Virtual reality app aims to entice international GPs to the UK
11 June 2019
The interactive video follows a patient through their interactions with the multidisciplinary team; from the moment they make a GP appointment.
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NHSX CEO weighs in on NHS digitalisation projects
11 June 2019
Matthew Gould said the health service was “in danger of creating unrealistic expectation and demand” in terms of digitalisation.
Digital Health News readers vote in favour of exposing NHS App APIs
10 June 2019
Digital Health News ran a poll to ask readers whether they think Matthew Gould’s comments about the app were right or not.
Digital whiteboards save 5,000 hours of nurse’s time at Gateshead
10 June 2019
Since they were installed in 2017 as a way of improving patient safety and care, the whiteboards have streamlined processes within the trust.
Movers and shakers news round-up
7 June 2019
June’s Movers and Shakers round up features a new chief operating officer at the NHS and appointments at the Northern Health Science Alliance.
LIVI launch in north west Surrey hailed ‘extremely successful’
6 June 2019
The online GP provider allows patients to book an appointment at times that suit them, including during evenings, weekends and on bank holidays.
Digitally supported care needs to be ‘the norm’, NHSI says
6 June 2019
The NHS Interim People Plan found genomics, artificial intelligence and robotics will “significantly influence” how care in delivered in the future.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight adopts continuing healthcare platform
2 June 2026
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board (HIOW ICB) has gone live with the
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
2 June 2026
Today’s briefing features a video-on-demand interpreting service and an AI tool that can estimate a
Birmingham NHS trust to digitise over 235m patient records
2 June 2026
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and Miziac will digitise more than 235m patient record
Single patient record could cut 20,000 A&E visits a year, gov claims
1 June 2026
The government has claimed that the single patient record could prevent up to 20,000 A&E
NHS trusts lack support to manage ePMA safety risks, HSSIB says
1 June 2026
A HSSIB report has warned that NHS trusts are being left to manage digital safety
