NHS England CCIO Keith McNeil resigns
9 August 2017
Keith McNeil, chief clinical information officer (CCIO) for NHS England, has resigned after 13 months in his national role.
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St George’s closes six buildings ‘not fit for purpose’
9 August 2017
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been forced to close six of its buildings which they recognised as being unfit for purpose.
Allscripts buys McKesson’s US electronic health records business
9 August 2017
US clinical information systems suppliers Allscripts is to buy McKesson’s US hospital information systems business in a £142m ($185) deal.
Scotland’s Golden Jubilee Hospital goes live with patient portal pilot
9 August 2017
A major Scottish hospital has gone live with a patient portal pilot from Orion Health, in one of the first of its type in the country.
25,000 HSE patient records affected by data fault to be investigated
8 August 2017
A tool is being developed to help the Irish Health Service Executive compare patient records affected by a recent data fault.
University Hospitals Birmingham goes live with OceanoPAS
8 August 2017
University Hospitals Birmingham has gone live with an in-house built patient administration system, developed with Servelec.
South East Coast Ambulance trust rolls out new CAD
7 August 2017
An ambulance trust has begun rolling out its new computer aided dispatch (CAD) system, after its previous system resulted in a patient harm review.
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
HSE and System C roll out CareFlow Pharmacy across Ireland
17 June 2026
The HSE and System C have announced the next phase of a national agreement that
King’s pilots digital prehab for hip and knee replacement patients
17 June 2026
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has launched a digital prehab trial for patients awaiting
FT analysis suggests FDP benefits are very uneven
16 June 2026
A report in the FT suggests waiting list reductions attributed to the FDP are heavily
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
