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Sleepio app to be rolled out across the south of England

2 October 2018

The app will be rolled out initially in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire later this month before being introduced in other areas in early 2019.

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Health innovation prizewinners to receive £17m funding

1 October 2018

Successful projects this year include a GPS app designed to track the availability of hospital beds and an AI-based support system for surgeons.

Imperial selects Xerox to digitalise 1m paper-based patient records

1 October 2018

The five-year agreement will see the trust’s records being managed and stored, securely and efficiently online to help free up space.

Ambulance service needs ‘renewed emphasis’ on innovation

1 October 2018

Non-executive director at NHS Improvement, Lord Carter’s review argues that ‘technology is not adopted rapidly’ across the ambulance service.

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Department close to settling 10-year NPfIT legal battle with Fujitsu

28 September 2018

Digital Health News understands that the DHSC has now settled with Fujitsu for a further payment said to be in the region of £400m.

Informatics teams nicknamed secret weapons and C-3POs at GDE panel

28 September 2018

A panel of NHS IT directors, CIOs and suppliers discussed a number of topics associated with the Global Digital Exemplar programme at the UK Health Show.