Care.data delayed
18 February 2014
5:35 PM
NHS England has announced a delay to the start of care.data extractions to allow more time to build public confidence in the scheme.
News
E-referrals to be mandatory – Nicholson
18 February 2014
12:00 AM
Use of the new NHS e-referrals service could become mandatory for GPs, NHS England’s chief executive Sir David Nicholson has said.
Half of labs to be on NPEx
18 February 2014
12:00 AM
Half of all the laboratories in England should be on the National Pathology Exchange by the end of the year, says an NHS England report.
Manchester and Merseyside CSUs to merge
17 February 2014
11:15 AM
Greater Manchester and Cheshire and Merseyside Commissioning Support Units are merging to create a new organisation spanning a population of more than 5m.
NHS Scotland awards network contract
17 February 2014
10:44 AM
NHS Scotland has awarded a contract worth up to £325m to provide a single public services network across the country, to a Capita and Updata collaboration.
Teleradiology a medical act – ESR
17 February 2014
12:00 AM
Teleradiology should be redefined as a medical act rather than as a medical service, a new white paper on teleradiology recommends.
36,000 trained in health online
17 February 2014
12:00 AM
More than 36,000 people have been trained to use online health services over the past four months as part of NHS England’s Health Online Programme.
NHS Trust raises concerns over digital workforce shortage
1 May 2025
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals has raised concerns that its digital team is “poorly
NICE recommends AI skin cancer detection system for NHS use
1 May 2025
Skin Analytics’ AI system that detects potential skin cancer has been conditionally recommended by NICE
NHS CDIO David Walliker to speak at Summer Schools 2025
30 April 2025
Experienced NHS chief digital officer Professor David Walliker is the latest speaker to be announced
Imperial College Healthcare to pilot digital ‘self-serve’ booking system
30 April 2025
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is piloting a digital ‘self-serve’ booking system for outpatient appointments.
