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Seventeen ‘healthcare pioneers’ selected

6 July 2015

Seventeen ‘healthcare pioneers’ have been chosen by NHS England to receive national support to roll out their technologies across England.

October target for e-discharge

6 July 2015

EXCLUSIVE: NHS providers must send discharge summaries to GPs electronically by October this year, NHS England has said.

Southern trusts paid £27m tech funding

6 July 2015

More than £27 million in central funding has been paid to 19 NHS trusts and organisations as part of the Southern Local Clinical Systems Programme

Nurse Tech Fund benefits evidence scarce

3 July 2015

Evidence of the benefits of many Nursing Technology Fund projects is “scarce”, a report commissioned by NHS England reveals.

Over-budget GPES has no future – NAO

2 July 2015

Significant delays to the General Practice Extraction Service have seen costs rise from £14 million to £40 million – and design failures mean it is unlikely to have a long-term future, a National Audit Office report has said.

Cambridge to use MyChart PHR

2 July 2015

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust intends to start giving patients access to the personal health record MyChart by the end of the year.

Stevens reiterates importance of tech

1 July 2015

The use of new technology will play an important part in achieving the £22 billion in efficiency savings that NHS services in England need to make in the next five years, according to the NHS England’s chief executive Simon Stevens.