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FOI: NHS IT systems suffer 55 days’ downtime over three-year period
NHS trusts in England have experienced over 1,300 hours of downtime as a result of IT outages in the last three years, according to an FOI request.
Digital workforce strategy will help bring NHS to ‘the next frontier’
The report, being led by Dr Eric Topol, will look at opportunities where the NHS can invest in technology training for staff.
Matt Hancock named as health secretary in cabinet reshuffle
The departing Secretary of State, Jeremy Hunt, claimed his successor has a ‘brilliant understanding of the power of technology’.
NHS looks to the cosmos for innovation drive with UK Space Agency
Up to £4 million will be made available to innovators who can demonstrate how tech originally designed for space could be used to improve NHS treatment and care.
Hunt announces £215m cash injection into NHS research and development
The Department of Health and Social Care has released an additional £215 million to help tackle some of the biggest health challenges facing the NHS.
United Lincolnshire goes paper-free in maternity wards with System C
The clinical system is being rolled out in a ‘phased’ deployment over nine months at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston and Lincoln County Hospital, as well as five satellite clinics and a number of community sites in Lincolnshire.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight adopts continuing healthcare platform
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board (HIOW ICB) has gone live with the
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
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
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
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
A HSSIB report has warned that NHS trusts are being left to manage digital safety
