Scotland’s ‘Digital Front Door’ to launch this year, says first minister
27 January 2025
John Swinney, first minister for Scotland, has pledged that the country’s ‘Digital Front Door’ platform will launch by the end of 2025.
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Digital staff vacancies at Wirral ‘impacted significantly’ on capacity
27 January 2025
Digital healthcare staff vacancies were at 12.5% and “impacted significantly on operational capacity” at Wirral Uni Teaching Hospital NHS FT.
Pitchfest finalist Surgery Hero acquired by Sword Health
27 January 2025
Digital Health Pitchfest competition finalist Surgery Hero has been bought by global AI care company Sword Health.
SurgeOn social networking app for doctors launches in the UK
24 January 2025
SurgeOn, a social networking platform aimed at improving patient care across the globe, is now available in the NHS.
Service launched to manage NHS weight loss medication demand
24 January 2025
A self-referral service has been launched to help healthcare organisations manage demand for new weight loss medications.
Pitchfest finalist Kidney Beam secures seed funding for app
24 January 2025
An evidence-based kidney care app has secured £610,000 in seed funding, including a sizeable contribution from charity Kidney Research UK.
Synnovis cyber attack caused two cases of severe patient harm
23 January 2025
Two patients have suffered long-term or permanent damage to their health as a result of the cyber attack on NHS pathology provider Synnovis.
King’s College Hospital to use AI for diagnostics and treatment plans
28 October 2021
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is using an artificial intelligence tool to speed up
Budget 2021: Digital healthcare leaders react to NHS funding pledges
27 October 2021
Chancellor Rishi Sunak confirmed the NHS funding for IT upgrades and digital health technology in
Sunak confirms £2.1bn for NHS technology for more ‘connected’ hospitals
27 October 2021
Announcing the 2021 budget in the House of Commons today (October 27) Sunak said it
Northampton General selects IMMJ for electronic document management
27 October 2021
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust has selected IMMJ Systems to provide an electronic document management
NHSX announces projects are to receive share of £6.5m as part of Adoption Fund
27 October 2021
NHSX has selected 35 projects to share a fund of £6.5m in order to help
