NHS Covid-19 data store fails to collect and analyse BAME data
19 June 2020
The data protection impact assessment (DPIA) on the data store revealed that health information on the virus would not be broken down by ethnicity.
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Digital Health’s coronavirus news round-up
19 June 2020
As we head well into month 3 of lockdown ā Digital Health News has rounded up all the latest Covid-19 news, including an update on the contact-tracing app.
Government abandons contact-tracing app for Apple and Google’s tech
18 June 2020
A parallel version of the NHS contact-tracing app using Apple and Googleās technology had been in the pipeline since early May.
Norway forced to backtrack on mass surveillance track and trace app
18 June 2020
Norway has been forced to stop loading data to its national Covid-19 track and trace app after a ruling by the national data privacy watchdog.
Worcester Acute Hospitals deploys digital pre-op assessments
18 June 2020
Using Intouch with Healthās Synopsis, the system aims to increase the trusts pre-operative capacity and enable patients to see the right nurse.
Collection of BAME Covid-19 data ‘should be mandated’
17 June 2020
Public Health England (PHE) has released a series of recommendations aimed at reducing the disproportionate impact of coronavirus on BAME people.
Text and telephone consultations trump video during Covid-19
17 June 2020
Text and telephone consultations proved more popular than video consultations, which providers put down to video being newer and therefore less familiar.
NHSEās Dermot Ryan confirmed for Summer Schools 2026
4 June 2026
Dermot Ryan, director of digital transformation at NHS England, has been announced as the latest
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā
4 June 2026
Today’s briefing features the detection of Alzheimer’s using VR and a personal training platform that
John Browett named chair of NHS online hospital trust
4 June 2026
John Browett, business leader and former supermarket chief executive, has been named as chair of
Almost 33,000 Bedfordshire patients had data stolen in cyber attack
3 June 2026
Almost 33,000 Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust patients had personal data stolen in the cyber
NHS AI scribe rollout should include national oversight, report finds
3 June 2026
The rollout of AI scribes across the NHS should be accompanied by national oversight, according
