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Movers and shakers news round-up

30 June 2017

In the first of our new monthly movers and shakers round-ups there’s lots of new senior appointments across various industry organisations.

Acute trusts can now draw down GDE funds, almost

30 June 2017

NHS England’s Paul Rice said that the long-awaited for acute £100 million GDE funds can now be drawn down by the 16 trusts.

London Ambulance New Year IT failure blamed on upgrade

29 June 2017

The New Year’s Day failure of London Ambulance’s dispatch system, which took the system down for five hours on its busiest night of the year, has been blamed on a ‘historic upgrade’.

Digital GP service found to be neither safe or effective by CQC

29 June 2017

A private online video GP consultation service has been found to be delivering unsafe care in a damning report by the Care Quality Commission.

BCS publishes cyber security blueprint for NHS

29 June 2017

The BCS says lack of NHS accountability and investment in cyber-security were to blame for the widespread disruption across the NHS caused by Wannacry.

Blackrock Clinic signs 10-year, multi-million pound contract with Philips

28 June 2017

Philips integrates radiology and cardiology IT platforms at Blackrock Clinic as part of a multi-million pound, 10-year contract.

Mersey Care advancing suicide prevention app

28 June 2017

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is advancing in its plans to develop an app which anticipates and responds to suicide risk, its chief executive has said.