Salford Royal wants to create a digital control centre
5 June 2017
GDE Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust is looking to find a supplier to create a “digital control centre” that focuses on data analytics and digital health.
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Rob Shaw details NHS Digital’s cyber-attack response
2 June 2017
NHS Digital’s Rob Shaw tells its board that a 24/7 helpline and command control centre was established after the cyber-attack last month, alongside security experts deployed to trusts.
5G to launch into healthcare in 2020 – Ericsson
2 June 2017
Technology giant Ericsson is labelling 2020 to be the year that 5G will be launched in healthcare, with its potential including remote robotic surgery.
Medvivo acquires clinical decision support firm Expert 24
2 June 2017
UK health and care service provider Medvivo has acquired Expert 24 to strengthen its range of clinical technology products and services.
Health IT news in brief
2 June 2017
This week’s health IT news in brief covers concerns over protection of personal data in the UK and the enhancement of clinical trials and patient safety.
Beverley Bryant calls for NHS Digital’s strengths to be recognised
1 June 2017
Beverley Bryant, NHS Digital’s outgoing director of digital transformation calls for NHS England to fully recognise NHS Digital’s contribution.
‘Show me the money’ – still no national funds for GDEs
1 June 2017
NHS England did not confirm when the 16 GDEs or the seven mental health GDEs (promised £5 million each) would be expecting the funding.
FDP ‘here to stay’ says Patel as Palantir contract faces review
23 June 2026
Nirav Patel, head of demand and delivery for the NHS FDP, has said the platform
NHS England recruiting for CDIO of online hospital trust
22 June 2026
NHS England is recruiting for a chief digital information officer (CDIO) for its new online
Powys Teaching Health Board goes live with Better ePMA
22 June 2026
Powys Teaching Health Board (PTHB) has gone live an electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA)
Essex Partnership digital tool improves leg wound and ulcer care
19 June 2026
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust has introduced a digital tool to improve care for
West Midlands NHS imaging programme enters procurement
19 June 2026
An NHS imaging transformation programme serving 6.6 million people across the West Midlands has entered
