Digital Health Unplugged: Contact-tracing app U-turn
30 June 2020
Join senior reporter Andrea Downey, editor Hannah Crouch, and editor-in-chief Jon Hoeksma as they look at the reasons behind the U-turn.
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NHS Digital CEO named as one of the Global Top 100 Data Visionaries
30 June 2020
Sarah Wilkinson has been named as one of the Global Top 100 Data Visionaries by HotTopics for the work she overseen at NHS Digital during Covid-19.
Contact-tracing app U-turn ‘shouldn’t distract from wider data concerns’
29 June 2020
Professor Eerke Boiten raised concerns about the companies with āstrong political connectionsā that have access to the data.
‘Clinically unsafe’ Health Help Now app set to be deleted
29 June 2020
Health Help Now will no longer be available to users from the end of June following the decision to decommission the service.
British Gas volunteers who delivered telehealth equipment thanked
29 June 2020
Liverpool CCG and a telehealth provider have thanked volunteers from British Gas who helped deliver equipment across the city during the Covid-19 pandemic.
E-prescribing go-live at Somerset NHS FT goes ‘Better’ than expected
26 June 2020
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with Better’s e-prescribing and medications management solution across its surgical services.
Reassurance on privacy of contact-tracing app remains ‘crucial’
26 June 2020
Harriet Harman, chair of the joint human rights committee, has written to Matt Hancock requesting further information on how data will be used by the app.
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
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
