Online consultations might not be ‘a silver bullet’ for GPs
30 November 2017
The chief executive of eConsult has admitted that online consultations ‘may not be a silver bullet’ after research revealed low patient interaction.
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NHS Digital Academy opens for applications
30 November 2017
The NHS Digital Academy has opened its doors for applications. It intendeds to train 300 digital leaders over the next three years.
St Helens and Knowsley readies telehealth trials in bid to demonstrate tech’s potential
30 November 2017
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will pilot video consultation clinics in the hopes of establishing a business case for telehealth.
PCS Speaker Profile: Ed Tucker on bringing cyber back to basics
29 November 2017
Ed Tucker, CIO at DP Governance, speaks to Digital Health about the need to remove the complexity from the GDPR debate and bring the issue back to basics.
Public Account Committee slams NHS for ‘shoddy handling’ of clinical correspondence
29 November 2017
NHS England’s loss of clinical correspondence has been labelled “one of the biggest failures in the NHS in recent history” by the Public Accounts Committee.
Bolton introduces ‘virtual’ eye clinics to slash appointment times
29 November 2017
The Royal Bolton Hospital in Greater Manchester has launched ‘virtual’ eye clinics to cut the time it takes for patients to undergo important eye tests.
University of Salford academic wins international award for services to nursing informatics
28 November 2017
University of Salford lecturer Dr Nick Hardiker has won the Virginia K. Saba Informatics Award for his contribution to nursing informatics.
The Single Patient Record: revolutionising care or rewriting trust?
16 June 2026
Jordan Sollof is joined at NHS ConfedExpo 2026 by Dr Peter Thomas and Kate Warriner
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
16 June 2026
Today’s briefing features enhanced cancer-killing agents technology and an AI model for NHS Care Navigation.
MHRA launches AI sandbox to improve medicines safety
16 June 2026
The MHRA is launching a new AI regulatory sandbox to improve medicines safety and accelerate
New genetic ancestry data to tackle health inequalities
15 June 2026
Our Future Health has released genetic ancestry data from 755,000 participants, enabling researchers to tackle
NHS leaders call time on AI pilots and demand national scaling
15 June 2026
Senior NHS digital leaders have called for an end to repeated AI pilots, arguing that
