St George’s closes six buildings ‘not fit for purpose’
9 August 2017
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been forced to close six of its buildings which they recognised as being unfit for purpose.
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Allscripts buys McKesson’s US electronic health records business
9 August 2017
US clinical information systems suppliers Allscripts is to buy McKesson’s US hospital information systems business in a £142m ($185) deal.
Scotland’s Golden Jubilee Hospital goes live with patient portal pilot
9 August 2017
A major Scottish hospital has gone live with a patient portal pilot from Orion Health, in one of the first of its type in the country.
25,000 HSE patient records affected by data fault to be investigated
8 August 2017
A tool is being developed to help the Irish Health Service Executive compare patient records affected by a recent data fault.
University Hospitals Birmingham goes live with OceanoPAS
8 August 2017
University Hospitals Birmingham has gone live with an in-house built patient administration system, developed with Servelec.
South East Coast Ambulance trust rolls out new CAD
7 August 2017
An ambulance trust has begun rolling out its new computer aided dispatch (CAD) system, after its previous system resulted in a patient harm review.
St George’s trust treatment data still inaccurate – CQC
7 August 2017
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comes under investigation by the CQC revealing its treatment data is still inaccurate.
MHRA launches AI sandbox to improve medicines safety
16 June 2026
The MHRA is launching a new AI regulatory sandbox to improve medicines safety and accelerate
New genetic ancestry data to tackle health inequalities
15 June 2026
Our Future Health has released genetic ancestry data from 755,000 participants, enabling researchers to tackle
NHS leaders call time on AI pilots and demand national scaling
15 June 2026
Senior NHS digital leaders have called for an end to repeated AI pilots, arguing that
Ashford and St Peter’s opt for RLDatix electronic rostering
12 June 2026
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has appointed RLDatix to deliver its electronic
Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives
12 June 2026
This roundup includes EPR go-lives, following delays, at both North Cumbria Integrated Care and York
