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Central and North West London goes live with TPP’s Brigid app

11 January 2022

Central and North West London have rolled out TTT’s Brigid app to several mental health wards, to help improve clinicians efficiency.

IBM reportedly looking to sell healthcare division Watson Health

10 January 2022

IBM is reportedly trying to sell its healthcare division, Watson Health, for more than £700million following Oracles acquisition of Cerner.

NHS England sets out digital priorities in latest planning guidance

10 January 2022

NHS England has revealed its digital priorities for the year ahead as part of a larger publication which sets out planning guidance for 2022/23.

Health committee urges government to ‘further progress’ NHS digitalisation

7 January 2022

The Health and Social Care Committee has urged the government “to make further progress on the digitalisation of NHS and care services”.

Industry news in brief

7 January 2022

The latest Digital Health News industry round-up includes a new app for arthritis patients, a web-based career portfolio platform and cloud data analytics.

The Hospify app on a smartphone showing its messaging functions

Hospify platform to shut down following suspension of Data Protection Act

6 January 2022

The Hospify platform will close on 31 January after its “exponential growth curve collapsed” as a result of the Government’s decision to suspend relevant terms of the UK 2018 Data Protection Act.

NHS App celebrates turning three with 22million users

6 January 2022

The NHS App was launched in December 2018 and now boasts 22million registered users – many of whom joined when the NHS Covid Pass was added to the app.