NHS Digital announces new primary care data collection service
12 May 2021
The data collection service provide access to near-real-time data from GP practices for planning and research purposes, NHS Digital confirmed.
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Derbyshire County Council partners with ORCHA to embed health apps
12 May 2021
The programme of work will provide citizens with access to a wide range of quality-checked health apps to help them manage their health and wellbeing.
Boots and Cegedim announced 5-year partnership for pharmacy IT
12 May 2021
The contract will see the company continue to provide clinical decision support data and NHS spine connectivity to support Boots own pharmacy system.
Queen’s speech: Government to ‘lay foundations’ for more integrated care
11 May 2021
Reiterating plans to embed Integrated Care Systems in law the Queen introduced the Health and Care Bill which aims to embrace innovation in the NHS.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals abandons £400m EPR tender
11 May 2021
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals issued the tender in August 2020 but stopped the procurement due to concerns it would not “deliver a competitive result”.
NHS England to ‘substantially’ widen digital staff passport programme
11 May 2021
A prior information notice revealed NHS England and Improvement are looking to expand the digital staff passport programme “as soon as practicable”.
Electronic repeat dispensing code saves GPs more than 90,000 hours
11 May 2021
When the pandemic hit more GPs were relying on electronic repeat dispensing services to provide patients with up to 12 months of their medication.
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
Health minister apologises for NHSE error on FDP data access
18 June 2026
Health minister Preet Kaur Gill has apologised for NHSE’s handling of information provided to the
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
18 June 2026
Today’s briefing features Doctify launching in Saudi Arabia and a Scottish medical management platform for
University Hospitals Sussex EDs switch to digital observations
18 June 2026
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust has now rolled out digital observations and prescribing in
