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Warfarin self-test app touches down on NHS App Library

12 June 2018

The Engage app allows patients to monitor their INR remotely using coagulation measurement tools and send the results directly to their clinician.

Apple opens up its core health records API to US developers

12 June 2018

The move allows US iPhone users to share their health record data with third-party apps from autumn, meaning developers can use data to create more personalised services.

NHS Digital deputy chief executive awarded CBE in Birthday Honours 2018

11 June 2018

Sarah Wilkinson, Simon Eccles and Will Smart all tweeted their congratulations to Rob Shaw who was recognised for his “services to health and social care”.

Hospital staff pose outside St George's Hospital, now part of Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Midlands NHS trusts merge to create major integrated care provider

11 June 2018

South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust have merged to become Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, after receiving approval from regulators.

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has stop reporting RTT after problem migrating data to its new electronic patient record.

Nervecentre to launch new ‘first-of-its-kind’ EPR in June

11 June 2018

According to Nervecentre, the new system gives hospital teams access to vital real-time information at the patients’ bedside, with the company claiming it is the only EPR in the UK to be built ‘from the ground up’ to tackle the specific needs of NHS hospitals.

Users left disgruntled after Patient Access website and app go down

8 June 2018

Neil Bennett, service director, Live Services at NHS Digital, confirmed that the Patient Access service was ‘unavailable’ between 3.30pm on 30 May and 2.30pm on 31 May.