menopause support hub
10 June 2026
UK online pharmacy Pharmacy2U has launched a dedicated womenās health hub, backed by menopause retail
MFT to launch data platform to support research and patient care
10 June 2026
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is launching a data platform to support research and
Royal Cornwall Hospitals delays Oracle EPR go-live
9 June 2026
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has delayed its Oracle EPR go-live to ensure it will
