Multiple NHS trusts across England disrupted by ransomware attack
12 May 2017
Multiple NHS trusts across England have had services severely disrupted by a large-scale cyber security attack.
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Entia receives £1 million to develop take-home blood testing kit
12 May 2017
Entia partner with The Royal Marsden Hospital to develop hand-held blood testing kit for chemotherapy patients. Funding has been secured through Innovate UK.
Health IT news in brief
12 May 2017
This week’s health IT news in brief covers a new sharing device for NHS Trusts in West Midlands to British Telecommunications new public sector strategy.
Birmingham Children’s goes live with paediatric e-prescribing
11 May 2017
Birmingham Children’s has gone live with PICS e-prescribing, the clinical software created by local University Hospitals Birmingham trust.
UKCloud launches dedicated health division
11 May 2017
Fast-growing cloud services specialist UKCloud has launched a new dedicated healthcare division UKCloud Health.
Derby Teaching worries for its legacy systems with CSC’s redundancies
10 May 2017
Derby Teaching has voiced its concerns that CSC’s redundancies will affect support for the trust’s legacy IT clinical systems.
Humber signs with My Health Guide for three years
10 May 2017
People with learning disabilities have benefited from a new app allowing them to easily access all their health and well-being information.
Manchester Met wins funding to boost AI health innovation
23 June 2026
Manchester Metropolitan University will promote AI for business and the development of wearable health technologies
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
23 June 2026
Today’s briefing features research into growing distrust in healthcare AI and a partnership between the
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)
