Review into breast cancer screening problems uncovers IT challenges
20 December 2018
The review is recommending that the IT systems used in the breast cancer screening programme are made simpler to use and fully interoperable.
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Matt Hancock named as Digital Health Rewired keynote speaker
19 December 2018
The Secretary for State for Health and Social Care will be joined on day two by chairman of the British Heart Foundation, Doug Gurr.
FOI finds 1 in 4 NHS trusts have no staff with cyber qualifications
19 December 2018
Nearly a quarter of NHS trusts that responded to an FOI request have no employees with cyber security qualifications, with trusts employing just one qualified security professional per 2,582 employees on average.
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.
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.
Royal Cornwall Hospitals delays Oracle EPR go-live
9 June 2026
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has delayed its Oracle EPR go-live to ensure it will
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā
9 June 2026
Today’s briefing features an app designed to help people manage physical ageing and a health
Stockport trust completes rollout of new pathology LIMS
9 June 2026
Stockport NHS Foundation Trustās pathology department has gone live with a laboratory information system to
NHSE to roll out Microsoft AI assistant to 505,000 NHS staff
8 June 2026
NHS England is rolling out Microsoft 365 Copilot to 505,000 clinicians and support staff across
NHSBT study to use AI and genomic data for blood matching
8 June 2026
An NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) study will evaluate an algorithm designed to improve blood
