Unified child health record goes live in South West England
18 December 2018
The aim was to create a seamless region-wide service which prevented children falling through gaps and to keep track of their movements.
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Maternity providers making ‘a good start’ at adopting digital, report suggests
18 December 2018
NHS Digital tasked 135 maternity providers in England with completing a self-assessment of their digital progress, including their adoption of electronic health records, data-sharing and offering service users access to online services.
Clinical triage system cuts appointment wait time at London GP surgery
17 December 2018
The EMIS system has allowed a GP practice in east London to reduce admin and cut waiting lists from up to four weeks to just one day.
PRSB publishes standards to make it easier to locate records
14 December 2018
The standards ensure that records can be easily found when needed, particularly in an emergency and means patients won’t have to repeat information.
Orion deploys new national diabetes pathway in Northern Ireland
14 December 2018
Following a successful pilot with a small number of nurses, consultants and podiatrists, the service can now be accessed by all diabetes clinicians in Northern Ireland to help better inform the care of more than 100,000 patients.
Mobile health and apps news in brief
14 December 2018
Our latest mobile health and apps news in brief features a London collaborative which is benefiting from a regional staff bank which is powered by an app.
NICE publishes standards to help improve NHS technology uptake
13 December 2018
NICE has created a set of standards to help developers and investors understand what evidence is required to introduce their product into the NHS.
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
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 ā
2 June 2026
Today’s briefing features a video-on-demand interpreting service and an AI tool that can estimate a
